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Scotland
A firearms officer during a taser demonstration at the British Transport Police building in central London, October 2, 2025
Britain / 9 September 2026
Police Scotland urged to stop use of Tasers on children
9 September 2026
Scottish Education Secretary Mairi McAllan with students at Broughton High School in Edinburgh, August 4, 2026
Scotland / 9 September 2026
Scottish Education Secretary promises curriculum reform
9 September 2026
Earth from space
Militarism / 8 September 2026
Shetland spaceport investment under fire
8 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 7 September 2026
Tenement arsonists will face ‘full force’ of law, says Swinney
7 September 2026
Scottish Parliament building, Holyrood, Edinburgh
Scotland / 7 September 2026
Time to reform ‘rubbish’ Holyrood committees
7 September 2026
Scotland / 7 September 2026
Greens call on SNP to reinstate free-school meal pilot
7 September 2026
NHS dentistry
Health / 7 September 2026
One in four of Scots NHS dentistry patients go more than five years without appointment, Labour says
7 September 2026
Newspaper printing press
Scotland / 5 September 2026
A new chapter for the people’s paper
5 September 2026

After months of uncertainty over printing and distribution, the first Scottish-printed edition of the Morning Star is soon to roll off the presses

Wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in the Cairngorms National Park in northeast Scotland
Scotland / 4 September 2026
Scottish wildfires: SNP requested military support they knew didn't exist, Justice Secretary says
4 September 2026
Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth during a visit to NHS Fife's Hospital at Home hub for Central and West Fife in Kirkcaldy, September 2, 2026
Scotland / 3 September 2026
Greens accuse Scottish ministers of breaching own Israeli boycott
3 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney speaking at Bute House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 3 September 2026
Swinney vows childcare overhaul to tackle poverty
3 September 2026
Trade unions protest against cuts in council jobs and services outside the City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow, February 14, 2024
Scotland / 3 September 2026
Glasgow City Council faces £110m black hole, says finance watchdog
3 September 2026
SOCIAL JUSTICE CALL: Brian Leishman
Scotland / 2 September 2026
Leishman calls for a Labour route to independence referendum
2 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during a visit to biotech company Ingenza, at the inGenius Building, Edinburgh Technopole, in Milton Bridge, Edinburgh, August 31, 2026
Austerity / 2 September 2026
Unions round on Swinney's NHS ‘slash and burn’ programme
2 September 2026
Tributes, flowers and photographs laid by a plaque during the Covid-19 Day of Reflection memorial event at Glasgow Green, marking the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, March 9, 2025
Pandemic / 2 September 2026
Workers’ voices published by Scottish Covid-19 inquiry
2 September 2026
[Pic: Danie Franco / Creative Commons]
Healthcare / 2 September 2026
NHS shake-up will ‘mean nothing’ to those waiting on care, pensioners warn
2 September 2026
Scotland's Scott McTominay reacts after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match at Miami Stadium, Florida, June 24, 2026
Men's Football / 1 September 2026
McTominay to miss next four Scotland matches due to minor heart issue
1 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney at Bute House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 1 September 2026
Swinney tables programme for government cuts
1 September 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
NHS Crisis / 1 September 2026
Delayed discharges reach new high in Scotland
1 September 2026
Commuters walking past a ScotRail train at Edinburgh's Waverley Station
Transport / 1 September 2026
Ministers must ditch ‘profiteering’ on Scotland’s railways, say Aslef
1 September 2026
Urquhart Castle in Scotland with Loch Ness next to it
Scotland / 31 August 2026
Ministers face calls to protect ‘vulnerable’ carbon stores in Scotland’s sea lochs
31 August 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, August 28, 2026
Britain / 1 September 2026
Swinney vows to tackle worsening ‘epidemic’ of violence against women and girls
1 September 2026
The Scottish government is failing to meet its human rights obligations to provide the people of Scotland Scottish flag
Human Rights / 31 August 2026
Scottish government failing in its human rights obligations on standard of living
31 August 2026
First Minister John Swinney during a visit to a new GP walk-in service at Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Leven, Fife, August 26, 2026
Scotland / 1 September 2026
Burnham on ‘lecturing tour’ with Britain in peril of breaking up, SNP leader claims
1 September 2026
Yes campaign supporters in George Square, Glasgow, September
Scotland / 28 August 2026
Scottish government publishes draft second independence referendum bill
28 August 2026
Police detain a Palestine Action demonstrator outside Westminster Magistrates Court London, July 30, 2026
Activism / 28 August 2026
Palestine Action protesters charged with damaging Trump golf course face being sentenced as terrorists
28 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during his visit to the Oval Community Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, August 12, 2026
Labour / 26 August 2026
SNP dub Burnham the ‘first Prime Minister of England’ for failing to visit Scotland in his cost-of-living tour
26 August 2026
Scottish bank notes
Austerity / 26 August 2026
Families across Scotland ‘paying the price’ for the UK government’s tax-free personal allowance freeze, SNP says
26 August 2026
First Minister John Swinney with medical staff during a visit to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for the announcement of additional funding for Scotland's National Health Service, November 3, 2025
Scotland / 25 August 2026
SNP ‘in denial’ of NHS waiting lists, Scottish Labour says
25 August 2026
Weavers
Voices of Scotland / 25 August 2026
Red threads still connect us to the Calton Weavers
25 August 2026

Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER

Brrr by Hayley Earlam / Pic Brian Hartley
Follow the Movement / 24 August 2026
Engagement with marvellous art
24 August 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS looks at some of the Edinburgh Festival dance offerings

A general view of Google's new data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, September 16, 2025
Big Tech / 24 August 2026
Tens of thousands oppose plans for eight new data centres in Scotland
24 August 2026
Deputy First Minister of Scotland Jenny Gilruth during a visit to Glasgow Central railway station following the fire in Union Street, July 17, 2026
Crime / 23 August 2026
First Minister pledges to tackle violence against women
23 August 2026
Deputy First Minister of Scotland Jenny Gilruth during a visit to Glasgow Central railway station following the fire in Union Street, July 17, 2026
SNP / 23 August 2026
Scottish government denies Deputy First Minister sent ‘scathing’ email about named officials
23 August 2026
Lord Peter Mandelson taking his dog for a walk near his home in London, April 21, 2026
Politics / 23 August 2026
Failure to strip Mandelson of peerage would be a public betrayal, SNP warns
23 August 2026
Transport / 21 August 2026
Six in ten free bus pass holders report using car less often in Scotland
21 August 2026