Scotland

Three candidates have now entered the race to become Scotland’s next First Minister, following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon.

It’s been four days since Nicola Sturgeon’s shock announcement that she will step down as First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party.  

Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to stand down is still being digested in Edinburgh, with both her political allies and adversaries now rapidly recalibrating their next moves. 

The transgender woman found guilty of raping two women when she was a man has been moved to a men’s prison and will not serve her sentence in a women’s jail.

Thousands of musicians from countries across the world have descended upon Glasgow to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the folk festival Celtic Connections. 

While the crisis in hospital A&E departments has been dominating recent headlines, the situation in GPs surgeries may be just as less urgent. 

We spoke to two members of the Scottish Parliament  –  Emma Roddick from the SNP, and Conservative Rachael Hamilton. We put it to Emma Roddick that if the devolution agreement gave the UK Government the right to intervene as it has, complaining that it was undermining democracy was just grandstanding.

The battle lines were drawn today in the next constitutional show-down between Westminster and Holyrood, as the Scotland Secretary confirmed plans to block a Scottish law making it easier for people to change their legal gender. Alistair Jack insisted the government weren’t taking the decision ‘lightly’, but said that the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill…

We’re joined by NUS Scotland President Ellie Gomersall.

We spoke to Ellie Gomersall, a trans woman who is president of the National Union of Students Scotland, and sits on the board of campaign group the Equality Network.

A controversial law making it easier for transgender people in Scotland to change the gender recorded on their birth certificate is reaching its final stages in the Scottish parliament.

We’re joined by the leaders of the Scottish Conservative and Labour Parties, Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar.

We’re joined by the Scottish Government’s Constitution Secretary, Angus Robertson.

No establishment, Westminster or otherwise, will ever silence the voice of the Scottish people – Nicola Sturgeon has told crowds here outside Holyrood.

Caring for a child with a serious illness is one of the most difficult pressures for a family.