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DOVER, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: Traffic moves through Dover Port on April 03, 2023 in Dover, England. Over the weekend, travellers had reported delays of more than 12 hours for ferries crossing the English Channel. By the early hours of Monday morning, traffic had largely returned to normal. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

UK Government says 'new processes' behind Dover delays but won't blame Brexit

“Lessons will be learned” is not so much a cliche of the Sturgeon administration as its motto writes Brian Monteith

Lessons are never learned as Sturgeon surges towards disaster - Brian Monteith

The government has rejected calls for women to get menopause leave

Menopause leave trial rejected by government

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been dragged into a row over the use of a misleading wind energy statistic by ministers.

FM's officials knew wind stat was wrong a month prior to admission by ministers

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford. Picture: PA

Blackford warns 'worst yet to come' from Liz Truss's Government

Labour MP Jess Phillips. Picture: PA

Jess Phillips: Civil servants are being 'treated like s***' by Tory ministers

Edinburgh-born comic and impressionist Rory Bremner. Picture: Lloyd Smith

Rory Bremner: 'Something has gone terribly wrong in Britain'

Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit Boris Johnson's government late on Tuesday

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign

Major new rule change could allow 1.5m workers to take on extra jobs

Andrew Connon, NFUS

Greenwashing leads to a Scottish land gold-rush!

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak alongside his wife Akshata Murthy. PIC: Ian West/PA.

Being a politician is tough on our families - the Sunaks should have known this

Tim Rycroft, AHDB chief exec

New agriculture development board attracts 11,000 levy payers

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination centre in Northampton. Picture: Peter Cziborra/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Labour calls for 'rich people' probe after 'cosy' Boris Johnson text messages

Angela Constance, Minister for Drugs Policy

Bosses of Scotland's drug death task quit in row with minister

The Government is coming under increasing pressure on the gas crisis

Industry bosses pile on pressure for more support amid energy price rises

Motorists queue for fuel in Armadale, West Lothian, on Friday. PIC: Contributed.

Panic buying - not supply issues - causing fuel shortages, says AA boss.

The Isle of Rum, Scotland.

People offered £50,000 to move to Scottish islands under new scheme

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers used private email (Photo by STEVE REIGATE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers u...

Holidays to Europe and the United States are not likely to resume until August at the earliest, experts have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Holidays to Europe and the United States unlikely to return until August, expert...

Lord Dunlop today said ministers must have the union and devolution "rushing through their bloodstream".

UK Government ministers must have union ‘rushing through bloodstream’

New guidance requires union flags to be flown on all UK Government buildings (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, FILE)

New guidance requires union flags to be flown on all UK Government buildings

Ministers urged to reconsider graduated licences for new drivers

Failed Brexit promises are costly for Scotland - Fergus Ewing

Cinemas are trialling ‘vaccine passport’ technology - but will the scheme go ahe...

Nicola Sturgeon said it was not "fair" for her government to be unable to publish the statistics while the UK Government brief them to the press.

Nicola Sturgeon criticises 'stupid spat' around vaccine supply data

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

The Scottish Information Commissioner ruled the “wrongly withheld” information should be made available to the public.

Scottish Government forced to publish 'secret' football sectarianism information

The national stadium BT Murrayfield will pilot limited access for fans next Friday night. Picture: SRU/SNS

Green light for fans at Murrayfield

Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said that 'if the science was wrong... I'm not surprised if people then think we made the wrong decision' (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Covid-19: Politicians can’t hide behind ‘science’ – leader comment

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the return of the Premier League would "lift the spirits of the nation"

Plans for behind-closed-doors sport part of coronavirus response - Dominic Raab

Boris Johnson held the first daily press conferences before testing positive for coronavirus (Getty Images)

Coronavirus press conference: how to ask questions at the next government media ...

As Parliament reconvenes, MSPs must be able to scrutinise minister action effectively (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Daily Mail/PA Wire)

Covid-19: MSPs must not allow people to be forced back to work amid pandemic – R...

The evidence that SNP’s mininum alcohol price has failed – Brian Monteith

Comment: Regulators must follow through on tough talk

Brian Monteith: Poor lookout as taxing times are upon us

SNP in talks to cut fat cat pay by 5%

Close encounters of Pitlochry kind

Brown seeks foreign help to rescue banks

Lost by the government: 600 laptops, 400 phones – and a car

Indonesia demands historic stone back

Fox-hunting ban rushed to vote after one day debate

Police powers on extremists

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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

SNP's Westminster group submits accounts on time

The last time Bruce Springsteen played in Edinburgh was in 1981 - and his loyal fans were delighted to welcome The Boss back to the Capital.

Springsteen at Murrayfield: A collective emotional experience for 60,000 fans

Rockall sits 200 miles west of the Outer Hebrides and is where adventurer Cam Cameron plans to spend the next 60 days. PIC: Óglaigh na hÉireann/CC.

Three men land on Rockall as 60-day survival challenge begins