A HOME Office insider’s claims that just one in 100 asylum claims are genuine is an “exaggeration” that must have come from a “human lie…

The National is looking for a journalist who lives and breathes Scottish politics to join the team ...

A HUGE Scottish estate with its own private island is set to be purchased by the local community after a £1 million grant was secured ...

THERE are “eerie echoes” of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power playing out in far- and extreme-right protests on the streets of Scotland, an expert…

PRIME Minister Andy Burnham risks worsening the disconnect that many Scottish voters already feel from Westminster by avoiding a “key aspect of a…

THE UK Government is facing questions after no Scottish fishers were given the right to catch prized bluefin tuna – with every tonne of a major…

FORMER Scottish secretary Alister Jack has asked the UK Government to review what is devolved to the Scottish Parliament and cut its powers ...

ART focused on Israel’s genocide in Palestine is set to be shown in Scotland after its exhibition south of the Border was cancelled following…

LAST week, media were invited to Police Scotland headquarters for a briefing on the investigation which ultimately revealed Peter Murrell's…

A REFORM UK activist who campaigns with top party figures joined the racist rioters in Glasgow on Tuesday and has claimed that “Jews" are…

POLITICIANS have cynically and hypocritically sought to use John Swinney's comments and the Troubles for their own political ends ...

Follow our live blog for Scottish election 2026 results, with real‑time seat declarations, expert analysis and updates as the new Holyrood take…

THE UK has marked “World Press Freedom Day” by erasing the majority of the journalists murdered in 2025 from existence ...

RENOWNED Scottish historian Tom Devine has compared Reform UK to Nazi Germany after Nigel Farage's party pledged it would tell museums how to…

THE SNP’s manifesto has chalked up one win for the party already: they are dominating the conversation in Scottish politics ...

A SCOTTISH man who was charged with terrorism after allegedly showing support for Palestine Action has had his case thrown out in what is thought to…

THE First Minister was told that former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell would face charges of embezzling £460,000 from the party 10 months before…

LABOUR are under pressure to explain whether a Government minister or a Downing Street spokesperson spoke “bunkum” about when they learned of…

THE US Government is being pushed to explain whether it ignored a Scottish court order and “abducted two people from Scotland”

A POLLING expert has delivered their verdict after the SNP won a Scottish council by-election ...

JOHN Swinney branded the Scottish Secretary “discourteous and disrespectful” in a scathing letter to the Prime Minister, correspondence released…

IT’S an election year, and Scotland’s politicians will be crossing fingers, counting shamrock leaves, and wishing on lucky stars for one thing…

IT’S an election year, and Scotland’s politicians will be crossing fingers, counting shamrock leaves, and wishing on lucky stars for one thing…

US forces are reportedly attempting to seize the Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as Bella-1

“NEW year, new me.” That just about sums up the pitch to voters which Anas Sarwar made this week ...

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SCOTTISH prosecutors face claims they have reduced terrorism to the level of a parking ticket after asking activists accused of supporting a…

A PALESTINIAN student with a full scholarship to study in Scotland has warned that the UK Government must act within two weeks or he will “lose…

THE Home Office told the BBC it had agreed to bring some 40 students from Gaza to the UK before it told the students involved ....

AWARD-WINNING Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested by Police Scotland ...

BREWDOG's co-founder Martin Dickie has left the Scottish drinks firm “out of the blue” for personal reasons, The National can reveal.

THE UK Government has refused to comment on the US imposing sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

THE SNP still owe former chief executive Peter Murrell £60,000 – but may never pay him back ...

THE UK Government is accused of trying to “cover up complicity in genocide” after refusing to publish documents linked to a secret meeting with…

SCOTTISH legal cases involving the UK Government’s proscription of Palestine Action will be dealt with by a “specialist” overseen by senior…

THE UK’s press regulator has defended its chair after he publicly opposed the recognition of the state of Palestine ...

SCOTTISH Labour have fallen completely silent on the tribunal of NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie ...

THE UK Government has shown a “total disregard” for the loss of life in Gaza by refusing to answer whether British-made weapons parts have been…