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In today's Focus on Politics podcast, RNZ Digital Political Reporter Russell Palmer wades into the three waters debate, assessing the situation ahead of local and general elections.

I VERY rarely find myself agreeing with Sir Keir Starmer and I never waste my time listening to the nonsense uttered by Ian Blackford, however I…

By Suzanne Pender AN incredible 31 local charities and individuals benefited from the remarkable efforts of Tullow Marathon Runners and the generosity shown by…

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#ResignSturgeon billboards have been placed in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen (Image: GETTY) Party leader Douglas Ross has said there is “absolutely no way” the First Minister can remain in post if found to have breached the ministerial code. On Friday billboards demanding Ms Sturgeon resign appeared in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. An aerial banner with the same message was flown over Glasgow and Edinburgh. Majority and Scotland Matters, anti-SNP campaign groups, were responsible for t...

Alex Salmond appeared before the Salmond Inquiry last month (Image: GETTY) Scots go to the polls in May to elect the next Scottish Parliament. The SNP are demanding a second referendum on Scotland leaving the UK, after losing the first vote in 2014. Ms Sturgeon said: “This is about democracy and the ability of the people of Scotland to decide their future.” Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader, has suggested there could be another public vote “as early as late 2021”. Boris John...

Anti-independence campaigners crowdfunded to pay for the flight and for billboards in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

The message also featured on an aerial banner flown over the Scottish Parliament building and Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres.

As the world continues its fight against Covid-19, the Scottish National Party has been busy plotting Scotland’s exit from the UK. If the party gets its way and wins another referendum, Scots could soon find themselves living under a ‘sterlingisation’ currency system. The implications could be disastrous. It would be wrong to dismiss talk of another referendum as hypothetical. Powers over the UK’s constitution may sit with Westminster, but recent polling demonstrates a sustained (sma...

Kings Elliot as she faces some of the hardest home truths. Born out of a loneliness which has seen been exacerbated by the world around her falling into lockdown again, Kings Elliot draws on her experience living with borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety to create. Raised in Switzerland her lyrics are composed around her most personal thoughts and fears and then set to cinematic soundscapes which add atmospheres of both calm and chaos to her frustrated words. “I tried wrapp...