Fury as ‘disrespectful’ SNP says fresh Scottish independence vote must happen NEXT YEAR – but Gordon Brown demands they focus on recovery from coronavirus SNP Westminster leader demanded fresh independence referendum next year Ian Blackford insisted victory at May Holyrood elections would be a mandate Gordon Brown insisted Nicola Sturgeon should be focused on coronavirus … Read more
It’s not just looks that can be deceptive. In the world of investing there is an array of stock market-listed investment trusts that have names which give little away as to what the managers who run them do all day. The list is exhaustive and includes the likes of Foreign & Colonial – the country’s … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Scotland remain stubbornly high, data shows, despite Nicola Sturgeon introducing a circuit-breaker weeks before England’s lockdown was announced. The First Minister imposed a ban on household visits, among other restrictions, for Scots on September 25. However, data reveals the number of people testing positive for the virus is still at concerning levels, … Read more
The billionaire ruler of Dubai has won his two-year planning battle to build a six-bedroom lodge at his sprawling estate in the Scottish Highlands – despite it being just yards from another family’s home. The billionaire sheikh looked to have lost his fight to build the lodge after Highland Council refused a planning application to … Read more
Helicopter crashes down in Scottish Highlands field as emergency crews race to scene Emergency services are on the scene after the aircraft crashed near Avoch Village is on the Black Isle and is around 12 miles north of Inverness By Harry Howard For Mailonline Published: 14:15 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 14:55 GMT, 12 … Read more
Scottish Mortgage defends £2bn Tesla holding after selling out of Facebook and shrinking Amazon stake By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 November 2020 Britai’s oldest investment trust has defended its near-£2billion stake in Tesla after selling out of Facebook and trimming its holding … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today compared Scottish Secretary Alister Jack to Donald Trump as she accused him of ‘raging against democracy’ after he claimed a second independence referendum should not be held for forty years. Tory Cabinet minister Mr Jack said there should not be a re-run of the 2014 border poll ‘for a generation’. When pressed … Read more
The Scottish Tory leader has warned that Boris Johnson is fuelling support for independence and must ‘reflect’ on his performance during the pandemic. Douglas Ross said the PM was a worse communicator than Nicola Sturgeon, amid mounting concern about the separatist drive north of the border. The bruising comments came as the Scottish Conservatives move … Read more
Remember, it really is a wonderful world. And these are the 50 most beautiful spots in it, according to a new ranking. It was drawn up by Big 7 Travel after it asked its 1.5million-strong social audience for their opinion, mined data from Pinterest and analysed the most-liked images on its Instagram profile this year. Taking … Read more
The Ministry of Defence is being questioned over war games it conducted off the Scottish coast after several whales washed up dead suffering from the bends. Scientists who tracked the war games, the largest in Europe, recorded an alarming number of sonar contacts over several days. The noise was so loud that on occasions members … Read more