Keith Brown

Keith Brown MSP, centre, carries the coffin at the funeral of his partner and Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie at Daldowie crematorium in Glasgow

Hundreds attend funeral of SNP minister Christina McKelvie

Christina McKelvie died at the age of 57 last week

SNP's Keith Brown's emotional tribute to partner Christina McKelvie

Christina McKelvie (left) debating in the Holyrood chamber, while (right) First Minister John Swinney is among those who fall silent at the Scottish Parliament to remember the SNP MSP after her death

'An unbearably sad day': MSPs weep after Christina McKelvie's death

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie

'Beloved' SNP MSP Christina McKelvie dies after breast cancer battle

First Minister John Swinney listens as Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes delivers her address at the SNP Annual National Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Flynn makes bold Greens declaration, opens up on SNP's 'self-inflicted wounds'

John Swinney with party supporters and fellow MSPs. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

John Swinney confirmed as SNP leader

First Minister Humza Yousaf (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/pool/Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf hit back after a suggestion the SNP could shun Westminster

SNP MSP Keith Brown says a solo Scotland could match the success of Nordic countries (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' Letters: Wishing it can't make Scotland a Nordic success

Yousaf’s vile attack on Tory MSP over Gaza donation questions was unjustified Murdo Fraser

Keith Brown. Picture: John Devlin

Call to consider withdrawing from Westminster ‘completely crackers’, says SNP MP

Keith Brown is wrong about SNP MPs abandoning Westminster parliament Stewart McDonald

Scotland deserves better than Starmer's Tory-lite Blair tribute act Keith Brown

SNP MP reveals the arrogance and lazy thinking of a party in power for too long Alistair Carmichael

Keith Brown MSP. Image: John Devlin/National World.

Keith Brown: SNP will still have mandate for independence even if it loses votes

Why Humza Yousaf needs new direction on independence Euan McColm

Nicola Sturgeon is the 'most impressive politician in Europe', claims Yousaf

Tram line work on the Newhaven extension in 2020 - but it was much less disruptive than the original scheme. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh made trams a dirty word but it's time to change that – Alastair Dalton

First Minister Humza Yousaf

Labour picks up votes from both Yes and No voters as SNP slumps - poll

Bakers in London apply the finishing touches to Coronation-themed biscuits

Readers' letters: Monarchy is no longer relevant in its present form

Pro-independence protesters hold up Scottish National Party (SNP) emblems as they join a march organised by the grassroots organistaion All Under One Banner

SNP report small increase in members as Tories refuse to publish figures

A rabbit caught in the headlights? Humza Yousaf is struggling as the bad news just keeps coming (Picture:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

We’re all starting to get the message about the SNP's existential crisis

SNP depute leader Keith Brown

Keith Brown accused of living in 'parallel universe' over SNP transparency claim

First Minister Humza Yousaf poses with his new Cabinet. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf unveils full Cabinet with majority of women for first time ever

SNP depute leader Keith Brown

Scottish minister backs regular publication of SNP membership figures

Nicola Sturgeon at a launch ceremony for the MV Glen Sannox in 2017 (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Brian Wilson: Naming Hull 802 the ‘MV Nicola Sturgeon’ would be fitting tribute

Scotland's Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney MSP, sat next to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, as he delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Report details a sorry saga the Scottish Government must learn lessons from

Ferguson Marine shipyard, where two ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network are being built.

SNP ministers and Sturgeon heavily criticised in damning report on ferry fiasco

Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham.

Prison service chief ‘not at liberty to say’ who made Isla Bryson decision

Scotland’s finance secretary Kate Forbes is expected to announce on Monday whether she will run for the SNP leadership, the country’s business minister has said.

Kate Forbes expected to announce whether she will run for SNP leadership

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside of Bute House, as Nicola Sturgeon announces her resignation. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Cherry calls for 'reform and healing' within SNP in wake of Sturgeon resignation

Four-year-old Hanlon Stevenson receives a Chief Constable's Bravery and Excellence Award from Sir Iain Livingstone during a ceremony at the Police Scotland headquarters in Tulliallan, Kincardine, Fife. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Toddler who called 999 aged two to help save mother honoured for bravery

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jane Barlow-Pool/Getty Images

FMQs: Sturgeon refuses to confirm full publication of Bryson prison review

Independence supporters on the march. Picture: John Devlin

SNP and indy support drops in new poll amid transgender row

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow

Scottish Tories: Government must reveal when it intervened over prison transfers

Supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) take part in a protest outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of a debate on the bill

Safety 'paramount' in prisoner row but transwomen should be considered women

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, is at the heart of the Scottish Government's U-turn on trans prisoners (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Scotsman Letters: Is it really a case of a trans is a man for a’ that?

Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham

Trans prisoner pause likely to become permanent ban, suggests Nicola Sturgeon

Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham

Sturgeon’s U-turn can't save her from how she'll be remembered - Brian Monteith

Isla Bryson was initially taken to Cornton Vale

SNP 'shamed' into acting on transgender prisoner row say Tories

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, raped two women

Leader - Lesson learned: Gender fears are valid after all

Keith Brown

Scottish Government pauses movement of transgender prisoners amid urgent review

Police recorded almost 7,000 hate crimes in Scotland in the last year.

Transgender hate crime rising faster than any other in Scotland
Hate crimes recorded by police against transgender people are rising faster than any other aggravator in Scotland, new figures published by the Scottish Governm...

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Lord Advocate dual role reform delay in Scotland 'unacceptable', argue Tories

Police Scotland investigated more than 5,000 cases of adults and children going missing from NHS grounds

Police probe thousands of cases of people going missing from NHS grounds

Handout photo from Shetland Islands Council (SIC) of a fence in Burravoe, near Brae in the North Mainland of Shetland.

Shetland to face fourth day without power amid more snow

Years late and massively over budget, two ferries being built for CalMac are still not ready (Picture: John Devlin)

No justice for Holyrood committee from disrespectful Keith Brown – Brian Wilson

British army soldiers patrolling in the Bogside quarter of the city of Derry in 1971. Picture: Getty

MSPs 'should refuse consent' for controversial Northern Ireland Troubles bill

Keith Brown. Picture: John Devlin

Holyrood committee accuses SNP minister of evasion over ferries fiasco

Independence supporters gather in Glasgow on Saturday in light of Supreme Court decision on a second referendum. PIC: Lisa Ferguson.

New poll suggests Yes four points ahead after Supreme Court indyref ruling

SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon issues a statement at the Apex Grassmarket Hotel in Edinburgh following the decision by judges at the UK Supreme Court in London that the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to hold a second referendum on independence.

'De facto' referendum to get independence is 'Plan C', says Scottish Government

Keith Brown was infrastructure minister when the contract for the two ferries was agreed.

Minister claims he has 'nothing more to add' on ferries despite 150 word answer

There are warnings that hundreds of homes may be forced to close

'Hundreds of Scottish care homes face closure due to costs crisis'

Dr Lailah Peel, the deputy chairwoman of BMA Scotland, said there “doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel”

NHS faces ‘terrifying’ winter, A&E doctor warns

Keith Brown, Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party, said the UK Government was scared of a second vote.

UK Government ‘scared’ of allowing Indyref as it will lose, SNP say

Travel is still disrupted after a day of heavy rain across parts of Scotland – when a person was swept into water.

Disruption continues after heavy rain in Scotland

An amber weather warning in eastern Scotland has been extended as heavy rain drenches parts of the country.

Person reported swept into River Don in Aberdeenshire as heavy rain continues

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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