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Matt Kerr
First Minister John Swinney moves the motion that the 2026 Scottish Parliament election will be fought by the SNP on a clear platform of national independence during the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA), October 11, 2025
Scotland / 12 October 2025
12 October 2025
President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington
Aw That / 11 October 2025
11 October 2025

Trump’s Gaza deal is a transient, self-aggrandising spectacle that barely distracts from the West’s outright complicity in the massacre in Gaza and our slide into warmongering, writes MATT KERR

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh
Scotland / 9 October 2025
9 October 2025
 Coins and Scottish bank notes
Scotland / 8 October 2025
8 October 2025
Coins in a Saltire purse
Scotland / 8 October 2025
8 October 2025
People welcome a number of activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla that attempted to sail to Gaza after they were released from Israeli prison, at Tunis–Carthage International Airport, October 5, 2025, in Tunis, Tunisia
Britain / 6 October 2025
6 October 2025

Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp

A car drives through floodwater in Galway, October 3, 2025
Scotland / 6 October 2025
6 October 2025
First Minister John Swinney during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, September 18, 2025
Scotland / 6 October 2025
6 October 2025
Credit cards from Santander, Barclaycard, American Express and HSBC
Climate / 3 October 2025
3 October 2025