3 d. ago John Swinney urged not to drop Scotland's ban on cash for weapons in face of Russia threat

The First Minister said he could 'reconsider' the SNP's longstanding policy against directly funding munitions amid the threat from Putin.

Events

3 d. ago John Swinney raised 'concerns' with Donald Trump's son over vandalism attack at Turnberry

Official correspondence reveals new details of the sit-down meeting between Eric Trump and the First Minister at Bute House earlier this year.

Politics

4 d. ago Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader

John Swinney is a little too nice to deliver independence, says a reader

Politics

4 d. ago Protesters urge Wimbledon to cut ties with Barclays over Israel business deals

Pro-Palestinian protesters urged Wimbledon to drop Barclays as a sponsor Monday because of the British bank’s business dealings with Israel

Economics

5 d. ago Benefit cuts show welfare state is not safe in Labour Government hands

In his Daily Record column, First Minister John Swinney lays into the UK Government's plans for welfare cuts.

Politics

5 d. ago Households urged to send in meter readings ahead of energy price cap drop

Ofgem’s energy price cap will fall by 7% from July 1, meaning a drop of £129 to £1,720 per year for the typical household bill.

Politics

7 d. ago Scotland's Botox Bandits facing ban over country's "wild west" treatments

New legislation will introduce regulatory framework and quack operators from dangerous procedures

Politics

7 d. ago John Swinney in funding threat to councils over flagship education policy

EXCLUSIVE: An exasperated First Minister has written to COSLA and accused councils of stalling on a deal to cut class contact time for teachers.

Events

8 d. ago Dundee University: John Swinney joins calls for disgraced former boss to hand back £150k pay

Professor Iain Gillespie was accused of ‘creating a mess and walking into the sunset’, leaving Dundee University with a £35m black hole and hundreds job losses.

Economics

8 d. ago Anas Sarwar brands John Swinney 'captain of the Titanic' as he blasts 'failing' NHS

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the NHS is "fighting for survival" under the First Minister's watch.

Events

8 d. ago 'The nuclear threat is growing': Keir Starmer warns of 'grim reality' of threat from Putin's Russia after Britons are told to 'actively prepare' for WAR

The Prime Minister faced MPs today after attending the Nato summit this week and the G7 leaders' meeting last week, where the war in Ukraine was one of the main topics of discussion.

Events

8 d. ago PDC and Barry Hearn urged to drop strict rule after major Raymond van Barneveld decision

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld will be one of the star attractions at this weekend's televised Champion of Champions event hosted by World Seniors Darts

Politics

9 d. ago SNP Government to cut jobs to help fill £2.6bn black hole as rivals blast 'gross mismanagement'

John Swinney's will try to reduce the public sector headcount.

Politics

9 d. ago Scotland will become a 'pimp nation' unless we ban the purchase of sex, says MSP

Alba's Ash Regan has introduced her bill to clampdown on people who pay for sex to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee.

Politics

9 d. ago Swinney says sorry to Gypsy Travellers for ‘trauma’ of the ‘tinker experiment’

Scottish First Minister John Swinney made clear the policies, pursued between 1940 and 1980, were ‘wrong’.

Events

9 d. ago 'We are sorry': John Swinney officially apologises to Gypsy Travellers for 'Tinker Experiment'

The Scottish Government admits the decades-long social ‘Tinker Experiment’ “should not have happened”.

Politics

9 d. ago ‘She killed three husbands with this teapot’: Prue Leith, John Swinney and more pick their favourite museum

From a stray meteorite to an immersive coal pit, via the chance to sit on a ‘feeding chair’, famous fans tell us how they fell in love with the UK’s Museum of the Year finalistsIt’s rare to hear someone getting this excited over a teapot. But as Terry Deary tells me, with exactly the kind of relish you’d expect from the author of Horrible Histories, this particular drinks vessel belonged to the Victorian-era mass murderer Mary Ann Cotton. Believed to have killed 12 of her children, not to mention three husbands, she was finally caught after poisoning her stepson in 1872 with an arsenic-laced brew. “And in Beamish they’ve got the teapot!” says Deary. “I was blown away to hold it!”He’s talking about Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, an open-air site based in County Durham (just like Cotton herself, who was eventually hanged in Durham Gaol). Featuring an 1820s tavern, a 1900s pit village and colliery, a 1940s farm and a 1950s town – all populated by costumed staff – it’s somethi...

Events

9 d. ago ‘She killed three husbands with this teapot’: Prue Leith, Huw Stephens and more pick their favourite museum

From a stray meteorite to an immersive coal pit, via the chance to sit on a ‘feeding chair’, famous fans tell us how they fell in love with the UK’s Museum of the Year finalistsIt’s rare to hear someone getting this excited over a teapot. But as Terry Deary tells me, with exactly the kind of relish you’d expect from the author of Horrible Histories, this particular drinks vessel belonged to the Victorian-era mass murderer Mary Ann Cotton. Believed to have killed 12 of her children, not to mention three husbands, she was finally caught after poisoning her stepson in 1872 with an arsenic-laced brew. “And in Beamish they’ve got the teapot!” says Deary. “I was blown away to hold it!”He’s talking about Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, an open-air site based in County Durham (just like Cotton herself, who was eventually hanged in Durham Gaol). Featuring an 1820s tavern, a 1900s pit village and colliery, a 1940s farm and a 1950s town – all populated by costumed staff – it’s somethi...

Events

9 d. ago Nuclear attack risks to UK are rising, chilling warning from Defence Secretary John Healey at Nato summit

The Cabinet minister also told how Britain has to strengthen its homeland defences against the threat of war

Events

9 d. ago Nuclear attack risks to UK are rising, warns Defence Secretary John Healey at Nato summit

The Cabinet minister also told how Britain has to strengthen its homeland defences against the threat of war

Events