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THE CONSERVATIVE co-leader of a central belt council has urged the Scottish Government not to put his area into Level Four restrictions.

CASINO bosses are urging Nicola Sturgeon to let them trade in Level 2 areas as a new campaign is launched.

‘We respect the choice of the American people.” These were the words of a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday as the “People’...

FOR those who care to look, the signs have been there for years, long before the emergence of Donald J Trump. One nation under God is no...

THE first duty of the state is the safety and security of its citizens. In Scotland that day-to-day civil responsibility is devolved and...

PAKISTANI and Indian troops have clashed in Kashmir, leaving 11 people dead and wounding more than 30 others on both sides, officials sai...

THE FIRST Minister has been urged to use her powers to hold the soon-to-be former US president, Donald Trump, to account over investments...

A GAME-changing five-year initiative to fund affordable housing in rural and island communities in Scotland – which featured in The Natio...

MANY women are now working for free until the end of the year. This was the warning this week from the European Commission, which points...

IN a rage at losing the election, President Donald Trump has been lashing out at states and individuals he accuses of “stealing” a victor...

THE US presidential transition was thrown into tumult on Monday, with Donald Trump blocking government co-operation with Joe Biden’s team...

AMONG some Scottish liberals who really ought to know better, the rush to canonise Joe Biden has reached sickening levels of obsequiousne...

“HE thought that he was god and thought that he could stop everything from moving. He thought that since he could, he had to. He cried ou...

THE Scottish Government has pledged to do everything it can to help affected workers after Petroineos announced almost 200 jobs would be...

AS we slowly digest the result of the American presidential election we are also reminded of the systemic institutionalised racism in the...

THE latest proclamation from Tory governor general Alister Jack that Scotland will not be entitled to another independence referendum for...

DONALD Trump was still refusing to admit defeat yesterday, insisting, without any evidence, that the election had been illegitimate.

BERTRAND Russell once made the observation that “most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so”.

AFTER months of calls from the SNP, the UK Government finally decides to extend furlough – FIVE hours before the scheme was due to end.

Day Four Fatigue. As Joe Biden’s vote creeps up and Trump creeps out, it feels like Groundhog Day. It’s Day Four of the 2020 American ele...

THE dark spectacle of the US Presidential election has cast a shadow over the democratic world which Scotland would do well to guard against...

IT’S the job of the United States Secret Service to know things in advance. Working on that basis you can read into it what you will that...

NO politician can – nor should – look at any election anywhere without wanting to learn from it.

IT was a moment of respite amongst the madness. Next to me on the rooftop a young American infantryman was lying spread-eagled face down,...