Scotland

Despite the massive clear up effort across Scotland after Storm Éowyn, celebrations marking Burns night will still be going ahead.

Hundreds of thousands of homes are still without power – as communities in Scotland and Northern Ireland begin clearing up the damage left by Storm Éowyn.

Lynn Macdonald shows me around Glasgow’s new drug consumption room. She’s an NHS nurse who will supervise people as they inject their own drugs here, free from the fear of arrest. 

In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision. This is a dubbed version of the report.

In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision. 

Reports claim a billion-pound investment in the UK could be under threat because ministers have criticised P&O Ferries – whose parent company DP World is behind it.

Exactly ten years ago today, people in Scotland were voting on whether to remain part of the UK – an era-defining referendum that would end in failure for the ‘Yes’ campaign, but kickstart a now-faltering period of SNP dominance. 

The Scottish National Party meets in Edinburgh this weekend for some serious soul-searching as they try to regroup after a bruising general election defeat. 

The outcome of the election is a lot less clear in Scotland.

We spoke to the outgoing leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross, and began by asking him his reaction to the latest polls and the scale of rejection of Conservative politics.

Some polls are saying that Labour could have more Scottish MPs than the SNP after July the 4th. 

The SNP leader John Swinney doubled down on a promise to push for another independence referendum as he launched his party’s manifesto in Edinburgh. 

Scotland’s Tartan Army has descended on Munich – as they take on the hosts Germany in tonight’s Euros opening match.

The SNP has formally launched its election campaign at a rally in Glasgow.

John Swinney was trying to kick start the SNP’s election campaign this afternoon –  but ended explaining why he didn’t think one of his colleagues should be suspended from the Scottish Parliament. Michael Matheson, who racked up  thousands in data charges on his parliamentary iPad while abroad, was sanctioned by a Holyrood committee this morning.