Nicola Sturgeon has “no mandate” for a second independence referendum, Labour leadership hopeful Jess Phillips has insisted, as she said she would have turned down the Scottish First Minister’s request for a section 30 order if she was PM.
The SNP has pledged to provide a “strong and united” opposition to the Conservatives at Westminster as the party announced a reshuffle of its frontbench team.
The boss of an Aberdeen charity that helps people battling addictions says safe injection rooms would bring huge benefits to the city.
A job start policy has been slated for welcoming just 152 pupils across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over four years.
A minute’s applause has been held ahead of kick off at the Partick Thistle game to commemorate the death of EuroMillions jackpot winner and “lifelong Jags fan” Colin Weir.
A minute’s applause will be held at the Partick Thistle game on Saturday to commemorate the death of EuroMillions jackpot winner and “lifelong Jags fan” Colin Weir.
The winner of one of the UK’s biggest Euromillions jackpots has died after a short illness.
The winner of one of the UK’s biggest Euromillions jackpots has died after a short illness.
The winner of one of the UK’s biggest Euromillions jackpots has died after a short illness.
Winning a second referendum on Scottish independence is “all about gentle persuasion”, SNP MP Pete Wishart has said.
A north-east politician has donated £200 to a charity instead of sending Christmas cards this year.
The SNP has accused Boris Johnson and the UK Government of “taking a wrecking ball” to Scotland with its plans in the Queen’s Speech.
A former SNP MP jailed for embezzling more than £25,000 from pro-independence groups has had her conviction quashed on appeal.
Nicola Sturgeon has published the “democratic case” for a new independence referendum as the Scottish Government requested the powers to hold another vote.
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted “democracy must and will prevail” as she confirmed she has now written to Boris Johnson formally requesting the power for Holyrood to hold a second independence referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon will make the case for another vote on Scottish independence in response to the “new danger” posed by Boris Johnson’s government in a statement at Holyrood on Tuesday.
Boris Johnson holds a “losing hand” when it comes to a second Scottish independence referendum, Ian Blackford has warned.
The PM refusing a second independence referendum will not be “the end of the matter”, Nicola Sturgeon has insisted – as she warned Boris Johnson: “Scotland cannot be imprisoned in the Union against its will.”
A leading Scottish Labour politician has called for a second independence referendum.
Boris Johnson cannot “bludgeon” Scotland into seeing the world in the same way that he does, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The north-east’s winning election candidates today give Evening Express readers their thoughts on a hard-fought campaign, the dramatic result – and the issues facing their communities.
Nicola Sturgeon is to welcome the SNP’s new raft of MPs in Dundee following their “watershed” General Election win – and hours after discussing a second independence referendum with the Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson has reiterated his opposition to a second vote on Scottish independence during a call with Nicola Sturgeon, despite her saying it is now a “democratic right”.
Across the north-east tens of thousands of people headed to the polls yesterday.
The Scottish Conservatives will not support any request for a second independence referendum, Jackson Carlaw has said.
The UK has been left in a “constitutional crisis”, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has warned as he insisted the “right thing” for the PM to do would be to permit a second vote on Scottish independence.
The SNP has succeeded in snatching back the closely-watched battleground of Gordon from the Conservatives.
Nicola Sturgeon was filmed celebrating after the SNP claimed the Westminster seat of Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, with the victory display described as “unacceptably ungracious” by a Lib Dem MP.
Nicola Sturgeon is set for a showdown with Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she insisted the SNP’s election success gives her a “renewed, refreshed and strengthened” mandate for a second vote on Scottish independence.
Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said it was “never in doubt” that she would avoid skinny dipping in Loch Ness.