Following Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, the question now is what’s next for Scotland and the union. Nominations for a new SNP leader have opened, but there’s no clear successor. To shed light on this, NTD spoke to professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, Sir John Curtice.
Nicola Sturgeon announces she will resign as Scotland’s first minister—after more than eight years in the role. Are British police forces being watched by China? A watchdog warns about Chinese-made surveillance equipment used by police forces across the UK. We hear from an expert on the increasing global demand for critical minerals used to make […]
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is to resign as First Minister of Scotland, saying: “My decision comes from a place of duty and of love, tough love perhaps, but nevertheless love [of] my party and my country.” Her decision to step down comes a month after the UK Parliament blocked radical gender reforms which had been […]
Scots are facing steep costs to meet First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s Net Zero goals. We speak to a Scottish Tory MSP. Around 100,000 civil servants will go on strike on Feb. 1 after talks with the government failed to make any progress. We hear from Katharine Birbalsingh, dubbed “Britain’s strictest headmistress,” about how the values […]
Two British men who surrendered to Russian forces have appeared on Russian TV asking to be part of a prisoner exchange with a Ukrainian politician. London sees six separate stabbing incidents over the Easter weekend. Labour accuses the government of breaking its promise to tackle knife crime. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is spoken to by police after campaigning without […]
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that Scotland has not found any evidence to suggest that community transmission of the Omicron variant is either sustained or widespread, after authorities detected six cases of the variant in the country.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is seeking a second independence vote, following the Scottish National Party’s victory in the Holyrood elections. Sturgeon has told the Prime Minister the referendum is a case of “when, not if.”
The UK and the European Union have clinched a deal on post-Brexit trade relations, just seven days before the Brexit transition period is set to end on Dec. 31. “The deal is done,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter shortly after 3 p.m. GMT. “We’ve taken back control of our laws and our […]
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech on Tuesday (April 4) highlighting the positive role Scottish independence will have in the world while warning of the negative consequences of Brexit. Sturgeon, who is the head of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has demanded a second Scottish independence referendum. The first referendum in September 2014 […]
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wrote a letter to UK Prime Minister Theresa May on March 31, formally asking for a second referendum to be held on Scottish independence. She repeated her request to hold the referendum on secession in 18-24 months, when the terms of Brexit become clearer, but before Britain’s divorce with EU […]
