Scotland

Iain Macwhirter is a writer and columnist who’s supported independence but is critical of the Scottish government and its treatment of Alex Salmond.

For eight hours today, politicians on the committee investigating whether the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against Alex Salmond grilled his successor Nicola Sturgeon over whether she had breached the ministerial code.

We speak to the SNP’s Mike Russell, who is the Scottish government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, and Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament.

It was billed as the fight of her life: Nicola Sturgeon, accused by her predecessor Alex Salmond of being part of a conspiracy against him.

MSP Jackie Baillie is deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party and a member of the inquiry committee.

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has demanded the resignation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Earlier we spoke to Anas Sawar and asked him first, why he had not tackled the crucial issue of Scottish independence in his acceptance speech.

Anas Sarwar has become the new leader of the Scottish Labour party – after defeating Monica Lennon in the leadership contest.

Alex Salmond was expected to appear at a Holyrood inquiry, but in the last few moments we’ve found out he is not going.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been setting out her plan for easing the current lockdown.

We were joined by James Dornan, the SNP MSP for Glasgow Cathcart. He is a lifelong Celtic Football Club fan, who has previously called for the Scottish Football Association to establish an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse against children.

Some of Scotland’s leading football clubs have been urged to apologise and pay compensation for historical child sex abuse stretching back to the 1970s. An independent report, commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, heard accounts from dozens of victims involving abuse by coaches, team officials and scouts. It says the young players were badly let…

The former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, has refused to appear tomorrow at an inquiry into the handling of complaints against him.

We spoke to SNP MP Kenny MacAskill, who served in Alex Salmond’s cabinet as justice secretary when he was first minister.

An NHS worker and her 24-year-old daughter have been stabbed to death and a man died in a car crash in three linked incidents in East Ayrshire.