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DOZENS OF HOMES FLOODED AFTER THREE RIVERS BURST THEIR BANKS
Dozens of homes have been flooded in a Co Laois town after three rivers burst their banks... READ MORE›
UK'S 15-BILLION-POUND RBS SALE TO BOOST GOVERNMENT COFFERS
RBS shares fell by 1.25 percent by 1630 GMT, against a 0.4 percent rise in the STOXX European banks index .SX7P... READ MORE›
EIGHT, NINE, TEN WHY PEOPLE ARE COUNTING SHEEP IN CHEDDAR GORGE
There is a shaggy creation myth surrounding the feral sheep of Cheddar Gorge in Somerset... READ MORE›
CAMPAIGNERS URGE MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICE IN ENGLAND AFTER SCOTTISH RULING
Health campaigners say the strongest but cheapest ciders were so cheap in Scotland an adult could consume their maximum recommended weekly limit of alcohol... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND TO BECOME FIRST COUNTRY IN WORLD TO INTRODUCE MINIMUM PRICING FOR ALCOHOLA
The Supreme Court decided the Alcohol Minimum Pricing Scotland Act 2012 is compatible with EU law and said the plan was appropriately targeted, lawful and proportionate... READ MORE›
ALEX ROWLEY, SCOTTISH INTERIM LABOUR LEADER, STEPS DOWN OVER 'ALLEGATIONS' ABOUT HIS CONDUCT
Scottish interim Labour leader Alex Rowley has stepped aside from the role amid claims about his conduct, the party has said... READ MORE›
LEGAL RECOGNITION FOR NON-BINARY PEOPLE PLANNED IN SCOTLAND
We support the Equal Recognition campaign and welcome the reform of the Gender Recognition Act... READ MORE›
POLICE EXAMINE THREE ENVELOPES AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, ONE THOUGHT TO CONTAIN WHITE POWDER
The letters were addressed to Conservative lawmakers, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Liz Smith and Edward Mountain, the source said... READ MORE›
JAILS IN SCOTLAND LESS VIOLENT THAN IN ENGLAND AND WALES, FIGURES SHOW
Scottish prisons are significantly less violent than jails in England and Wales, with lower rates of inmate aggression, according to statistics released by the Scottish parliament... READ MORE›
KIWIS THUMP SCOTLAND BY HUGE MARGIN IN RLWC CLASH
New Zealand smashes Scotland in their Rugby League World Cup pool match in Christchurch, scoring 14 tries to one... READ MORE›
TORY MP DOUGLAS ROSS GIVES UP REFEREEING WHEN COMMONS SITS AND SAYS 'MY WORLD CUP DREAM IS OVER'
The Tories insisted his constituents supported his refereeing work as they knew about it when they elected him in June's snap general election... READ MORE›
SCOTS OPT FOR HOT SHOCK TACTICS IN LEAGUE WORLD CUP MATCH PREPARATION
The hot shock therapy comes ahead of their Rugby League World Cup match against Tonga in Cairns this Sunday... READ MORE›
EUROPCAR 'REPAIR CHARGES SCANDAL' MAY HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD
Europcar'sA repair charges scandal may have spread across the world and ripped-off millions of British holidaymakers, it has emerged... READ MORE›
SMACKING CHILDREN TO BE BANNED IN SCOTLAND
Scottish government says it will ensure Green MSP's bill to give children equal protection from assault becomes law... READ MORE›
HURRICANE OPHELIA 2017: STORM BEARS DOWN ON IRELAND, U.K.
Hurricane Ophelia bears down on Ireland, U.K... READ MORE›
UK TO BE BATTERED BY 80MPH WINDS AS OPHELIA SWEEPS IN
The tropical storm has been making its way across the Atlantic and Ophelia's remnants are set to reach home shores on Monday, resulting in exceptional weather... READ MORE›
LOSSES AT TRUMP'S SCOTTISH GOLF RESORTS DOUBLE
Donald Trump lost millions of dollars for three years running on his two Scottish golf resorts... READ MORE›
LOSSES AT TRUMP'S SCOTTISH GOLF RESORTS HAVE DOUBLED
Watch donald trump uses 'spanish' accent to pronounce 'puerto rico' three times at..... READ MORE›
TRUMP BOOSTS LOANS TO SCOTTISH GOLF COURSES AMID MOUNTING LOSSES
President Donald Trump faced mounting losses at his Scottish golf resorts last year, forcing him to pour more cash into the properties to cover the shortfall... READ MORE›
SILK ROAD IS 'BIGGEST STORY IN TOWN', SAYS BROWN
China's plan for the multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative between the East and West is the embodiment of an interconnected world, according to Gordon Brown... READ MORE›
IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ALLIES IN BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS
Nicola Sturgeon has declared Ireland and Scotland allies in the Brexit negotiations... READ MORE›
TIES BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND 'MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER'
Nicola Sturgeon Ties between Scotland and Ireland 'more important than ever'... READ MORE›
RUTH DAVIDSON'S SCOTTISH TORIES 'CAN SHOW UK PARTY HOW TO BEAT JEREMY CORBYN'
Ruth Davidson and the Scottish Tories can show the UK party how to beat Jeremy Corbyn by winning back younger voters, David Mundell has argued... READ MORE›
HOMAGE TO THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: WALKING IN THE CAIRNGORMS
One old story tells of a Glen Feshie maiden whose lover was sentenced to death for some unknown crime... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Scotland
ITS BEEN VOTED THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HERES WHY
Glasgow's beauty - like single malt - takes time to appreciate, but goes deep... READ MORE›
IN SCOTLAND TRUMP BUILT A WALL THEN HE SENT RESIDENTS THE BILL
If Scotland doesn't stop insane policy of obsolete, bird-killing wind turbines, country will be destroyed, Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter in 2014... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND EMBRACES GAY POLITICIANS IN A PROFOUND CULTURAL SHIFT
By contrast, the United States Congress, representing a population 60 times Scotland's, has six elected House members and one senator who are openly gay, lesbian or bisexual... READ MORE›
NATWEST FREEZES RUSSIA TODAY'S BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE UK
NatWest bank has frozen the accounts of state-run broadcaster Russia Today RT, its editor-in-chief says... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND PLANS DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME FOR BOTTLES AND CANS
The Scottish government is planning to introduce a deposit return scheme for bottles and cans... READ MORE›
WHAT'S IN A NAME? IN SCOTLAND, DONALD PLUMMETS IN POPULARITY
Trump's mother was born on the Isle of Lewis in western Scotland... READ MORE›
FRUSTRATED NEIGHBOURS OF TRUMP'S SCOTTISH GOLF COURSE FIGHT BACK WITH MEXICAN FLAGS
My main problem with Donald Trump as far as the golf course is concerned is he didn't deliver what he promised... READ MORE›
ROYAL AIR FORCE JETS SCRAMBLE TO INTERCEPT RUSSIAN BOMBERS CIRCLING UK AND IRELAND
A spokesperson for the Irish Aviation Authority said On Thursday 9th February 2017, the Irish Aviation Authority IAA monitored the activity of aircraft transiting Irish Controlled airspace... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND SETS AMBITIOUS GOAL OF 66% EMISSIONS CUT WITHIN 15 YEARS
O A totally carbon-free electricity sector based entirely on renewable energy sources by 2032, when Scotland's last nuclear power station will close... READ MORE›
'WE ARE SEEING A CHEMICAL ARMS RACE IN THE SEAS'
To produce farmed fish such as salmon, it takes about three times the weight of wild-caught fish... READ MORE›
GROUSE MOORS 'TO BLAME FOR SCOTLAND'S DISAPPEARING RAPTORS'
Many grouse moors host good populations of breeding eagles, harriers, merlin, buzzard and short-eared owls... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND REJECTS TRIGGERING BREXIT IN NON-BINDING VOTE
Tuesday's symbolic motion, which was proposed by the Scottish government led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, was backed by 90 votes to 34... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA: SCOTLAND HAS 'A LOT TO OFFER THE WORLD'
Barack Obama believes Scotland has a lot to offer the world and promised to return after his first visit to the country... READ MORE›
STORM BARBARA THREATENS CHRISTMAS GETAWAY WITH 90MPH WINDS
The Met Office has named Britain's second official storm of the winter, Storm Barbara, as it issued weather warnings for Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND BLOCKS TRUMP FROM EXPANDING HIS GOLF EMPIRE THERE
In 2006, businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump bought an 1,800-acre estate in Scotland's northeast, near Aberdeen... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN COMMISSION INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND WOULD HAVE TO JOIN QUEUE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP
Ms Minor said that was not the European Commission's opinion during the 2014 independence referendum and nothing had changed since... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND WIND TURBINES COVER ALL ITS ELECTRICITY NEEDS FOR A DAY
High winds on Sunday boosted renewable energy output to provide 106 percent of Scotland's electricity needs for a day... READ MORE›
AS BREXIT NEARS SCOTLAND VOTES FOR ONE OF ITS OWN
In that referendum, 52 percent of voters chose to leave the European Union... READ MORE›
A TIMELINE OF HOW LOVE AND LAW HAVE CHANGED IN 130 YEARS
'Marriage bar' abolished November 18, 1966 The bar on employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is abolished... READ MORE›
BRITAINS NEW A?5 NOTE, STRONGER AND SAFER, ISNT SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS
The Bank of England has printed 440 million notes since this summer, but Mrs. Elliot said her group was working with bank officials to resolve the issue... READ MORE›
ST ANDREW'S DAY: WHO WAS THE PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND AND HOW IS THE DAY BEING CELEBRATED TODAY?
Legend has it that, heavily outnumbered, Oengus II told St. Andrew that he would become the patron saint of Scotland if he were granted victory... READ MORE›
RUSSIA TODAY'S BANK ACCOUNTS IN BRITAIN FROZEN BYA NATWEST
The agency's head, Dmitry Kiselyov, is on an EU sanctions list related to Russia's actions in Ukraine... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY ONLY ALLOWED NICOLA STURGEON TO SPEAK 'BRIEFLY' ABOUT SECOND REFERENDUM BEFORE SHUTTING HER DOWN
They said this would not have happened by the time Ms Sturgeon wanted to hold the referendum between autumn 2018 and spring 2019... READ MORE›
THE FIRST MINISTER INTENDS TO KEEP SCOTLAND 'AT THE VERY HEART' OF EUROPE.
Scotland's desire to stay in the European Union was much stronger than in the rest of the UK... READ MORE›
EAGER BEAVERS EXPERTS AT RECREATING WILDLIFE-RICH WETLANDS, STUDY REVEALS
The extraordinary ability of eager beavers to engineer degraded land into wildlife-rich wetlands has been revealed by a new study in Scotland... READ MORE›
AMID DIVISIONS IN U.K. OVER BREXIT, NICOLA STURGEON CALLS FOR NEW REFERENDUM ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
Mrs. May has accused Ms. Sturgeon and her Scottish National Party, which dominates politics in Scotland, of having an obsession with independence... READ MORE›
WORLD'S SHORTEST FLIGHT CELEBRATES ITS MILLIONTH PASSENGER
Two-minute hop - 47 seconds on a good wind day - takes travellers between Westray and Papa Westray in Orkney islands, off Scotland's north-east coast... READ MORE›
RARE BUTTERFLY SPOTTED IN SCOTLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1884
Scotland has a new species of butterfly the elusive and endangered white-letter hairstreak has been discovered in a field in Berwickshire, 100 metres from the English border... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY REJECTS SCOTTISH REFERENDUM CALL
Before Scotland holds a referendum, the UK government must agree to the vote... READ MORE›
PEOPLE AT RISK OF HIV IN SCOTLAND TO BE GIVEN PREP DRUG ON NHS
NHS England resisted rolling out PrEP due to its cost, although it is a lot cheaper than a lifetime of HIV treatment which could cost ?360,000... READ MORE›