SCOTTISH lighthouse workers have received a pay rise that will see their wages surge. Around 40 Unite members, composed of maintenance staff, sailors, cooks and base assistants, accepted a wage offer from the public body by 100% on a 98% turnout
MORE than 350 guests from across the French food and drink industry came together in Paris on Thursday night for a special Scottish Islands themed St Andrew’s Day event. Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon and British
A GROUP of young women from Perth and Kinross who lead a campaign to tackle peer sexual abuse are taking part in the worldwide 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence next week. The Bold Girls Ken campaign, which looks to educate young
ISN’T Joanna Cherry right to highlight how the blue Tories have backed themselves into a corner over the deplorable Rwanda expatriation scheme; the result of opportunist policy to attract votes and flawed thinking for the last two to 13 years of this
FORMER health secretary Matt Hancock has accused Nicola Sturgeon of “spin” and “confusing” the public during the Covid pandemic. The former first minister was accused of announcing decisions before agreed times and of trying to beat the UK Government
THE Scottish division of a global space firm is set to receive a multi-million pound investment to scale up its operations. Smiths Interconnect's Dundee lab, which allows satellite and rocket components to be tested in a simulated version of deep
KING Charles has been slammed as a “climate change hypocrite” after making a speech to Cop28 calling for “transformational action” when he is one of the UK’s biggest polluters. The monarch told heads of state, heads of government and business and
SIX Scottish streets have been named among the 50 best in the UK to live in a new list looking at the UK's top 50 residential roads. The Glasgow location has been described as "in demand" with it only being a few short miles from the city centre
A CONTROVERSIAL royal author has predicted Scotland is on course to become an independent republic and said Scots wanted to break “away from English rule”. Omid Scobie, whose new book Endgame has sparked a new royal row about alleged racism in
THE company building a spaceport on the northern coast of the Scottish mainland has proposed changes to its plans for the site, with a smaller footprint and lower buildings suggested. Sutherland Spaceport is being built on the A’Mhoine peninsula
THE legendary Scottish writer and artist John Byrne has died aged 83. A statement released through the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh said he died "peacefully" on Thursday with his wife Jeanine by his side. He was best known for his Slab Boys
A BBC QUESTION Time audience erupted into laughter as Esther McVey defended the role of minister for common sense on Thursday night. The evening’s episode panel, filmed in Doncaster, included presenter Andrew Neil, LibDem MP Layla Moran, minister
ISRAEL'S military has resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired on Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the ceasefire. The truce expired at 7am (0500 GMT) on Friday. The halt in fighting
HUNDREDS of readers have joined The National as subscribers this week, and there's not a lot of time left to be one of them! Who knows where Scotland will be this time next year. Who knows when the General Election will take place. Who knows what
THE only thing certain in the modern world is that there is no certainty. Institutions that we assumed were woven into the fabric of the country can crumble and fall. Trends that seem to take root and lead to inexorable conclusions can suddenly
SSEN Transmission will recruit 400 new employees across the north of Scotland in the next year as it set out ambitious plans to contribute to the development of 200 properties. The company's latest investment programme will consist of new overhead
THE LIST magazine has unveiled this year’s “Hot 100” – which rounds up the top 100 Scottish cultural contributors of 2023. Having returned in 2022 after a three-year hiatus, it celebrates the most influential names in Scottish arts and culture
AMIDST the many challenges facing our climate, it is worth appreciating those moments when there are things to celebrate. It’s been a big week for green energy in Orkney and across Scotland. The announcement that the EU is providing €20 million
AT Westminster on Wednesday, a debate was held to mark the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 which prohibited local authorities from promoting homosexuality or the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality
THE UK wasn’t Monica Marques’s first choice of country to run away to. As a cleaner in a hospital back in her native Portugal she had struggled to cope when rumours about her HIV status spread through the faculty. “I was diagnosed at the same
