AT 21, you would think Kieran Tierney is a fair bit off being able to feel nostalgic about his career.Having said that, the young defender has already consigned the thought of Sunday’s 4-0 win over Rangers to his own personal history books as he targets
MONTENEGRO’S pro-Western ruling party leader Milo Djukanovic has won an outright victory in the country’s presidential vote, avoiding a run-off, according to official results.A near-complete vote count showed Djukanovic won 54 per cent of the ballot,
AS I watched yesterday’s Westminster charade I was reminded of TS Eliot’s “human kind cannot bear too much reality.” The debate was apparently on the legality of humanitarian intervention, and at least May’s alternative self-defence argument (murder
THE British Imperial Labour party has once again shown how craven it is towards British militarism and how supine and ineffective Saint Jeremy Corbyn is as an opposition leader. Instead of symbolically voting against military action in Syria, Labour
DONALD Trump and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe will put domestic controversies to one side when they meet at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort for two days of talks.Like the US leader, Abe has found himself at the centre of criticism, in his case
CHINA will allow full foreign ownership of carmakers in five years, ending restrictions that helped to fuel its trade dispute with the US as it promotes electric car development.The change would scrap rules that require global carmakers to work through
Alex Salmond analyses the tragic situation in Syria, and the lack of a parliamentary vote in the UK. Tickets are available for Alex Salmond's Unleashed show in Edinburgh (https://bit.ly/2H6jmO9) and Dundee (https://bit.ly/2H6abld)
A GLASGOW firm renowned for its survey and related work in rivers, seas and oceans around the world is to expand into the US.Partrac Ltd, the marine survey and coastal consultancy group founded in 2003, is launching a US subsidiary, Partrac GeoMarine,
A TRADE union and businesses are supporting a new law to protect shopworkers. Labour MSP Daniel Johnson is promoting a bill that would create new offences regarding the assault of shopworkers and others, like bar and pub staff, who are involved in the
Paradise Hunters, C4, 9pm MANY people wonder what it would be like to escape the rat race and begin a new life, but can the reality live up to the dream? Two millennials find out as they quit their current careers and leave friends and families
HOW gratifying it is to hear Carolyn Leckie speak out for a new referendum “sooner rather than later” (Why now is the perfect moment to call indyref2, April 16). It’s a pity she regards “sooner” as fully a year away. It’s perplexing that she doesn’
THE Tories sank to a "new low" with Esther McVey's comments on the rape clause, according to SNP MP Alison Thewliss. The UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was being questioned by Holyrood's Social Security Committee over Tory welfare
INTELLIGENCE and security briefings on Syria have been used by the Government to manipulate Labour MPs, the Commons has heard. The SNP's Stewart McDonald claimed he was informed by several sources that the Government has been "selectively offering
A LONG-TERM future has been secured for engineering firm BiFab after a deal was brokered by the Scottish Government, the First Minister has revealed. The investment for the firm and its yards at Methil, Burntisland and Arnish has been secured as
SCOTLAND'S historic attractions have hit a record milestone by attracting more than five million people in a single year, heritage bosses say. Historic Environment Scotland (HES), which manages more than 300 Historic Scotland attractions, celebrated
RANGERS striker Kenny Miller has played his last game for the club following a dressing room bust-up with manager Graeme Murty. And captain Lee Wallace is fighting for his Ibrox future after Rangers chiefs moved to suspend him and Miller on Tuesday
FOR a land with an almost incessant series of battles both against England and because of internal strife such as civil wars and clan wars, Scotland enjoyed a fairly trouble-free period in the early 17th century.After the battles of Morar and Glen Fruin
It looks as though Highlanders may have to starting looking to their past and take matters into their own hands in order to fix Highland roads in time for the summer season. CHUALA mi naidheachd aig an deireadh-sheachdain a thug togail dhomh a
CAN someone please explain to me what the UK’s justification is, legal or moral, for the air strikes on Syrian bases? If it was to wipe out sites where chemical weapons were allegedly stored and thus prevent further damage caused by noxious gas
THE misuse of UK citizens' personal data was "rife" between Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and other businesses owned by its founder Arron Banks, according to a former Cambridge Analytica (CA) employee who worked with Banks before the referendum.
LABOUR have been accused of "irrelevance" at Westminster after Jeremy Corbyn told his MPs to go home rather than wait for a vote on Syria. The SNP and Labour have clashed over last night’s Commons debate on the issue. SNP Westminster leader
MORE than 95 per cent of homes and businesses in Scotland can now access fibre broadband, according to a digital broadband programme. The Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) scheme says that combined with commercial coverage it has exceeded
THERESA May’s government has provoked a constitutional crisis after asking the Supreme Court to strike down Holyrood’s Brexit Continuity Bill. The legislation received the backing of just about all SNP, Labour, Green and LibDem MSPs in the Scottish
THE UK Government has mounted an unprecedented legal bid against Scotland's alternative Brexit Bill, challenging the legislation in the Supreme Court. The Scottish Parliament's Continuity Bill aims to protect powers in devolved areas returning
SYRIA'S air defences have confronted a new "aggression", shooting down missiles over the central region of Homs, according to state-run media. The reports did not say who carried out the pre-dawn strikes. The government-run Syrian Central Media
Let’s get the trumpet-blowing out of the road first. If you read my column last week you will see that my three against the field for the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree included the winner Tiger Roll. Neither of my other selections Last Samuri
TWO students from Dundee University are considering careers in space medicine after completing internships with the European Space Agency (ESA).Fifth-year medical students Amir Fathi and Neil Tan sampled space food, helped plan future space exploration
IT’S not what most people associate with the late Tam Dalyell, but the long-serving MP was very keen on science and wrote a column for the New Scientist for 36 years.He loved Edinburgh, too, and was Rector of Edinburgh University from 2003 to 2006, so
SCOTTISH rowing star Karen Bennett has been unveiled as the latest official ambassador for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. The biggest sporting event in Scotland since the Commonwealth Games will include the European Rowing Championships
THE chemical attack on Douma was not “staged”. This was no “false flag”, there was no Western conspiracy, and anyone who claims otherwise has misunderstood this conflict. The atrocity didn’t come out of nowhere. It fits with President Assad’s pattern
IT has always been assumed by scientists that early human species prospered on a diet of meat, nuts and leaves, but now ground-breaking research by Heriot-Watt University has shown that insects such as beetle grubs made up half of the diet of our distant
THE illegal puppy trade was worth at least £13 million in Scotland last year, it is claimed. Scottish SPCA chief executive Kirsteen Campbell made the claim as the animal charity launched a new campaign to defeat the black market industry yesterday
A PLANNING application for new homes near Edinburgh Zoo may be called in over health concerns for its giant pandas, the Scottish Government has said. There are fears the pandas could be affected during construction. Scottish ministers have sent
TV presenter Ant McPartlin told police he was “ashamed and mortified” after crashing his car while drink-driving with his mother in the passenger seat, a court heard yesterday. The 42-year-old was banned from driving for 20 months and fined £86,000
HOME Secretary Amber Rudd yesterday insisted she had no evidence of accidental deportation in the Windrush Generation scandal – hours after Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said otherwise. Appearing before MPs, Rudd apologised for the UK Government
A BEST-SELLING Scottish artist has unveiled a striking new body of work focusing on one special Hebridean island.John Lowrie Morrison, known as Jolomo, concentrates on the “incredible light” of Islay in a new exhibition, Westering Home to Islay, which
THERESA May has insisted she wasn’t just following Donald Trump’s orders when she gave the command for RAF jets to take part in this weekend’s airstrikes in Syria. In a statement to MPs, the Prime Minister insisted all other options had been exhausted
PLANS for a state-owned national infrastructure company are to be considered by the SNP conference in June following the collapse of the private outsourcing giant Carillion earlier this year. A resolution, backed by Alex Neil MSP, as well as MPs
A KEY figure in the pro-Brexit campaign group fronted by Nigel Farage has appeared to compare its tactics to Nazi propaganda techniques.Andy Wigmore was communications director for the Leave.EU campaign, funded by millionaire Arron Banks, in the run-up
TORY Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey left MSPs stunned yesterday after she defended the so-called rape clause, claiming it would be therapeutic for victims of rape to be forced to relive their trauma in return for benefits. The Tory’s
RESEARCHERS have identified almost 80 genes that may be linked to depression, it has emerged.But while the Edinburgh University team says the discovery could herald new treatment hope for the one-in-five UK residents struck by the problem every year –
A DEFIANT Oriol Junqueras – the sacked vice-president of Catalonia – has defended the Catalans’ right to self-determination and told a judge that calling a referendum was not a crime. His remarks came in a 40-minute appearance at Spain’s Supreme
THIRTY-SIX years is a long time in politics, and it is interesting to look back to 1982 to observe the differences between the first big feat in foreign policy by Margaret Thatcher and, as we have now seen it unfold, the first by Theresa May. Falklands
A UNION has warned that fans travelling to next month’s Scottish Cup final could be hit by strike action by rail staff. The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) will hold talks with ScotRail today in a bid to resolve a dispute over “cuts
FORMER First Minister Alex Salmond speaks out about the “tragedy” of Syria in a new video diary for The National. Salmond, a vocal critic of the Iraq War, discusses the British Government’s current position on intervention in Syria in the latest
DONALD Trump has been furiously tweeting at James Comey, the former FBI director he sacked last year, after he said the president was “morally unfit” for the job. And, in an interview with ABC News, Comey said he thought it was possible the Russians
RUSSIAN and Syrian officials have blocked inspectors from the site of the suspected chemical attack in Douma.Researchers for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have been in Syria since the end of last week and were due to
HOLYROOD should be given the ability to vary the rate of VAT north of the Border once the UK leaves the EU, a leading think tank has suggested. Reform Scotland, an independent policy group, said that there was a clear link between control of sales
LABOUR and the Tories clashed over the legality of Saturday’s missile strikes in Syria. A day after the attack, the Government released a summary of the legal advice from the attorney general, Jeremy Wright, saying the use of force could be justified
CALLS to ease planning restrictions on countryside huts in a bid to revive the Scottish hutting tradition and encourage people to connect with the outdoors are to be put to the SNP conference in June. Delegates at the event in Aberdeen are to be
UP to half of the millennial generation could still be renting in their 40s and a third could be “retiree renters”, a report warns.The Resolution Foundation think tank said that if home ownership growth in Britain follows the “weak pattern” of the 2000s
