Salmond’s Scottish sporting surge? Perhaps not
Is Alex Salmond hoping to ride a wave of patriotic fervour flowing for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games? If history tells us anything, he may be disappointed.
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Is Alex Salmond hoping to ride a wave of patriotic fervour flowing for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games? If history tells us anything, he may be disappointed.
Controversial plans to demolish iconic city tower blocks in Glasgow as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony are scrapped.
As the London 2012 Paralympics event schedule is released Channel 4 News profiles some of the athletes to watch. They include a teenage basketball star and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
The festival formerly known as Brexit is now called “Unboxed”.
Tom Daley, the Olympic-gold winning diver, has made a documentary series about being gay in Commonwealth countries.
Krishnan talks to Tom about why he is fighting for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports, his views on trans athlete participation and what it’s been like for him being a gay parent in the UK.
He rode the Tour de France for the first time at just 21, narrowly missing last place. Just over a decade later, Geraint Thomas has become the first Welshman, and just the third Briton after his Team Sky teammates Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome to win the prestigious cycling competition. The Tour is the…
Scotland votes no in a historic independence referendum – by a margin of 55 per cent to 45 per cent – meaning the union will stay together.
Prof Sir Tom Devine believes that if the yes side win, it will be thanks to something that was for decades unimaginable: Catholics voting for independence.
Back to work, the weather is still appalling and it is best not to even mention the cricket. But 2014 has potential, and here’s why.
Celtic are fast becoming Scotland’s modern Millwall: an underclass of extreme politics and mindless violence. And Huddleboard, the online fan forum, is showcasing some of the worst of this toxic brew.
Britain gets five new coins next year. Watch out for these Royal Mint designs turning up in your wallet.
What strikes me as odd is that it took the intervention of Channel 4 News to shut down David Limond and the vile sectarian and racial hatred he spewed out night after night on the internet broadcast “Rangers Chat”.
Costs, travel logistics, unfinished stadia, and the prospect of civil unrest have cast a pall over the 2014 Brazil World Cup. But such concerns may be put aside when the draw begins later today for the biggest footballing event on earth.
There is no conflict of interest for Rangers and Celtic to use the same top Scottish law firm, despite claims from Rangers fans, especially in such a small legal pool.