Cost of Alistair Carmichael MP legal action triples
A group which has taken legal action against former Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has said the cost of the case has more than tripled. Four constituents raised the action against the Lib...
View ArticleRuling due on Alistair Carmichael election legal challenge
The result of legal action challenging the election of Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael is due on Wednesday. Four constituents raised the action against the Lib Dem under the Representation...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon urge climate policy rethink
Labour leader and Scottish first minister say the government should reverse green cuts as dangers of climate change become more evident, reports Climate Home...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, argues that an independent Scotland would be a strong and diverse economy with or without oil revenues. ......
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon denies Forth Road Bridge maintenance cuts
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said it is "absolutely" not true that cuts to maintenance budgets led to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge. The bridge will be closed to all traffic until the new...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon pays respects to Paris attacks victims at Bataclan theatre
Scotland's first minister has paid a private visit to the Bataclan Concert Hall to pay her respects to victims of...
View ArticleQ&A: The Alistair Carmichael election case
A legal challenge over the election of Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael as Orkney and Shetland MP has been refused by judges. They said the petitioners had "not proved beyond reasonable doubt" that...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon strips Donald Trump of Scottish ambassador role
Nicola Sturgeon has stripped Donald Trump from his role as a business ambassador for Scotland after he called for Muslims to be banned from the...
View ArticleDonald Trump stripped of business ambassador for Scotland role by Nicola...
Donald Trump has been stripped of his role as a business ambassador for Scotland by Nicola Sturgeon, as the growing backlash against his comments about Muslims led to calls for a national boycott of...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon axes Donald Trump from GlobalScot network
Donald Trump has been dropped as a business ambassador for Scotland by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The presidential hopeful, who...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon takes over as SNP leader from Alex Salmond
14 November 2014 Last updated at 08:16 GMT Nicola Sturgeon is to formally take over the leadership of the SNP from Alex Salmond. She will be confirmed in the post as the SNP's annual conference gets...
View ArticleSturgeon vows that Scotland will be independent as she is confirmed as next...
Scottish nationalists yesterday cleared the way for Nicola Sturgeon, a prominent figure in the failed independence bid in last month’s referendum, to become...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon: New leader of Scottish National Party vows fight for...
In her first speech as leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon has vowed that “Scotland will become an independent country”. Speaking at Perth Concert Hall Ms Sturgeon ruled out any...
View ArticleAlex Salmond contradicts Nicola Sturgeon by calling SNP election success a...
Alex Salmond has opened up the prospect of another referendum in Scotland, saying that the SNP’s landslide victory in the general election was a “staging post” on the way to independence. It was the...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon becomes Scotland's first minister
20 November 2014 Last updated at 18:49 GMT The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has been sworn in as Scotland's first minister. She replaces Alex Salmond, following her election to the role by MSPs. Ms...
View ArticleSNP leader Nicole Sturgeon offers to help Labour’s Ed Miliband to become...
The Scottish National Party leader has offered to help British Labour party leader Ed Miliband become prime minister, while raising the possibility of seeking another independence referendum after...
View ArticleAlex Salmond tells Nicola Sturgeon she will 'make history'
14 November 2014 Last updated at 16:35 GMT Alex Salmond has bowed out as leader of the SNP during the party conference in Perth. During a speech to delegates, Mr Salmond said: "As one era ends so...
View Article'The SNP will never go into coalition with the Conservatives,' Nicola...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) will not enter a coalition with the Conservatives after the general election, Nicola Sturgeon has vowed. Alex Salmond’s former party is likely to be one of few options...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon becomes Scottish National Party leader
London, November 14: Nicola Sturgeon Friday took over the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from Alex Salmond, the outspoken Scottish first minister who had led the SNP for over 20 years....
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