Scottish Conservative MSP Oliver Mundell quits party frontbench in row over border restrictions

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.As a young woman, Nancy Allison worked as an usherette at the Regal Cinema in Paisley.Torch in hand, she would lead the eager moviegoers down the cinema aisle before shining a beam of light on vacant seats.But Nancy’s own life could well have been the script for a Hollywood movie with the starring role played by none other than her good self.A hard-working Labour councillor for over four decades and a former

Sadiq Khan and Manchester leader Andy Burnham - have written to Boris Johnson to demand he looks again the constitutional status quo. The letter warns there is worrying evidence that a growing number of Scots are "losing faith" in the union.

Students will return to university in staggered phases after the Christmas holiday, it was announced. Education Secretary John Swinney said most students would start the new term at home and only return to campus when told to do so by their university.

Bafta Scotland is being held tonight with Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwar and actress Glenda Jackson among those to be honoured. The ceremony, which included two outstanding contribution awards and a new audience award, was presented digitally.

Janey Godley has created another Nicola Sturgeon sketch which has left the internet in stitches. As the vaccine arrived today in Scotland, Janey made her followers laugh as she joked that effects of coronavirus left men with 'erectile dysfunction' and that people should consider that when deciding if they should get the vaccine or not.

Highers have been cancelled next year following an announcement by the Scottish Government.John Swinney informed MSPs that a new model will be adopted for pupils based on teacher judgement.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled, and Swinney has been under pressure to make the same decision on Higher and Advanced Highers.He previously said the impact of coronavirus-related disruption on school pupils in deprived areas weighed "heavily” on whether Higher exams

William Hill Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and later this month. The SFA whistler will take charge of the clash for the showpiece for the first time.

First Minister has paid tribute to a ‘wonderful’ dad-of-five who tragically lost his fight for life after catching coronavirus last month. Andrew Slorance passed away on Saturday morning aged just 49 after working tirelessly with the Scottish Government in their response to the pandemic.

missing teen Kai Rae. Stephanie Bonner has put her own turmoil on hold to help find 16-year-old Kai, who vanished from his family home a week ago.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Pressure is mounting on health chiefs accused of blanking the medical needs of a village that now has a town-sized population.The creaking Bishopton Health Centre is the only surgery in the booming area.There has been a seven-year stalemate to get the 43-year-old flat-roofed building off Greenock Road replaced.The delay is despite BAE Systems pledging £1million for a new multi-doctor surgery and donating its

SAS legend has urged a missing Scots teen to return home to his family. Former special forces hero Big Phil Campion made a heartfelt online appeal for Kai Rae to get in touch with his worried relatives after he disappeared.

Catholics.Call It Out vowed to take its complaint to the Scottish Government if East Dunbartonshire Council refuses to remove “Taig” from the names in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow.The Oxford Dictionary lists the word as a “derogatory term for a Catholic or Irish nationalist”.But officials say Taig Road in Waterside was named after Councillor Nathaniel Taig in 1946 and is not an insult.

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Michelle Ballantyne said she no longer felt like she fitted within the Tory group at Holyrood and would now sit as an independent list MSP for the south of Scotland.

follow our blog.The government is meeting with the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss plans to allow families to reunite over Christmas.A Cobra meeting bringing together the UK government and the devolved administrations will be held this afternoon to agree on a four-nation approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions over the festive period.

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford have reportedly been axed from This Morning because of an argument over a Christmas bauble that was meant to be presented to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.TV host Eamonn, 60, who allegedly wonders if losing the gig is because of his and Ruth's age, is said to have had a row with the show editor Martin Frizell ahead of last December's General Election after he refused to give the gift live on air.

the correspondence - despite a formal request from a committee of MSPs who are investigating how the government botched its handling of the allegations made against the former SNP leader. Earlier this month a majority of MSPs backed a motion calling on the legal advice to be published.

Brian Cox says his parenting skills are nothing like his ruthless on-screen character.The Dundee-born actor plays media mogul Logan Roy – who lets his children fight for control of his empire – in Succession.Each one of them seems dependent on him and almost self-destruct trying to win his approval.But dad-of-four  Brian, 74, has said that he doesn’t overly protect his own children and feels they should be “allowed to fail”.Speaking on David Tennant Does A Podcast With…, he said: “My thing is