John Swinney takes swipe at Perthshire Tories after double victory for SNP

Douglas Chapman, the MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, announced he had resigned as national treasurer of the party on Saturday evening.

Twitter messages which she feared were threats of sexual violence, a court heard. Grant Karte was due to be sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday after admitting sending the messages to the Scottish National Party politician.

urgent search to trace Jamie Cannon, who was hasn't been seen since last week on Thursday (May 20) at around 10am in Kinnier Road, in the Saltcoats area.

shoppers in stitches. The high-end department store is selling the Jellycat Fud Dragon Soft Toy for £21 on their website - seemingly unaware of the name's derogatory use in Scotland.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThe drivers of each vehicle, along with a passenger from the Mercedes, were arrested while officers conducted searches of the vehicles.These recovered herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of £106,000.One man, aged 46-year-old, has been charged in connection with drugs offences and is due to appear in court at a later date.Detective Chief Inspector John Morrison, said:

knocked down by a car on a Scots road. The 91-year-old man was hit by a white Ford Fiesta on Union Street, Greenock at around 11am on Sunday May 23.

Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.

John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

mickey out of Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in her latest voiceover. Janey who has been a huge hit with her funny voiceovers of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon throughout the Coronavirus crisis, decided to pick on someone else for a change.

SNP veteran will remain as Deputy First Minister and will also take responsibility for cross-government action on Scotland's recovery from covid.Swinney was appointed education secretary in 2016 but has endured a torrid last year in the role as lockdown upended the regular school timetable and led to the scrapping of the exams diet for the first time in history.The replacement system for awarding grades to senior high school pupils was roundly criticised last August and was eventually scrapped

notorious Scots paedophile was accused of trying to abduct in 2018 have spoken of their relief after he was convicted of preying on underage victims on Wednesday. John Bermingham, 54, had denied a string of charges at Edinburgh High court including repeatedly subjecting two underage girls to sexual abuse and exposing himself to a boy.

fatally injured after he was struck on the head by the vessel's towing bar, an investigation has found. The Indonesian man was on the deck of the Olivia Jean vessel when the incident happened at around 10pm on June 28, 2019.

Nicola Sturgeon 'asked people not to lick one another' as she 'looked forward to the bingo with her pals' in Janey Godley's latest voiceover.

Janey Godley has claimed she was forced to call police after allegedly being bombarded by 'unionist death threats'. The Scots comic told how officers arrived at her home after trolls accused her of 'being a drug dealer in the IRA'.

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency for the SNP. The farmer won the seat over the Conservative's Liz Smith.Mr Fairlie will take over from Roseanna Cunningham, who had been Scotland's longest serving parliamentarian.

beauty spot. The bird was spotted amongst empty bottles and smashed glass at Strathclyde Loch in Motherwell.

Apple - Android Mr Gray - who is moving to the Scottish Parliament after standing down from the equivalent Airdrie seat at Westminster to contest the Holyrood election - replied: "Half of Scotland ready for me to get the messages, it feels!"*Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire.

SNP would fall agonisingly short of an overall majority. Expert Sir John Curtice said a polling average put Nicola Sturgeon ’s party on 64 seats – one shy of outright victory.

Janey Godley has been up to her old tricks with footage of Nicola Sturgeon visiting an off licence. Janey, who has kept Scots entertained through lockdown with her voiceovers, couldn't resist adding her own commentary to the latest footage of The First Minister.