THE Israeli military has said it destroyed an attack tunnel built by the Hamas militant group that stretched from the Gaza Strip into Egypt.Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said the mile-long tunnel ran underneath the Kerem Shalom
APPARENTLY M&S senior management was horrified and appalled by the reply sent to your reader (M&S says indyref result means that Scotland is English, The National, January 13), and the person responsible for writing it has not worked for them
IN her thought-provoking article, Shona Craven suggests that maybe schools should be aiming to produce well-rounded, thoughtful and adaptable young people, rather than steering them down ‘’narrow paths of vocational learning’’ (Is it really the job
THERE is no hope of survival for missing sailors on a burning oil tanker off China, the chief of Iran’s maritime agency has said.Iranian state TV quoted Mahmoud Rastad as saying: “There is no hope of finding survivors among the (missing) 29 members of
THE Lord Mayor of London travels to Scotland this week with hopes of forging a united front between the nations’ financial services sectors on Brexit.The 690th Lord Mayor, Charles Bowman, is set to hold meetings with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and
THE first Skyr made in Scotland will be launched by Graham’s this month. Five flavours of the high protein, fat-free Icelandic-style yoghurt will be available from mid-January: natural, lemon, strawberry, Victoria plum and passion fruit, mango
HUNDREDS of Tunisians yesterday protested peacefully against government austerity measures after days of violent protests.There were fresh protests in Tunis yesterday on the seventh anniversary of the ousting of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.Protests
CREWS dug away at masses of mud, boulders and debris with earth-moving machines and shovels yesterday in a California town ravaged by mudslides which have killed at least 18 people. The army of searchers and recovery workers in Montecito trying
A JET that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea. Images show the Boeing 737-800 on its belly and at an acute angle just above the water. If it
THE UK Government cannot gain legislative consent on the EU Withdrawal Bill unless it provides an amendment to protect devolved powers. That’s the view of the Mike Russell, who also said that UK Scottish Secretary David Mundell’s position would
UKIP leader Henry Bolton is facing calls to resign after his girlfriend reportedly made racist remarks about Meghan Markle. Bolton's 25-year-old partner Jo Marney sent a series of messages to a friend in which she made highly offensive comments
THE First Minister reiterated that a decision on a second independence referendum could be made in the autumn. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, it was put to Nicola Sturgeon that around October it will be clearer what Brexit will entail given
LABOUR has been urged to join a cross-party bid to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after Brexit. The SNP, LibDems, Plaid Cymru and Greens have joined forces to back an amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill when it returns to
HARDLINE Brexiteers have had their chance and failed, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. Ahead of the publication of a detailed study on the implications of leaving the European Union, she said no clarity or certainty has been provided about
LABOUR will seek a vote of "no confidence" in the draft Scottish Budget. The party is expected to say the draft Budget does not protect public services in Scotland, claiming that it delivers an effective £700 million cut to lifeline local services
Vera (STV, 8pm) MOST of us probably have a secret or two, but the people featured in the latest episode of the crime drama will seemingly go to extreme length to keep the truth hidden — perhaps even murder. No doubt DCI Vera Stanhope will pursue
