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EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish university is set to offer 'free-housing' to attract more fee-paying students amid operational deficits of £10.5 million
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December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish university is set to offer 'free-housing' to attract more fee-paying students amid operational deficits of £10.5 million
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Scotland Office in 'Pravda-style bid to control the media'
Scotland Office in 'Pravda-style bid to control the media'
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Scotland Office in 'Pravda-style bid to control the media'
Scotland Office in 'Pravda-style bid to control the media'
NEW: A documentary about Glasgow’s community resistance to a Home Office raid in 2021 will have its world premiere at a major international film festival in January
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December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NEW: A documentary about Glasgow’s community resistance to a Home Office raid in 2021 will have its world premiere at a major international film festival in January
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December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Palestine protesters have slammed Labour officials after they were 'manhandled' and 'aggressively' removed from a venue which was hosting Keir Starmer in Glasgow last week
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Palestine protesters have slammed Labour officials after they were 'manhandled' and 'aggressively' removed from a venue which was hosting Keir Starmer in Glasgow last week
It’s not just a set of world leaders that excludes the powerless Scots. This involves everyone. And politicians are fiddling while Europe burns, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️
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December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s not just a set of world leaders that excludes the powerless Scots. This involves everyone. And politicians are fiddling while Europe burns, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️
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Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Whittle, the Plaid Cymru MS who stormed to victory in the Caerphilly seat Labour had held for a century, has spoken of what he believes the future holds for Wales
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December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Whittle, the Plaid Cymru MS who stormed to victory in the Caerphilly seat Labour had held for a century, has spoken of what he believes the future holds for Wales
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Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
BREAKING: Edinburgh's Grassmarket is closed due a fire at a building on Heriot Bridge
Emergency services are in attendance and the public is advised to avoid the area
Emergency services are in attendance and the public is advised to avoid the area
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
BREAKING: Edinburgh's Grassmarket is closed due a fire at a building on Heriot Bridge
Emergency services are in attendance and the public is advised to avoid the area
Emergency services are in attendance and the public is advised to avoid the area
BREAKING: The UK Government has announced the first project for the Grangemouth site
The Government claims the project will create 130 direct full-time jobs at Grangemouth over the next five years
The Government claims the project will create 130 direct full-time jobs at Grangemouth over the next five years
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
BREAKING: The UK Government has announced the first project for the Grangemouth site
The Government claims the project will create 130 direct full-time jobs at Grangemouth over the next five years
The Government claims the project will create 130 direct full-time jobs at Grangemouth over the next five years
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December 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
Whatever practical difficulties the SNP may face in using the 2026 election to bring independence about, the prospects of the UK remaining united in the slightly longer-term are looking bleaker by the day, writes James Kelly ✍️
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Whatever practical difficulties the SNP may face in using the 2026 election to bring independence about, the prospects of the UK remaining united in the slightly longer-term are looking bleaker by the day, writes James Kelly ✍️
Amu Gib is one of the Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners on hunger strike.
Today we are publishing an extract from their prison diary which covers the initial days of their hunger strike.
Today we are publishing an extract from their prison diary which covers the initial days of their hunger strike.
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Amu Gib is one of the Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners on hunger strike.
Today we are publishing an extract from their prison diary which covers the initial days of their hunger strike.
Today we are publishing an extract from their prison diary which covers the initial days of their hunger strike.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Seven weeks ago, Plaid Cymru shook the world of UK politics in a way they hadn’t before, storming to victory in a seat Labour had held for a century and collecting more votes there than Keir Starmer’s party and Reform UK combined
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Seven weeks ago, Plaid Cymru shook the world of UK politics in a way they hadn’t before, storming to victory in a seat Labour had held for a century and collecting more votes there than Keir Starmer’s party and Reform UK combined
Grassroots football in Scotland is now ultimately being funded by Israel’s destruction of not only the same grassroots football in Palestine, but Palestinian society itself, writes Fraser Wilson ✍️
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www.thenational.scot/sport/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Grassroots football in Scotland is now ultimately being funded by Israel’s destruction of not only the same grassroots football in Palestine, but Palestinian society itself, writes Fraser Wilson ✍️
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www.thenational.scot/sport/...
A Scottish clinical psychologist is facing misconduct allegations over 'anti-trans' social media posts
The first day of the hearing took place on Wednesday
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The first day of the hearing took place on Wednesday
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December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A Scottish clinical psychologist is facing misconduct allegations over 'anti-trans' social media posts
The first day of the hearing took place on Wednesday
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The first day of the hearing took place on Wednesday
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Voters are being asked to believe that a government which has embraced a market-led renewables model under devolution will transform into a public ownership state post-independence, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
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December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Voters are being asked to believe that a government which has embraced a market-led renewables model under devolution will transform into a public ownership state post-independence, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
Jeremy Corbyn expresses his concern for the group of prisoners on hunger strike who are calling for the de-proscription of Palestine Action
Watch as he calls on the UK Government to make a statement 👇
Watch as he calls on the UK Government to make a statement 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Jeremy Corbyn expresses his concern for the group of prisoners on hunger strike who are calling for the de-proscription of Palestine Action
Watch as he calls on the UK Government to make a statement 👇
Watch as he calls on the UK Government to make a statement 👇
BREAKING: Independence has taken a four-point lead while Labour support has dropped off in a new Ipsos poll
Story to follow
Story to follow
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
BREAKING: Independence has taken a four-point lead while Labour support has dropped off in a new Ipsos poll
Story to follow
Story to follow
NEW: The UK Government is in 'moral retreat,' Amnesty International has said, after Keir Starmer urged Europe’s leaders to rehash how a major human rights treaty is interpreted in law
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December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
NEW: The UK Government is in 'moral retreat,' Amnesty International has said, after Keir Starmer urged Europe’s leaders to rehash how a major human rights treaty is interpreted in law
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December 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Energy shake-up 'would reshape the future of Scotland'
Energy shake-up 'would reshape the future of Scotland'
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Energy shake-up 'would reshape the future of Scotland'
Energy shake-up 'would reshape the future of Scotland'
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December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Harassment, 'untruthful' evidence, and 'unusual' legal questions. Our reporter Xander Elliards looks at nine points from the Sandie Peggie ruling that the rest of the media has left out
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Harassment, 'untruthful' evidence, and 'unusual' legal questions. Our reporter Xander Elliards looks at nine points from the Sandie Peggie ruling that the rest of the media has left out