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Work has begun on a TV drama detailing Nicola Sturgeon's high-profile breakup with former ally, confidant and friend Alex Salmond.

RABBIE Burns would probably turn in his grave if he knew what the Scottish Government is doing to places like "Ye Banks and Braes O Bonny…

The SNP released their annual accounts, but what do they tell us about the state of the party?

I’VE been sent north to Holyrood to work at the heart of the SNP war machine as a Boris Johnson sleeper. My mission? To provide intelligence…

PREMIUM The SNP under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has seen chaotic governance of health and education Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire. THE tides of pro-independence optimism, cajoled expertly by the SNP party machine follow a familiar pattern. A fresh opinion poll indicates a recent increase in support for Yes; then some leadership loyalists say the tide is turning and, in the days following, a few sympathetic columnists urge us all to unite so that we can rise up and “make this happen...

Nicola Sturgeon at meeting two years ago over SNP’s £600k indy fighting fund concerns The donations are now under police investigation. Nicola Sturgeon at the NEC meeting where questions about party funds were raised Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our under...

IT was lucky for Nicola Sturgeon that Tuesday’s meeting of Holyrood was a wholly online affair. The First Minister, broadcasting from the inky gloom of something akin to Darth Vader’s sarcophagus, was thus able to stay focused on the latest Covid update. Had she set foot in parliament, it would have been a very different story. There, she would undoubtedly have been doorstepped by the media and diverted onto the breaking news about Police Scotland launching a formal investigation into...

The Scottish National Party is at the centre of a criminal fraud probe amid claims cash donated to a £600,000 fundraising drive has gone missing. Police Scotland said the investigation focused on seven complaints about donations and had been launched after consultation with prosecutors. Detectives are looking at allegations that cash which was earmarked for campaigning for a second independence referendum has been diverted elsewhere. The Tories voiced concern over the increasingly murky affair...

Sturgeon to miss first Scotland game of Euro 2020 NICOLA Sturgeon will not attend Scotlands first match in a major football tournament in 23 years, it has emerged. The First Minister, who today wished Steve Clarkes side good luck and said she would be "absolutely behind them as they kick the first ball", will miss next Mondays game at Hampden against the Czech Republic. The 2pm kick-off means she will be working instead.  Ms Sturgeon will not attend Scotlands game against England...

This week’s revived row over the SNP’s finances is a case in point. In The Magnificent Seven, the bandit Calvera says contemptuously of the villagers he robs: “If God didn’t want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” Granted, SNP chief executive Peter Murrell may not look much like Eli Wallach’s leering villain, but the accusation is that on his watch the same cynical attitude prevails, perhaps even the same disdain for the law. At issue is the fate of some £500...