Scottish independence is "within reach", John Swinney has declared, following a new poll projection that places his party just one seat short of a majority in this year’s Holyrood election.

Scottish independence is “within reach”, John Swinney has said, after a poll projection put his party just one seat short of ...

New research by a leading historian shows a surprising historical perspective on being British. In late medieval Scotland, the island of Britain was sometimes seen as fundamentally Scottish. This ...

Alex Salmond, Scotland's former first minister and champion of his country's independence movement, died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 69. The former MP and MSP collapsed during a conference in ...

The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), which runs Scotland’s government, agrees. If re-elected in May, it plans to begin borrowing directly in the private market, issuing bonds dubbed ...

LONDON -- "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling waded into the world of Muggle politics Wednesday, announcing a 1 million pound ($1.68 million) donation to the campaign against Scottish independence.

This Thursday, 4 million people in Scotland will vote in a referendum on whether to end its 307-year political union with England. Final opinion polls show the result on a knife edge, with a ...

LONDON (AP) — The body of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond was flown back to Scotland on a private jet Friday, six days after the politician died suddenly in North Macedonia. A trumpet ...

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