Tag: Scotland

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Scottish MPs disgruntled with decision to have naval support vessels built in Spain

  

  Scottish shipyards need “greater clarity” from the UK Government over where contracts for new naval vessels will be placed in the coming decades, MPs have said.

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• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  UK Prime Minister celebrates Scottish culture in Burns Night Downing Street reception

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to celebrate Scottish culture this evening by hosting a reception in Downing Street to celebrate Burns Night. Guests, including faith group leaders, will be welcomed to the event with sounds of traditional bagpipes and drums, and will be able to enjoy Scottish cuisine from stalls in an indoor-street market.

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• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:18 UTC

  Poll on Scottish independence referendum: 72% of those aged 16 to 24 said YES

  

  By Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University - A shift of opinion registered in one poll should always be regarded with caution. But when a number of polls all record much the same shift, it is highly likely that something has changed.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 13:07 UTC

  Scotland will not give up and targets a 'de facto independence referendum' next general election

  

  “A tough pill to swallow,” admitted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday saying the Scottish National Party, SNP, respected the unanimous ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Scotland does not have the power to hold a referendum.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  UK Supreme Court says no to “Scexit” referendum without Westminster's ok

  

  Britain's Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling confirming Scotland will not be able to hold a second independence referendum without the British government's approval.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Female team, with descendants of whaler families, reopening the South Georgia Museum at Grytviken

  

  An all-female team from Dundee in Scotland has travelled some 8,000 miles to South Georgia to help reopen the island's South Georgia Museum at Grytviken on time for the coming summer and cruise season.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Supreme Court to decide on a Scottish second independence referendum

  

  Crucial week for Scotland's intention of holding a second independence referendum, when the UK Supreme Court begins on Tuesday hearing arguments in the dispute with London

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Glasgow museum returns art objects to India seized in the late 1800s

  

  The Glasgow Life agency, managers of the city's museum, issued a statement announcing a delegation from India's government had been welcomed Friday for the returning to that country of a set of works of arts seized in the late 1800s by British colonial authorities.

• Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Scotland “blessed” with a second Van Gogh, an unknown self portrait hidden under another masterpiece

  

  Experts at the National Galleries of Scotland have discovered a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, when a canvas was X-rayed before an exhibition.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 06:30 UTC

  Armed Forces loyalty parade to the Queen at her official Scotland residence

  

  On Tuesday the Queen attended an Armed Forces act of loyalty parade at her official Scottish residence. Members of all three services took part in the service at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to celebrate her visit to Scotland and mark her Platinum Jubilee there.