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RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints
BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints

A £50 million fund has been allocated to revamp play parks across Scotland
A £50 million fund has been allocated to revamp play parks across Scotland

£50m fund allocated for councils to revamp play parks

Samantha Pierre-Joseph shows her smart meter indicating how many kWh (kilowatt-hour) she has used already in one day, and how much it has cost her, in her house in London, on December 13, 2022.
Samantha Pierre-Joseph shows her smart meter indicating how many kWh (kilowatt-hour) she has used already in one day, and how much it has cost her, in her house in London, on December 13, 2022.

10 tips to give your energy usage a ‘spring clean’ and reduce bills

On Friday, the First Minister will carry out her last official engagement after her her final 286th FMQs.
On Friday, the First Minister will carry out her last official engagement after her her final 286th FMQs.

An emotional Nicola Sturgeon delivers final address to Scottish Parliament as FM

The Scottish Government is following the UK in banning TikTok from official devices
The Scottish Government is following the UK in banning TikTok from official devices

Scottish Government bans TikTok from work devices over cybersecurity fears

TikTok is the world's most popular app
TikTok is the world's most popular app

TikTok to be blocked from ‘all parliamentary devices’

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors. Picture: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images
Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors. Picture: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images

Junior doctors announce four-day strike action in April

Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of the Scottish Government of making "factually inaccurate" statements in the Commons. Picture: Andy Bailey/UK Parliament/AFP
Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of the Scottish Government of making "factually inaccurate" statements in the Commons. Picture: Andy Bailey/UK Parliament/AFP

Home secretary accused by Scottish Government of 'factually inaccurate' comments

A study has found a third of UK workers would quit their job
A study has found a third of UK workers would quit their job

Third of workers would quit job if right to work from home removed, study finds

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has pledged to scrap controversial plans to ban all forms of commercial and recreational fishing in significant stretches of Scotland’s waters.
SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has pledged to scrap controversial plans to ban all forms of commercial and recreational fishing in significant stretches of Scotland’s waters.

Kate Forbes vows to scrap controversial proposals for fishing bans

The government’s Emergency Alert system could put victims of domestic abuse at risk, according to Refuge Charity - Credit: Adobe
The government’s Emergency Alert system could put victims of domestic abuse at risk, according to Refuge Charity - Credit: Adobe

Refuge warning over ‘armageddon’ phone alerts - how to turn them off

The Scottish landscape should remain as unsullied as possible, says reader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Getty)
The Scottish landscape should remain as unsullied as possible, says reader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Pump storage scheme not worth cost to Scotland

Scotland's Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney MSP, sat next to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, as he delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Scotland's Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney MSP, sat next to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, as he delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Report details a sorry saga the Scottish Government must learn lessons from

Travel advice for medical tourists travelling to Turkey has been updated
Travel advice for medical tourists travelling to Turkey has been updated

New travel advice issued for medical tourists planning trip to Turkey

Scottish Parliament handout photo of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon making a statement to Scottish Parliament apologising for Historical Adoption Practices in Scotland where many young women were forced to give their babies up for adoption against their will.
Scottish Parliament handout photo of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon making a statement to Scottish Parliament apologising for Historical Adoption Practices in Scotland where many young women were forced to give their babies up for adoption against their will.

Nicola Sturgeon offers ‘heartfelt’ apology for forced adoptions

Crowds throng the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Crowds throng the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Questions are stacking up for Fringe Society over government-funded HQ

New Zealand has become the latest country to ban popular video sharing app TikTok on government-related devices.
New Zealand has become the latest country to ban popular video sharing app TikTok on government-related devices.

BBC tells staff to remove TikTok from corporate phones

The reservoir at Coire Glas would contain 26 billion litres of water
The reservoir at Coire Glas would contain 26 billion litres of water

Hydro scheme to double the UK's ability to store energy gets £100m boost

Floods in low-lying Bangladesh are getting worse as sea levels rise because of global warming (Picture: Mamun Hossain/AFP via Getty Images)
Floods in low-lying Bangladesh are getting worse as sea levels rise because of global warming (Picture: Mamun Hossain/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change is a disease of the here and now – Scotsman comment

Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England.
Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England.

Private companies see profits soar as UK Government increases asylum hotels

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said while the Windsor Framework represented “significant progress” in addressing concerns with the Northern Ireland Protocol he said it does not deal with some of the “fundamental problems at the heart of our current difficulties”.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said while the Windsor Framework represented “significant progress” in addressing concerns with the Northern Ireland Protocol he said it does not deal with some of the “fundamental problems at the heart of our current difficulties”.

DUP to vote against new Brexit deal

Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.
Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.

RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal

More than a quarter of child trust funds remain unclaimed
More than a quarter of child trust funds remain unclaimed

More than a quarter of child trust funds worth £1,900 still unclaimed

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)

Another Tory Budget, another missed chance to reverse the UK's economic decline

Train operator Avanti West Coast has been handed a short-term contract extension by the Department for Transport (DfT), the FirstGroup-owned company said.
Train operator Avanti West Coast has been handed a short-term contract extension by the Department for Transport (DfT), the FirstGroup-owned company said.

Avanti West Coast handed contract extension

Many could miss out on a whopping £18 billion of ‘free money’ – because they don...

Workers are £11,000 worse off per year due to 15 years of wage stagnation, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Workers are £11,000 worse off per year due to 15 years of wage stagnation, according to the Resolution Foundation.

Workers £11,000 worse off a year due to stagnant wages – Resolution Foundation

Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell in 2017
Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell in 2017

Scotsman leader comment: SNP's culture of aggressive secrecy must be flushed out

Gary Lineker will return to Match of the Day next weekend (Pic:Getty)
Gary Lineker will return to Match of the Day next weekend (Pic:Getty)

Gary Lineker wasn’t on Match of The Day - here’s why

Mobile phone ‘Armageddon alert’ date set: UK primed for new public warning system siren test
Mobile phone ‘Armageddon alert’ date set: UK primed for new public warning system siren test

‘Armageddon alert’: UK primed for mobile phone public warning siren

SNP say rising energy bills show Scotland 'paying price for Westminster failure'

Inside the Lochaber aluminium smelter, in Fort William
Inside the Lochaber aluminium smelter, in Fort William

Inside the controversial Lochaber smelter

The leadership candidates
The leadership candidates

Whoever wins SNP leadership, the race has done profound damage to the party

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross at First Minister's Questions on Thursday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross at First Minister's Questions on Thursday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Hypocrisy of Tory Ross on display at FMQs

Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Drop in SNP membership will cost party hundreds of thousands in lost income

Some over-the-counter cough medicines are being recalled over safety concerns.
Some over-the-counter cough medicines are being recalled over safety concerns.

Common cough medicines recalled over safety fears

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet
Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

King Charles III coronation: Screens to go up in 30 UK locations

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's increase in government spending on childcare means the Scottish Government will get extra funding (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's increase in government spending on childcare means the Scottish Government will get extra funding (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Budget shows UK's unwavering commitment to tackling cost-of-living crisis

A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs believe TikTok breaches UK law - could be banned

Fringe Society chief executive Shona McCarthy. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
Fringe Society chief executive Shona McCarthy. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh Festival Fringe chiefs defend plan for new multi-million pound HQ

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has found defending the budget far from child's play.
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has found defending the budget far from child's play.

Analysis: Defending a budget is always harder than delivering it

TikTok has been banned from UK Government phones.
TikTok has been banned from UK Government phones.

Call for clarity over use of Chinese-owned TikTok on Scottish Government phones

'Rather than reminiscing over cups of tea, there will be silence as aged fingers are swiped over screens'. PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos
'Rather than reminiscing over cups of tea, there will be silence as aged fingers are swiped over screens'. PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos

Millions of Brits to take part in ‘Armageddon alarm’ test within weeks

Experts from the industry have given an insight into what effect Jeremy Hunt’s new Spring Budget will have on the UK housing market.
Experts from the industry have given an insight into what effect Jeremy Hunt’s new Spring Budget will have on the UK housing market.

What does spring budget mean for housing market? Zoopla forecast

The UK government is to ban TikTok on government devices
The UK government is to ban TikTok on government devices

UK to ban TikTok from all Government phones amid security concerns

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his Budget to the House of Commons in London. Picture date: Wednesday March 15, 2023.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his Budget to the House of Commons in London. Picture date: Wednesday March 15, 2023.

Jeremy Hunt defends Budget amid criticism over pensions giveaway for richest 1%

Small tasting glasses with aged Scotch whisky. Picture: Shutterstock
Small tasting glasses with aged Scotch whisky. Picture: Shutterstock

Why the 'political bubble' is out of touch over whisky blow

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is being built in Bridgwater, Somerset (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/PA)
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is being built in Bridgwater, Somerset (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/PA)

Why Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is dead wrong about nuclear power – Dr Richard Dixon

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said the UK was proving the "doubters" wrong.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said the UK was proving the "doubters" wrong.

UK avoids 'technical recession' but forecasts still show standards collapse

The whisky industry has criticised Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget.
The whisky industry has criticised Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget.

Budget 2023: Scotch whisky industry dealt 'historic blow' amid tax hike

Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’
Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’

Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds

Budget 2023: Free childcare for under 5s explained

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt announces £320m for Scotland as well as 'potential Canary Wharf'

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The observation car 1719E was restored for the Strathspey Railway by engineers Nemesis Rail. Picture: Nemesis Rail
The observation car 1719E was restored for the Strathspey Railway by engineers Nemesis Rail. Picture: Nemesis Rail

Historic rail observation car returns to Highlands after 55 years

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

SNP leadership: Greens’ clearest signal yet they wouldn’t work with Kate Forbes

A pothole near the Fairy Pools in Skye. Picture: Liam Cousins
A pothole near the Fairy Pools in Skye. Picture: Liam Cousins

‘Crater-like’ Skye potholes threaten fatal crashes – tourism body SkyeConnect