Nigel Farage will visit Scotland to campaign for the Reform candidate in the Hamilton by-election ahead of the vote on June 5.

The SNP has shifted its stance on genetically edited crops, now exploring their role in Scotland’s agricultural future. Could this be the key ...

MANY have not won the National Lottery’s biggest prize but that does not mean they have never bought a lottery ticket. Both Nick Cole and ...

THE SNP Government has U-turned on its long-standing opposition to genetically edited (GE) foods, opening the door to their potential sale ...

John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years. Critics have jumped on the move that will see the MSP element of ministers’ pay ...

John Swinney has opened the door to the Scottish Greens returning to government despite their first taste of power ending in ‘disaster’. The First Minister said it would depend on ‘what the ...

John Swinney spent Saturday promoting Scotland’s cultural heritage and joined the parade’s grand marshal, actor Alan Cumming, as they walked down the city’s Sixth Avenue. Following the parade, Mr ...

John Swinney has refused to rule out forming another power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens after the next Holyrood election, but insisted his focus was on restoring the SNP’s ...

John Swinney has insisted the summit he has called for this month to seek to counter the rise of populism is “above party politics”. Instead he said he wanted to bring people from across ...

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