LONDON (AP) — Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour, the strongest on record, as a winter ...

Nicola Sturgeon declared last week that independence was "off the radar", a claim swiftly and unsurprisingly rejected by her former deputy and right hand man First Minister John Swinney.

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. were urged to stay at home Friday as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions.Forecasters ...

Three opinion polls conducted weeks apart could be enough to trigger a new independence referendum under a Northern Ireland-style separation pact for Scotland, an SNP MSP has claimed. Karen Adam ...

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John Swinney is being pushed to extend the bowel cancer screening age to people under 50 after The Herald reported on a major surge in cases of the disease in younger people. Mr Swinney heard the ...

John Swinney has called for a Norther Irish style trigger point for a border poll to be accepted for Scottish independence.

John Swinney has insisted there will be "real damage done" to the NHS if opposition MSPs block his budget - claiming this could see operations cancelled and medicines rationed. Making his first ...