2 h. ago John Swinney to meet with family of Sheku Bayoh after public inquiry 'collapses'

Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by police in Kirkcaldy in May 2015.

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3 h. ago John Swinney says UK Government 'riven with internal dissent' as Downing Street briefing row rocks Labour

A senior Labour source in Scotland described the row as an "entirely self-inflicted wound".

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13 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could yet face criminal charges

Evidence given by Axel Rudakubana's parents at the Southport public inquiry, which got underway in April, will be examined by Merseyside Police, the force has confirmed

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14 h. ago Southport killer's parents could yet face criminal charges as police confirm they are examining evidence given at Rudakubana public inquiry

Merseyside police said they would be 'obtaining full transcripts' of the hearings from last week, when Axel Rudakubana's parents spent two days in the witness box.

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34 h. ago John Swinney accused of 'deceiving public' and told to clarify SNP defence position

Labour MP Graeme Downie has urged the First Minister to provide clarity over whether the Scottish Government supports defence investment.

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47 h. ago Why John Swinney must go over trans women in female prisons and grooming gangs

The First Minister’s reason for not backing an inquiry into grooming gangs does not stand up to scrutiny

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47 h. ago Police officer who restrained Sheku Bayoh before death drops out of public inquiry

Retired Pc Alan Paton was one of at least six police officers who held the 31-year-old on a street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in May 2015.

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49 h. ago John Swinney denies SNP Government launched national drugs mission to 'control narrative'

Professor Catriona Matheson, ex-chair of a taskforce assigned to tackle drug deaths, used a column in the Record to claim more action was needed to reduce deaths from drugs.

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50 h. ago I was left mortified and in tears after being marched off Jet2 flight & told I wasn’t allowed to fly

A SOBBING Scots holidaymaker has vowed never to fly with Jet2 again after she claims she was frogmarched off a plane - because of her diabetes. Courtney Wood arrived at Edinburgh Airport with her partner on October 25 and was due to jet off to Palma, Mallorca, where she would meet other family members. The...

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3 d. ago Remembrance Sunday 2025: 19 photos of Edinburgh and London remembering the fallen

The country fell silent this morning as we remembered those who had fallen fighting for their country, to mark this year’s Remembrance Sunday.

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3 d. ago John Swinney leads Rememberance Sunday tributes as he says event is 'ever more inportant'

Scotland fell silent for two minutes at 11am in memory of the war dead.

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3 d. ago Euan McColm: It is not controversial to say men should not be imprisoned alongside women

John Swinney’s continued failure to fully enact Supreme Court ruling on gender could see him die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon

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3 d. ago It is not controversial to say men should not be imprisoned alongside women: Euan McColm

John Swinney’s continued failure to fully enact Supreme Court ruling on gender could see him die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon

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4 d. ago John Swinney is risking his political career to put trans women in female prisons

A biological male who identifies as a woman has no place in a female prison, writes Susan Dalgety

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4 d. ago UK Budget: Scots firms urge John Swinney to 'resist temptation' to copy UK government tax rises

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) both warned the First Minister that raising income tax would ‘hit workers’ and not help the economy

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5 d. ago Power firm sets out plans to deliver 600 ‘earn as you learn’ roles in Scotland

First Minister John Swinney welcomed SSEN Transmission’s investment as ‘great news’ for the country’s workforce and renewables sector.

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5 d. ago Southport killer's parents 'desperately sorry' as they make tearful apology to victims' families

Axel Rudakubana's father said he was 'so ashamed' as he addressed bereaved families at the public inquiry into the attack

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5 d. ago Southport inquiry: parents of victims call for killer’s parents to be ‘held to account’

The comments came after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert the police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Southport inquiry: killer’s parents must be ‘held to account’, say victims’ families

Call comes after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago John Swinney drops commitment not to increase income tax in Scotland

The First Minister was repeatedly asked about possible tax increases in Holyrood

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