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Scottish activist completes one week occupying Shell oil platform

Alba leader Alex Salmond weighed in on the drop in support for independence in a recent YouGov poll

Alex Salmond criticises SNP for gender reform row 'disruption to indy strategy'
Alex Salmond has criticised the SNP for allowing the gender reform row to disrupt the “strategy” to achieve Scottish independence.

The FM's tax returns were published on Monday morning but the website page was taken down shortly afterwards...

SNP accidentally publish Nicola Sturgeon's bank account details in tax release
The FM's tax returns were published on Monday morning but the website page was taken down shortly afterwards...

Max Dunbar, right, was filmed holding a sign reading 'defy the gaystapo' at a gender critical feminist rally in Glasgow

WATCH Ex-BNP official condemned over 'defy the gaystapo' sign at rally

Two of the three Gorbals Boys bronzes have been cut off and stolen from their Glasgow home

EXCLUSIVE Iconic Gorbals Boys bronze sculptures cut and stolen from Glasgow street

Nicola Sturgeon publishes tax returns with challenge to Rishi Sunak to do the same

Nicola Sturgeon publishes tax returns with challenge to Rishi Sunak to do the same

Alyn Smith has said the SNP will not stand for Scotland being taken out of the European Convention on Human Rights, something the UK Government is apparently considering

'We will oppose any attempt to take Scotland out of ECHR', SNP say

King Charles will be opening up two of his Scottish properties in a bid to help struggling families

Exclusive King Charles opening up 'warm spaces' will be seen as 'token PR stunt'

Posie Parker, left, organised a gender-critical rally in Glasgow, which was countered by protesters and the group Cabaret Against Hate Speech

Gender critical rally met with counter-protest from trans rights activists

Rivet Boy is an ode to one of Scotland's greatest landmarks

REVIEW Historical insight into the building of an icon of Scotland

Today is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Dr John Witherspoon

BACK IN THE DAY Scottish Founding Father’s US legacy should be acknowledged

A general view of an abandoned building and old boat on the shoreline at North Ronaldsay, Orkney

THE FERRET How can a small Scottish island turn the tides of depopulation?

Acclaimed theatre-maker Ramesh Meyyappan’s latest work tackles the emotive subject of deafness and dementia

EXCLUSIVE Distinctive dramatist's work continues to go above and beyond

South Sudan is the world's poorest country

EXCLUSIVE 'It's about about conveying peace is possible': Hopes high over South Sudan visit

Cecil B. DeMille is regarded as one of Hollywood's heavyweights

REVIEW Review: New book chronicles Hollywood history with style

Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré recently performed in Glasgow

REVIEW 'He's his father's son': Mark Brown reviews Vieux Farka Touré at Celtic Connections

Anne McLaughlin said it was 'outrageous' people who had to rely on meters had to face paying higher prices for their energy

EXCLUSIVE Calls for overhaul to prepayment meter system after forced install row

Artists are playing a key role in innovative projects in hospitals across the country

EXCLUSIVE Artists playing key role in innovative hospital projects

Sajid Javid thinks charges could reduce unnecessary consultations

EXCLUSIVE ‘Sajid Javid is wrong to back GP fees’, says Scots doctor

Rishi Sunak will find it 'hard to shift' the Tories association with sleaze and scandal, say experts

EXCLUSIVE Experts give damning verdict on Rishi Sunak's 'sleazy' government

Police officers use an electric powered vehicle during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow

EXCLUSIVE Police reject claims lack of charging points has left electric vehicles parked

Ashby McGowan and Thanaporn Sonkew took their vows at their Buddhist wedding ceremony in Thailand

EXCLUSIVE Bank apologises after labelling Scot's Thai wife a 'criminal'

Students have shown solidarity with those on strike

COMMENT Ellie Gomersall: Solidarity between workers and students gives hope for fairer future

Nadhim Zahawi was sacked last week

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Zahawi’s use of intimidatory legal bullying needs to be slapped down

A large proportion of the workforce sit in front of screens all day

EXCLUSIVE Experts help craft ‘blueprint’ to get workforce get away from their desks more

A former Labour minister has called on Alister Jack to reveal the legal advice which formed the basis of the Section 35 order

EXCLUSIVE Former Labour minister calls on Alister Jack to reveal Section 35 legal advice

Numerous Tories have been involved in scandals down the years

ANALYSIS From the nineties to now: A history of dodgy Tory behaviour

Strike rally on Buchanan Street for university lecturers on day 2 of strike action.

STRIKES 'Enough is enough': Walkout Wednesday is ‘only the beginning’

Transparency International chief executive Daniel Bruce said the drop was a culmination of many corruption issues the UK is facing

EXCLUSIVE Constant Tory scandals lead to 'troubling drop' on corruption index, campaigners warn

Nicola Sturgeon 'got in a fankle' in an interview last week, writes Ruth Wishart

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Government has allowed independence to slip down list of priorities

The BBC Question Time panel for the broadcast from Glasgow on Thursday February 2

EXCLUSIVE MSP to challenge BBC over controversial Question Time trans rights debate

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack (left) and SNP depute leader at Westminster Mhairi Black

Alister Jack claims it's 'obvious' Scotland can have independence referendum

Basement of a bank full of banknotes, at the time of the Mark devaluation, during the economic crisis, Weimar Republic (Germany), 1923.

COMMENT UK inflation pales before history's worst – but it’s still bad for the economy

COMMENT There seems to be no proof good enough for the UK Government on indyref

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arriving at a Q&A session at Teesside University in Darlington

COMMENT Truth is the only way to tackle the corruption that poisons UK society

Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022

COMMENT Breathtaking profits of oil giants should spur us to action on sustainable energy

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce is facing questions after a statement about a trans prisoner in Scotland

EXCLUSIVE Question Time's Fiona Bruce in unfounded claim about Scottish trans prisoner

What is the source of rumours suggesting Nicola Sturgeon is set to resign ahead of the next General Election?

THE JOUKER Where did the rumour that Nicola Sturgeon is stepping down come from?

Nicola Sturgeon was unimpressed by Anas Sarwar's unbudgeted demands that councils be given more money

FMQs SKETCH We don't need 16-year-old MSPs to improve the vibrancy of debate in Holyrood

Representatives about to board the first train to the new Inverness airport rail station

Multi-million airport rail station will 'open the Highlands to the rest of the world'

Stand Up to Racism will host a counter-protest on Sunday

UPDATED Counter protest announced as Patriotic Alternative target asylum seeker hotel

Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit on January 31, 2023 in Edinburgh

COMMENT Scotland needs freed from a stagnating UK to take its rightful place in Europe

Education workers rally in Westminster during a day of strikes across the UK on February 1, 2023

COMMENT It’s time to hold the UK Government to account in same style as the French

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 31: Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit on January 31, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. January 31 2023 marks the 3rd anniversary of Brexit

COMMENT EU rally shows the need for targeted and canny activism in Yes movement

A government spokesperson said they were

Tories' 'Trump-esque' voter ID scheme set to disenfranchise millions, data suggests

Thousands of workers are striking in Glasgow on Wednesday across various sectors

Live as workers across Glasgow gather for a major rally

Approximately 20 men will arrive at the hotel per week until the 174-bed capacity is reached

Far-right extremists attempt 'hijack' of protest against asylum seeker hotel

Picket lines will be at all three entrances of the Scottish Parliament from 8am to 11am

Greens refuse to cross Holyrood picket line as civil servants strike

Hugh McMillan read poetry as the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty hosted a 'Scottish Culture Showcase'

COMMENT I read poetry for Rishi Sunak on Burns Night - here's what it was like

A new sculpture of surgeon Elsie Inglis is to go on display in a museum in Edinburgh

EXCLUSIVE New sculpture of 'beloved' Scot to go on display after controversy

Hundreds gathered in Edinburgh, with groups across Scotland holding smaller events

Activists keep the light on across Scotland, despite yellow weather warning

Pro-EU Scots gathered outside Holyrood to mark the third anniversary of Brexit

EXCLUSIVE Hundreds gather outside Scottish Parliament to mark third anniversary of Brexit

Bob Glen has led efforts to plant hundreds of trees in the Pentland Hills, but vandals have destroyed years of work

EXCLUSIVE Police probe after 'methodical' destruction of Scottish tree planting project

Shetland's Up Helly Aa festivals attract thousands of people every year

Shetlanders explain the Up Helly Aa tradition – in their native Shaetlan language

Isla Bryson was convicted of raping two women in January

Most Scots believe trans rapist Isla Bryson belongs in male prison, poll finds

Andy Doig next to the plaque in Lochwinnoch dedicated to former SNP president Roland Muirhead

Plaque pays tribute to 'forgotten' work of first SNP president Roland Muirhead