TIGER Roll and Davy Russell held on to claim a dramatic victory in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree. Gordon Elliott's eight-year-old landed his third Cheltenham Festival success in the Cross-Country Chase last month, to go with previous
EDINBURGH bounced back to form in emphatic fashion by running in eight tries in a 52-14 thrashing of Scarlets in a Guinness PRO14 clash at BT Murrayfield. Richard Cockerill's side scored four early tries and secured a crucial bonus point within
ST Mirren secured their return to the top flight of Scottish football after a goalless draw against Livingston confirmed them as winners of the Championship. Jack Ross's side needed just a point against their nearest rivals to secure their return
AIRSTRIKES in Syria met international laws for military action on humanitarian grounds, according to No 10 documents setting out the legal case. In a summary of the advice given by Attorney General Jeremy Wright to Prime Minister Theresa May, Downing
MILLIONS of South Africans said an emotional goodbye to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at her official funeral, with supporters fiercely defending her complex legacy. Thousands of mourners packed the 40,000-seat Orlando Stadium
HUNDREDS of Syrians have gathered at landmark squares in the Syrian capital, honking their car horns, flashing victory signs and waving Syrian flags in scenes of defiance that followed unprecedented joint air strikes by the United States, France and
REGARDING the angst over the timing or even the happening of indyref2, we have agonised over various groups who voted No – pensioners, EU citizens, other Brits (sadly we seem to have written off this last group entirely) – and agonised over getting
STV Racing Live: The Grand National, STV, 4.35pm PICKING a winner in the National can be almost as daunting as guiding a horse round more than four miles of Aintree’s gruelling course. Nevertheless, millions of us will have a flutter on this year
CURTIS Main struck twice as Motherwell swept Aberdeen aside 3-0 at Hampden to reach their second cup final of the season. Main and Ryan Bowman scored inside two minutes of each other midway through the first half of the William Hill Scottish Cup
RENOWNED DJ Calvin Harris has offered his support to workers at a struggling seafood factory. Management for the Scottish star, who used to work at the Pinneys site in Annan, contacted Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray with the
DONALD Trump has celebrated the bombing of targeted zones in Syria the only way he knows how ... with a tweet. The US president took to the social media site to praise the "perfectly executed" attacks, adding that it was "mission accomplished".
CRUISE missile strikes against the Syrian regime should act as a warning to Russia over its use of chemical weapons, Theresa May has said. The Prime Minister insisted that joining the bombing campaign with the United States and France was the "
GORDON MacIntyre-Kemp is certainly excited about the idea of a basic, or citizens’, income (A Citizens Income could be the SNP's NHS moment, April 12). It’s a big, eye-catching policy, with the potential to change the social contract of the country
GLASGOW Print Studio is exhibiting the first showing of 12 new prints by one of Scotland’s best-loved and prolific artists, John Byrne. A professional artist since the 1960s, he has come a long way since he sold his first painting for a tenner
THIS column is hardly averse to world-leading Scottish statistics of a cultural and educational kind. But the news that Scotland has the greatest number of Confucius Institutes per capita in the world occasions more than a pause. We know this because
Nicola Sturgeon has said UK foreign policy should be set by Parliament and not Donald Trump after the US, UK and France launched missile strikes against Syria. Scotland's First Minister said the suspected use of chemical weapons in Douma last week
THE UK, the US and France launched airstrikes on Syria early this morning, targeting sites in Damascus, in response to last week’s suspected chemical attack in Douma. Donald Trump said the aim of the attack was to degrade the chemical weapons capabilities
THE final day of this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival – the 30th such event –takes place tomorrow and will include the sixth Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire at Summerhall. A day-long celebration of all forms of creativity, the faire
THOUGH she is undoubtedly Scotland’s greatest female novelist and her life story is becoming better known each day of this year of events to mark the centenary of her birth, there is one aspect of Dame Muriel Spark (pictured, right) which is not widely
MOUNTING speculation over what action Theresa May has decided to take on the alleged chemical attack in Syria was met with silence from Downing Street yesterday. A statement released late on Thursday night, after May met with and gained support
RUSSIA says the chemical attack in Syria that has brought the world to the brink of war was staged by a foreign secret service. Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, claimed Moscow had “irrefutable” evidence of the fakery, and claimed
IT was the final ball of the final end, and Alex “Tattie” Marshall could only stand and watch as his Australian opponent took aim and fired his bowl down the length of the green to try and drive away the Scottish bowls. Aron Sherriff’s drive was
THEY are home. The wait was long and agonising, the men’s bodies trapped under the cold waters of Loch Fyne just yards from the shore at Tarbert. Yesterday, however, that wait was over for the families and the many friends of Duncan MacDougall,
TRADE union Unite is considering court action in an attempt to stop the loss of 450 jobs at the 2 Sister poultry plant in Cambuslang. The National understands that legal opinion is being sought after 2 Sisters executives decided to close the Cambuslang
CLARA Ponsati, the former Catalan education minister, and her award-winning lawyer Aamer Anwar are to take part in the next two Scottish performances of the stage version of Alex Salmond Unleashed. The show has been touring the country and has
GLASGOW’s seven MPs are leading the way in speaking out about the urgent need for fossil fuel divestment and reinvestment in a low-carbon economy to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. In the last week, SNP members Patrick Grady, Stewart
THE Catalan parliament executive – which runs the institution – has voted to open a lawsuit against Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena for alleged perversion of justice, after he blocked the investiture of jailed MP Jordi Sanchez as president
Martin Docherty-Hughes is the SNP MP for West Dunbartonshire THE horror contained in the images of the chemical gas attack in the southern Syrian city of Douma have mobilised a global public opinion that had rather shamefully let the countless
THE First Minister is to move back into her official residence after £500,000 worth of repairs. Bute House, in Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square, was closed last year after a routine inspection found urgent ceiling works were needed. Nicola Sturgeon
VOTE Leave may have spent £625,000 more than they were allowed to during the EU referendum, according to a legal opinion published by a parliamentary committee. The document, prepared by Matrix Chambers, for Westminster’s Culture, Media and Sport
GLASGOW comedian Janey Godley’s hilarious video voiceovers making fun of politicians have become well known on YouTube. Now that success is spreading worldwide with a video that pokes somewhat less than gentle fun at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
TO celebrate the Year of Young People, every week in 2018 The National is giving a platform to a young Scot. This week, 26-year-old performance poet Leyla Josephine ONLY a month after my 26th birthday, Scotrail decided to raise the Young Person
I REMEMBER Jeremy Corbyn’s first PMQs as Labour leader. He started by introducing his new approach to the exchanges, saying he would ask questions submitted by members of the public. How interesting, we thought. Perhaps this is the start of a more
IT is arguably the most important textual document in Scottish history, but not even its staunchest defenders could claim that the all-Latin 1320 Declaration of Arbroath is up to date. A group of Yes campaigners, while recognising its importance
Former Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier explains why she is supporting Keith Brown in the SNP depute leadership race I’VE been campaigning across the country over the last 10 months and the thing that’s coming across loud and clear
Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss explains why she is supporting Julie Hepburn in the SNP depute leadership race I HAVE been a long-term fan of Julie Hepburn, so I was very pleased to see her throw her hat into the ring for the SNP depute leader
Glasgow councillor Russell Robertson explains why he is supporting Chris McEleny in the SNP depute leadership race I AM a local SNP councillor in Glasgow and have been for almost six years. I have also just recently retired from the NHS in Greater
KEITH Brown is the bookies' favourite to be the next depute leader of the SNP, though the race looks set to be tight. Nominations to be Nicola Sturgeon’s number two closed yesterday morning, with the already declared Brown, Julie Hepburn and Chris
AMAZING Grace Reid hit all the right notes to deliver the nation’s first diving gold medal for half a century then belted out a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland for all the world to hear. Mumbling The Corries’ famous folk song under your breath
MOVE over Match of the Day. For one weekend at least, that prime time Saturday night time slot deserves to be reserved for Callum Hawkins as he attempts to chalk up one of his own career highlights in the Gold Coast. By chucking out time in the pub, it
