In 1746 forces loyal to Bonny Prince Charlie, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of Scotland, were crushed at the Battle of Culloden, near Inverness. Almost 40 years earlier, in 1707, the Act of ...

Nicholas Alahverdian, the Rhode Island con artist who has been located in Scotland, is facing extradition back to the U.S. As a fugitive, he fled first to Ireland and then Scotland, covering his ...

The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different ...

First Minister John Swinney made the claim as he launched a new paper on independence ...

The Old DivideChris Bamberry, Tippermuir Books, £11.99CHRIS BAMBERRY’s book, The Old Divide, asserts that sectarianism in ...

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This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 9 July 2024 The United Kingdom is a state made up of the historic countries of England, Wales and Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland. It ...

Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has sharpened English awareness of unsettled constitutional issues. But state formation, transformation and even disintegration have been persistent ...

LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s governing Scottish National Party elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader on Monday after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures within the pro-independence ...