WHEN he’s not hiding in the bushes behind Meghan Markle’s house, former Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has to find other ways to fill his time.

THE UK Government policing minister who oversees drugs policy has been accused of “puerile sound bite politics” after attacking the SNP for not signing up to an initiative to tackle drug use.

The former UKIP leader's claim on GB News that standards in Scotland have "fallen dramatically" was rejected by the SNP.

THE Scottish Conservatives have expressed outrage after a recently elected Labour MSP called for the abolition of the monarchy.

The petrochemical plant in Fife has come under fire for light pollution, noise pollution, tremors and poor air quality.

FROM Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe — UK ministers are set to announce deals with 150 destinations as part of its replacement for a EU-wide student exchange scheme, reports say.

A SCOTTISH Government scheme providing free milk and a healthy snack to pre-school children launches today.

Val McDermid was amongst thousands of signatories who have urged the UK Government not to allow the UK market to be flooded with cheap books.

SCOTLAND'S two main opposition parties have called for an urgent statement on drug deaths in Holyrood.

WELL, Mrs Balbir Singh’s recipes must be good.

FORMER British ambassador Craig Murray has handed himself in to police in Edinburgh as he is set to begin an eight-month prison sentence.

The monarch had advanced access to at least 67 Holyrood bills since 1999 and her lawyers have lobbied for changes on her behalf.

THERE is now one week left to cast your vote in our Sunday National Yessay competition!

Here's the latest entry in the diary of Rupert St John-Fontaine, adviser at the Department of Social Affairs...

IT is now broadly accepted that an independent Scotland should be founded upon a written constitution as its supreme and fundamental law. This has been SNP policy for a long time. It is widely endorsed by other parts of the Yes movement and by the general public.

BORIS Johnson is facing a rebellion from his Chancellor over the UK’s travel restrictions.

CAMPAIGNERS and teaching unions have warned the privatisation of Shetland college could set a dangerous precedent that could see other colleges across Scotland move out of public ownership.

Westminster has repeatedly rejected requests to let a second constitutional vote go ahead.

ALEX Salmond has accepted a nomination to carry on as leader of Alba.

DRUG use and abuse are Scotland’s shame, a fact acknowledged by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during the recent Scottish election campaign.