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To coincide with the annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York, an SCC delegation signed a landmark partnership agreement ...

Scotland should be glad that Keir Starmer, and not the SNP, is in charge of the response to Donald Trump’s tariffs ...

Donald Trump’s cuts to US overseas aid could, among many other effects, leave the world facing an HIV pandemic that kills ...

As the SNP was thinking up plans for a hugely expensive but headline-grabbing National Care Service – described as the “most ...

Residents across Scotland have seen council tax hikes of up to 15.6 per cent - but Cosla is still to negotiate 2025 pay rates ...

A dry autumn and winter, followed by a dry start to spring, have prompted an early warning about water scarcity ...

Rory McIlroy blew a golden opportunity to have been a regular by now at the Champions’ Dinner at the season’s opening major when letting a four-shot lead heading into the final round slip from his ...

Heavyweights like Donald Dewar and David Steel won the respect of nationalists, but the absence of similar figures making the ...

Our communities are filled with people who really make a difference, from youth football volunteers and park run stewards to ...

Independent Argyll and Bute councillor Alastair Redman issues a warning to politicians at Holyrood and Westminster about the ...