A damning indictment on how independent media is treated in the UK 🗞️ 🟨 @thecanaryuk.bsky.social has been de-banked by Lloyds w/ no explanation 🟨 The bank holds a 'substantial amount' of money and no word on when it will be returned 🟨 Staff currently can't be paid

Tomorrow's front page 📰 GB Energy forks out millions "to be told how to do its job"

EXCLUSIVE: GB Energy is handing out millions of pounds in taxpayers' cash to private consultants to tell it ‘how to do its job’ Here’s what you need to know – and why you should care 🧵

Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰 Scot grateful to be alive after Israeli 'torture' ordeal

Scottish flotilla activist Hughie Stirling has returned home after being detained by Israel in international waters In an exclusive interview, he recalls the horrific abuse he was subject to and a lack of support from the Foreign Office👇 @scotnational.bsky.social

Scottish flotilla activist Hughie Stirling is set to return home today after being deported by Israel He was left to wander Istanbul Airport in his prison clothes with no shoes, missing one hearing aid and his glasses Exclusive @scotnational.bsky.social

NEW: The UK Government has finally broken its silence after Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla 🚨 15 UK activists were kidnapped by Israeli forces while sailing in international waters – they're now being taken to Israel UK Govt statement 👇

A second activist from Scotland has been detained by Israel while taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla Dr Antonis Vradis, who works at St Andrews University, was sailing as part of the Greek delegation More here 👇

NEW: Malcolm Offord is under investigation by the Scottish charity regulator over the trust to which he previously vowed to donate his MSP salary 🚨 All the latest @scotnational.bsky.social

NEW: @scottishgreens.org MSP Ariane Burgess has written to the Foreign Secretary after her constituent Hughie Stirling was detained by Israeli forces while taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla So far, the UK Government has refused to provide an on the record comment

LATEST: The UK Government has refused to comment on the flotilla being intercepted by Israel There are at least 12 UK nationals now detained after being taken in international waters by Israeli soldiers. The Foreign Office will not go on the record and condemn 👇

EXCLUSIVE: The loved ones of a Scottish activist kidnapped by Israel while taking part in a major flotilla to Gaza have issued a plea calling for his safe return So far complete silence from the UK Govt 👇

Scottish activist Hughie Stirling has been detained while taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla 🚨 Ahead of interception he said: 'I can only hope that by doing this some other ordinary people will also act to put an end to this slaughter of innocent civilians'

🚨 The Global Sumud Flotilla is currently being intercepted Several UK delegates have already been boarded. The one Scot taking part, Hughie Stirling, tells me a warship is gaining on them. I’m still able to make contact with him just now

‘This type of scrutiny, if you can even call it that, has nothing to do with protecting lesbians or queer women’ I spoke with new MSP Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill on beating Reform, Holyrood ice breakers & the media storm around the new Green group Exclusive interview @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

New Greens MSP Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill has done her Holyrood oath in Polish – with Gaelic, Scots, Dutch and BSL among other languages making an appearance Here she explains why 👇

A protest has been planned outside the Scottish Parliament tomorrow as Reform UK's 17 MSPs are sworn into Holyrood Organisers @sutrscotland.bsky.social say the party must be 'denied legitimacy in Scottish political life' Full story @scotnational.bsky.social

'This election has killed the lie that the Greens are just a second option' 👀 I went inside the Scottish Greens' historic campaign in Edinburgh – here's the reason they think they did so well 👇 Exclusive @scotnational.bsky.social

Now that the Scottish election results have all been declared, I've put together a handy list of everything you need to know at a glance 👇

For all the latest updates now the polls have closed for the Holyrood elections, here’s a special edition of @scotnational.bsky.social podcast with myself and @lauraewebster.bsky.social 👇

A Scottish activist sailing on a flotilla to Gaza has recalled the brutal treatment he witnessed while being held onboard an Israeli 'prison ship' Exclusive @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

Tomorrow's front page 📰 The only route to a better future for Scotland is to vote for independence

EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has been accused of spreading 'misinformation' around the upcoming Scottish elections The elections watchdog was criticised after ads telling people to bring ID to vote on Thursday appeared in Scotland @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

Malcolm Offord's charity – which he has vowed to donate his MSP salary to if elected – has been reported to the regulator 👀 Read full story @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

Israel has extended the detention of two Global Sumud Flotilla activists yet again 🚨 Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek are now due to be held in Israeli custody until May 10

🚨Is this your first time voting in the Scottish elections? I want to hear from you! I’m looking to speak with young people who can vote on May 7 for an article with @scotnational.bsky.social – drop me a DM or email if this is you! 🗳️

Malcolm Offord has pledged to donate his MSP salary if he is elected – to his own charity 👀 @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

🚨Is this your first time voting in the Scottish elections? I want to hear from you! I’m looking to speak with young people who can vote on May 7 for an article with @scotnational.bsky.social – drop me a DM or email if this is you! 🗳️

Ullapool activist Hughie Stirling has recalled how Israeli forces attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla – destroying boats and leaving people stranded in the middle of the sea ⛵️ I spoke to him as he continues sailing towards Gaza 👇 @scotnational.bsky.social

Three Scots are taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla – Owen Richardson Okie, Hughie Stirling and Bryn Higgs, all of them from Ullapool ⛵️ Here's everything we know as Israel intercepted more than 20 boats last night off the coast of Greece 🧵

The Scottish Greens want to introduce an ‘Offord tax’ after Malcolm Offord admitted to owning six houses, five cars and six boats More in @scotnational.bsky.social 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2606323...

Inflatable chickens have taken over a golf competition in Dornoch 🐔 A golfer could be seen swinging his golf club at the activists 👇

Anas Sarwar has been mocked over a 'sad and desperate' election leaflet which features a glowing endorsement from the person legally responsible for his campaign @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰 'Crisis will hit if migrants leave': Special report as UK Labour's harsh new policy threatens to drag Scotland into disaster 🥀

Anas Sarwar’s Reform ‘weasel’ jibe completely overshadowed workers’ rights at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Congress in Dundee – all it did was demonstrate why voters have lost faith in politicians My analysis @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

@scottishgreens.org co-leader @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social is addressing the @scottishtuc.bsky.social congress in Dundee This is the first time the Scottish Greens have given a speech here – @ross-greer.bsky.social also watching on

Day 2 of @scottishtuc.bsky.social Congress is kicking off, and it's a busy day... We've got speeches from First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and STUC general secretary @rozfoyer.bsky.social coming up Here's some other things to keep an eye on 👇

An important story that has gone completely under the radar – one of Scotland’s oldest space observatories has been placed ‘at risk’ as a result of potential UK Government cuts 🔭

It’s been a busy first day at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Congress in Dundee Here’s everything that happened 🧵

A Reform MSP attacked his colleagues in a private conversation with Anas Sarwar, it has been claimed Graham Simpson allegedly called Thomas Kerr a 'weasel' and said Malcolm Offord was a 'useless' leader 👀

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking at the @scottishtuc.bsky.social congress in Dundee He insists ‘a vote for Scottish Labour in this election is not an endorsement of Keir Starmer’

I’m in Dundee for @scottishtuc.bsky.social annual congress 👇 I’ll be posting updates here & @scotnational.bsky.social – some really interesting topics set for debate…

Tourists have been warned not to treat Highland cows as 'selfie props' amid a growing trend Animal welfare organisations have seen people put themselves in harm's way to get pictures - with some even sitting on the cows My exclusive @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

The Global Sumud Flotilla is setting sail for Gaza this weekend ⛵️ Thousands of people are taking part, including around 40 from the UK – making it the largest civilian effort in history Here's everything you need to know 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2601128...

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Scotland's newest homelessness village has officially opened today Developers have hailed the 'landmark' achievement 👇

Remember that huge KFC advert in Edinburgh? Turns out it was allowed to stay in place despite breaching planning rules... Exclusive @scotnational.bsky.social 👇

Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP demand probe into Joani Reid over 'scandal of unprecedented proportions'

BREAKING: MSPs have rejected legislation to legalise assisted dying in a late-night landmark vote

A major international convoy carrying vital aid is set to arrive in Cuba later this month 🇨🇺 Here's what you need to know👇