Glasgow City Council has been urged to halt legal proceedings against a group of campaigning parents which could leave one in "financial ruin".

Rupert Lowe still hasn't apologised after he went on a podcast with an audience in the millions and described the 1996 Dunblane massacre as "one murder".

"There's really been nothing to disturb the sleep of the Duke of Argyll in 25 years of devolution." I spoke to @andywightman.scot

The SNP has demanded Malcom Offord explain whether crypto donations are funding Reform UK in Scotland.

Sean Clerkin has urged a group of 15 donors to the SNP's "ring-fenced" fighting fund to now join Stuart Campbell's group action against the party. It comes as a leading KC argues that donors could be in line to claim double their money back from the party.

The Lowest of the Lowe. In today's Record.

Football banning orders in Scotland are to be toughened to crack down on the use of pyrotechnics and deter pitch invasions in stadiums, the SNP Government has confirmed.

Extremely crass, inaccurate and insensitive remarks from Rupert Lowe regarding the Dunblane massacre.

Glasgow City Council must face "robust" and "independent" scrutiny following its multiple failures over the Beastie House case, an MP said today. John Grady has also called for the SNP Government to consider a full public inquiry into the scandal.

The SNP faces the prospect of two civil actions raised by Scots demanding refunds after they donated to a fundraiser "ring-fenced" for an independence referendum campaign.

Stephen Flynn has urged the UK Government to "come clean" on how a £100bn project to build a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham will benefit Scotland.

Nigel Farage forcing the taxpayer to stump up for a needless by-election after spending 10 minutes ranting about how great he is at making money.

Andy Burnham has been criticised by Scots health campaigners after he claimed a ban on football fans drinking alcohol in the stands is "wrong".

Humza Yousaf has warned Scotland can "no longer pretend" the country is immune to racism or hatred following a shocking rise in hate crimes.

The currency question has long been a major weakness in the SNP vision for Scottish independence. An interview with Alyn Smith today further complicates the matter. Would there be a second referendum on whether to join the Euro? What happens to EU entry if there was a no vote?

The UK Government has vowed it will "not rest" until it recovers the £145m owed to the taxpayer from a company linked to Michelle Mone.

The SNP's failure to support an inquiry into the Peter Murrell scandal risks making Holyrood a "laughing stock", a former MSP has blasted.

EXCL: Prosecutors have denied removing items from the indictment against Peter Murrell to spare Nicola Sturgeon from "embarrassment".

Keir Starmer responds at PMQs to Dave Doogan calling the defence investment plan "paper thin". "This is the party that thinks we should give up the nuclear deterrent... we need no more advice and sanctimonious nonsense from the SNP"

The Clyde shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun are currently working at capacity building Type 26 frigates. Once that work finishes in the 2030s, what comes next? It had been assumed a new generation of destroyers would be ordered. Not anymore.

New Scottish Government figures show 6,832 affordable homes were built in the last year - 15 per cent below target. Shelter warns the SNP is now well off-course to meet a commitment to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.

Operation Branchform cops' decision to drop SNP donations probe could face judicial review

Andy Burnham says he will offer "new opportunities to extend devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by taking power deeper down". He adds: "The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from Holyrood and the Senedd as they do from Westminster".

NHS Lanarkshire shelled out £42million developing a business case for the long-awaited Monklands hospital replacement only to see the plans rejected by the SNP Government.

Peter Murrell scandal puts role of Crown Office in the 'spotlight' after Dorothy Bain briefed John Swinney

Andy Burnham is not a "messiah" and Scottish Labour needs "more control over its own destiny" if it is to recover from its latest election defeat, says former MSP Monica Lennon. Lennon has previously called for the party north of the Border to separate from the UK operation.

"These revelations show that very many people in the SNP were complicit in this massive fraud. They explain why the leadership fears an independent inquiry."

The SNP has been accused of "utter betrayal" after ministers axed plans to build a long-awaited replacement for the crumbling Monklands hospital - despite the party's election manifesto claiming work was "already well underway".

A former SNP branch secretary has claimed he was warned the party faced "financial problems" three years before Peter Murrell was first arrested.

The wait goes on for a replacement Monklands hospital in Lanarkshire. The NHS business case was rejected by the SNP Government today, half an hour before the summer recess. Now patients have to take the Health Secretary's word on an "ambition" to start construction in 2028.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to make public the written statement she provided to Police Scotland after she refused to comment during an interview with detectives.

Keir Starmer has said the SNP has "giant" questions to answer after the party's former chief executive was yesterday jailed for five years.

"The SNP doesn't believe in short-term sentences... "All of a sudden, when they have a criminal at their own door, they want to lock him up and throw away the key"

John Swinney, who was a teenage friend of Peter Murrell before later hiring him as SNP chief executive, said the embezzlement case had been "distressing" and "hurtful".

SNP comment on Peter Murrell: “While Peter Murrell’s sentencing does offer significant closure for SNP members, we are still seeking recovery of the money he embezzled to allow us to spend it on the purposes for which our dedicated donors intended"

Branchform cops had more SNP cash questions for Nicola Sturgeon after ex-FM gave no comment interview

BREAKING: Peter Murrell sentenced to 5 years, 3 months. Lord Young tells the former SNP chief executive he has committed a “a calculated sum of dishonesty” and was involved in a “significant breach of trust”.

Peter Murrell will be sentenced today at the High Court in Edinburgh.

🚨 Anas Sarwar tells reporters he fully intends to stay on as Scottish Labour leader. Says he wants to work closely with the next PM in taking the fight to Reform UK.

If Andy Burnham does become PM, we can expect him to be a backer of the biggest Scots cities following the example of Manchester and adopting the metro mayor model. He told me in 2024: "The Scottish cities are being held back, or disempowered, and not making their presence felt"

John Swinney on the violence seen on Leith Walk on Friday: “We must all stand united in utter condemnation of the heinous attack that took place in Edinburgh. Anti-Muslim hatred is abhorrent, and we must not allow recent attempts to stoke fear to divide us."

The SNP needs a better excuse for its shellacking in Aberdeen than "tactical voting cost us". Voting is by definition tactical. Constitutional preferences will not always split opposition parties in the SNP's favour.

MPs have demanded answers on whether Peter Murrell embezzled public money given to the SNP during his decade-long crime spree.

A teaching union has blasted bosses at Scotland's largest college for shelling out on a trip to New York while lecturers are in dispute over a lack of safety equipment.

Bus operators have cast doubt on whether the SNP Government will be able to introduce a £2 cap on fares across the west of Scotland within 100 days of the Holyrood election. It comes after Stephen Flynn told MSPs the policy would be delivered "as quickly as we possibly can".

John Swinney again claiming that Keir Starmer agreed after last month's election to a meeting to discuss an IndyRef2 - a position flatly denied by Downing St. A No 10 spokesman suggests Swinney was instead offered a "standard" meeting for devolved leaders.

If you're going to build more homes, you're going to need more builders. But the Scottish Government doesn't know how many.

A senior SNP figure has warned the Peter Murrell scandal risked "poisoning the future chances the party" unless questions are answered over how £600,000-worth of donations were spent.

Scotland's shipyards could lose jobs if the UK Government fails to significantly invest in defence, a Labour MSP has warned.

An independent inquiry into the Peter Murrell scandal would be in the SNP's "long term interests", a former Yes campaign chief has claimed.