Month: May 2019

It's 7pm as I write this, so you now have only a few hours left to register to vote in the European elections (that is, if you aren't already registered ...

Experts are urging the Scottish Government to take radical steps to boost computing science education to prevent the subject from being squeezed out of schools. The teaching of computing in ...

There’s been a lot of justified anger this week. Partly it’s a symptom of an SNP leadership which many feel is at risk of becoming out of touch, managerial, and ...

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to intervene to halt a plan to cut homeless services in Glasgow by £2.6 million because it undermines government policies to eradicate homelessness. The calls ...

We see that “giving you chores to do and calling it a present” is back: Sigh. As we’ve been pointing out ever since it was first mooted, the “assignation” of VAT ...

There were two obvious possibilities for the SNP's pitch in the European elections - they could either make it all about independence and seek a 'quadruple lock mandate' for an ...

The oil and petrochemical giant, Ineos, has broken rules meant to prevent disasters and protect communities in central Scotland, according to a UK government safety watchdog. The Health and Safety ...

Saturday saw over 100,000 supporters of Scottish independence march through Glasgow. Lesley was there and gives her impressions of what it was like out on the streets and the reflects on ...

Elaine C Smith, Paul Kavanagh, and Ginger the Wee Ginger Dug himself in The National’s office in Glasgow. Welcome to the 10 May edition of the Wee Ginger Dugcast where ...

So this is more like it, after the slight disappointment of the by-election in Dundee last week. Haddington and Lammermuir isn't particularly SNP territory - the party finished third in ...