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(left to right) Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Davy Russell celebrate during a rally on Castle Street, Hamilton, after he was declared the winner for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, June 6, 2025
Scotland / 6 June 2025
Labour pull-off surprise Holyrood by-election victory
6 June 2025
Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the constituency office of Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville in Dunfermline, Fife, during their strike action in dispute over pay, February 22, 2023
EIS Conference 2025 / 6 June 2025
Teachers urged to back strike over soaring workloads
6 June 2025
A primary school teacher looking stressed next to piles of c
EIS Conference 2025 / 5 June 2025
More than two-fifths of Scotland's teachers work the equivalent of an extra day every week for free, says EIS
5 June 2025
Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the Tramway in Glasgow on day two of the strike action in a dispute over pay, March 1, 2023
Scotland / 6 June 2025
Teachers demand action to tackle classroom misogyny
6 June 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Scotland / 4 June 2025
Unpaid BME carers still face 'disproportionate barriers to accessing support', research finds
4 June 2025
SNP Leader John Swinney joins parliamentary candidate Katy Loudon and party activists outside the party's campaign office in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on the last day of campaigning for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, June 4, 2025
Scotland / 4 June 2025
Parties make final pitch to voters in Hamilton
4 June 2025
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham, December 21, 20
Scotland / 4 June 2025
North Sea faces redundancy 'avalanche', warns Unite
4 June 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, June 2, 2025
Scotland / 3 June 2025
Second separation poll not a 'priority', insists PM
3 June 2025
A woman showing signs of depression (picture posed by a mode
Scotland / 3 June 2025
More than half of those working in the arts have been exposed to bullying, study finds
3 June 2025
Demonstrators outside the Reform UK office in Hamilton, Lanarkshire during a visit by party leader Nigel Farage, while on the campaign trail ahead of the upcoming Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election on Thursday, June 2, 2025
Reform UK / 2 June 2025
‘Dangerous clown’ Farage doubles down on ‘racist’ campaign ad on visit to Hamilton
2 June 2025
Scottish Money
Scotland / 2 June 2025
Charity sets £920m child poverty challenge to Holyrood
2 June 2025
Maria Ziegler / Creative Commons
Society / 30 May 2025
No more SNP platitudes on housing emergency, say Labour
30 May 2025
Walkers take an evening stroll near Gretna, Dumfries and Gal
Scotland / 30 May 2025
Scottish government ditches national park plans
30 May 2025
NUM Scottish President Mick McGahey (right) with NUM President Arthur Scargill in London, where they met with coal board chairman Ian MacGregor at the NCB's headquarters, March 6, 1984
Scotland / 29 May 2025
McGahey remembered at Holyrood on centenary
29 May 2025
School girls walking to school
Education / 28 May 2025
MSPs call for evidence on classrooms restraint
28 May 2025
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar giving a speech at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall in Glasgow, to mark one year to go to the next Holyrood election, May 7, 2025
Scotland / 28 May 2025
Sarwar challenges Farage over ‘racist’ attack ad
28 May 2025
A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England, January 2023
Healthcare / 28 May 2025
Watchdog calls for better governance at NHS Scotland
28 May 2025
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during a visit to BE-ST (Built Environment - Smarter Transformation) at Hamilton International Technology Park in South Lanarkshire, May 23, 2025
Scotland / 26 May 2025
SNP demand action on Reform UK 'race-baiting' anti-Sarwar ad
26 May 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Universities / 26 May 2025
Workers strike to defend jobs at Dundee University
26 May 2025
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar with Daniel Johnson MSP (left), the party's candidate for the Hamilton by-election Davy Russell (second left) and BE-ST CEO Stephen Good (right) at Hamilton International Technology Park in South Lanarkshire, May 23, 2025
Hamilton by-election / 25 May 2025
Final 10 days of campaigning in Hamilton by-election
25 May 2025
The far-right Great British National Strike in Glasgow
Scotland / 25 May 2025
Far-right defeated after 10-hour stand-off in Glasgow
25 May 2025
An oil rig in the North Sea
Scotland / 25 May 2025
Trump's North Sea oil and gas calls best ignored, say Greens and SNP
25 May 2025
By-elections / 23 May 2025
Scottish Labour candidate accused of ’conflict of interest’
23 May 2025

Davy Russell cornered over previous jobs

Anas Sarwar
Social homes crisis / 23 May 2025
Scotland’s housing emergency enters second year
23 May 2025
gaza
Aw That / 23 May 2025
When the price of fish is paid in blood
23 May 2025

As Gaza burns and politicians abandon ‘bairns not bombs’ slogans to embrace a war economy, MATT KERR exposes the real purpose behind Britain’s EU fishing agreement: accessing €150 billion in militarisation funds

winter fuel protest
Energy profits / 23 May 2025
A third of people back scrapping winter fuel payment means-test
23 May 2025
Scotland / 22 May 2025
Scottish government claimed revealing details of meetings with Israeli ambassador would be 'antisemitic'
22 May 2025
Coins in a Saltire purse
Scotland / 22 May 2025
Scottish councils face £1bn black hole
22 May 2025
uni edinburgh
Industrial / 21 May 2025
UCU votes to strike against Edinburgh Uni cuts plans
21 May 2025

University bosses refuse to rule out cutting staff

Industrial / 21 May 2025
Stagecoach West of Scotland bus drivers set to strike
21 May 2025
Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham
Climate / 21 May 2025
Experts urge Scottish government to use its powers to meet climate targets
21 May 2025
Fishing boats in the harbour in Lerwick in Shetland
EU / 20 May 2025
EU fish for arms deal provides 'stability', insists Murray
20 May 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy listen to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) and European Council President Antonio Costa (left) during a meeting between the U.K. and the European Union to discuss closer ties in their first official summit since Brexit, in London, May 19, 2025
EU / 19 May 2025
Sir Keir's EU 'horror show'
19 May 2025
Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh
Scotland / 19 May 2025
Scottish government 'sitting on its hands' as housing crisis deepens, says Labour
19 May 2025
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, May 19, 2025
Gaza / 19 May 2025
Liberation calls for arms embargo
19 May 2025
People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in We
Britain / 13 May 2025
Assisted suicide faces crunch Holyrood vote
13 May 2025