SNP councillor says "now is not the time" for another independence referendum

Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday that she would announce no later than Wednesday if Glasgow would have restrictions eased at the weekend.

virus expert. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said Holyrood leaders repeated the same devastating errors as Westminster.

Lucy Mecklenburgh has told fans that she can't deal with yet another sleepless night after struggling to get son Roman to sleep.The mum-of-one, who recently transformed her son's play room, took to her Instagram stories to share her anguish and ask her followers for help getting her tot to sleep as he battles a cough, cold and teething. Alongside a screenshot of one year old Roman attempting to get out of his cot, Lucy, 29, wrote: "Wake up 2 already! Send help.

SNP councillor where she said 'we hate the United Kingdom' in the aftermath of the Eurovision song contest. Rhiannon Spear - who is the SNP’s national women’s convener -faced a furious backlash when she tweeted that Scotland hates the UK after Britain was gifted nul point at the song competition.

First Minister said there would be a “number of reasons” for figures showing around half the coronavirus vaccine appointments at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro vaccination centre this weekend were missed.There were many cancellations and non-attendances on Saturday and Sunday amid rising case numbers in the city which remains at level three lockdown.Speaking at the Scottish government covid briefing on Tuesday the First Minister urged young people in the 18-29 cohort to make sure they registered for their

SNP councillor has apologised after Tweeting that Scotland hates the UK, during a post about Eurovision. Glasgow city councillor Rhiannon Spear, who also deleted her Twitter account, posted the Tweet after the UK's entry received zero points on Saturday night, finishing last.She wrote: "It's ok Europe we hate the United Kingdom too.

Adam Tomkins warned Unionists the Supreme Court may decide IndyRef2 is lawful as a Bill would only be seeking the opinion of the Scottish people.

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Blackford confronted Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions over trade negotiations which are reported to have split the Tory cabinet over of the implications for UK farmers.

after a break of almost four years as the new Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture.Robertson, who won the Edinburgh Central constituency from the Tories earlier this month, will be expected to delivery the Scottish Government's policy on constitutional affairs - the most important of which is delivering an IndyRef2.The First Minister spelled out her belief yesterday that her party has a clear mandate to ask voters to decide once again whether they want to remain

referendum compared to the 34 per cent who do not. In Scotland 46 percent of voters backed the right to another vote, compared to 32 percent against.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the city of Glasgow will remain in level three for another week after a spike in covid infection cases.She said there is evidence suggesting the outbreak, concentrated in the south side of the city, is being driven by so-called Indian variant.Glasgow, like most of the country, was due to go to level 2 on Monday.Going to this level would have meant pubs being able to

constitutional future are likely to feature in the debate after the pro-independence Holyrood majority produced by the Scottish elections. Speaking ahead of the Queen’s Speech Blackford said: “England and Scotland are on different political paths” and that the Scottish election result meant there was now a “cast iron mandate” for a second referendum.

former Labour prime minister was speaking from his home in Fife today as he launched a fresh campaign to keep Scotland in the UK in the wake of a the SNP’s latest election victory.

Gove laid out the Tory government strategy of talking up co-operation and talking down the constitutional row in response to the SNP election victory.

Alba Party leader - who failed to win a seat at last week's Holyrood election - warned that any delay would allow the UK Government time to plan its response. He told the BBC the time to press for an IndyRef2 would be “now” and added he was “not in favour of this idea you should delay to after covid, to after the recovery, towards the end of the second part of this parliamentary term”.

First Minister made the claim to the Prime Minister during a telephone call following the SNP’s election victory.

Ross, who heads to Holyrood as leader of the largest opposition party with 31 Scottish Conservative MSPs, signalled he will not be relying on numbers to stop the SNP’s independence plans. At a press conference to mark his return to the Holyrood chamber, the Moray MP and now list MSP, spelled out why UK cabinet minister Michael Gove was confident the referendum bill would not end up with the UK government taking the Scottish Government to the Supreme Court.