Xander Richards

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been projected to become the next prime minister (Image: PA) THREE Westminster polls in less than 24 hours have given Nigel Farage’s Reform UK a significant lead over Labour. The leads range from five points to thirteen, suggesting Reform UK are on to replace Labour in power at Westminster come the next General Election. The first poll, from Find Out Now, put Reform UK on 33% of the vote with Labour trailing on just 20%.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and a protest calling for him to block Israel weapons sales held in April (Image: PA) DOZENS of MPs have called for Foreign Secretary David Lammy to face parliament over allegations he “misled” the public about Labour allowing weapons exports to Israel.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Scottish Tory MSPs Annie Wells (left) and Stephen Kerr (Image: PA) HOLYROOD managers have started advertising for an independent expert to review the Scottish parliament’s complaints process after Tory MSPs threw it into “disrepute”.   It comes around one year after MSPs voted to sanction former health secretary Michael Matheson after he lied about an iPad roaming bill of around £11,000, racked up by his family watching football in Morocco.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

CCTV image released by Police Scotland, and an image of the unicorn on Mercat Cross at Dunfermline (Image: Police Scotland/Kim Traynor on Geograph) POLICE have released a CCTV image of two men they are looking to question following the destruction of an “important” Scottish city monument. The Mercat Cross in Dunfermline was snapped in half, with debris left scattered across the High Street at the junction of Guildhall Street, overnight from Saturday, April 12, to Sunday, April 13.

6 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Police Scotland said that one man had died in a plane crash in East Lothian (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire) ONE man has died and another been rushed to hospital after a light aircraft crash in East Lothian. Police said that they had been called to reports of a plane crash in the East Fortune area at around 4.55pm on Thursday. Officers raced to the incident but the pilot of the aircraft was pronounced dead at the scene.