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Chris Green

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Chris Green is Scotland Editor at The Independent, i and The Independent on Sunday. As well as his daily focus on Scotland, he also reports on all aspects of UK news

FBI agents carry boxes and computers from the headquarters of the football association Concacaf in Miami Beach, Florida, after a raid
Europe

Fifa corruption: The 161-page dossier exposing the organisation's dark heart

The research involved confidential interviews with 170 professional footballers
News

Premier League players underperforming due to gambling habits

Kezia Dugdale has come under attack from Nicola Sturgeon's party
UK Politics

SNP accused of ‘dirty tricks’ for leaking email from Labour leader

A protest to mark International Day Against the Death Penalty in Islamabad, Pakistan, last October
World Politics

Repressive states push worldwide executions to 25-year-high

Many homeless children were now staying in temporary accommodation for long periods, Shelter Scotland said
UK Politics

Figures reveal almost 5,000 homeless children in Scotland in 2015

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives
UK Politics

Scottish Tories’ policies may cost party at ballot box, claims poll

Catfish and the Bottlemen look set to emerge from relative indie obscurity
Reviews

Catfish and the Bottlemen O2 Academy Glasgow

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking to the media outside the Tata Steel plant in Motherwell last year. The SNP says that Scotland will not be bound to using Chinese steel for Scottish infrastructure projects
UK Politics

£10bn investment agreement between China and Scotland made public

Michael Fallon met the Saudi Defence Minister, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, in Riyadh
Middle East

Saudi Arabia on course to double number of beheadings this year

Some single cells will be converted into double rooms
Crime

Single cells to be converted into doubles for 500 extra prisoners

Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader
UK Politics

Scottish Labour accused of ‘outrageous’ policy reversal on income tax

Camra plans to update - and perhaps broaden - its brand
News

Could craft beer spell an end to Camra?

Nicola Sturgeon, left, and Ruth Davidson have published details of their tax returns
UK Politics

Scottish Tories dubbed the party of ‘hidden taxes’ by SNP leader

UK Politics

Scottish Tories dubbed the party of ‘hidden taxes’ by SNP leader

Nicola Sturgeon, left, and Ruth Davidson have published details of their tax returns
Rescue crews use poles to check the depth of the flood water in Skeldergate on December 29
Home News

South to get five times more flood funding than the North per head

The launch of the first issue of The Independent in 1986
Comment

I delivered The Independent. I wrote for it. I love it

Left to right: Leader of Scottish Green Party, Patrick Harvie; Leader of Scottish Conservative Party, Ruth Davidson; Leader of Scottish Labour Party, Kezia Dugdale; Leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon; Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie; UKIP MEP, David Coburn; ahead of the first televised Leaders Debate of the Scottish Parliament election campaign
UK Politics

Scotland’s First Minister accused of being ‘scared’ to put up taxes

Alex Salmond’s newspaper article will break the SNP and Labour silence on ‘independence day’
UK Politics

Salmond marks ‘independence day’ with mock national address

Alex Salmond’s newspaper article will break the SNP and Labour silence on ‘independence day’
UK Politics

Salmond marks ‘independence day’ with mock national address

Home News

UK Christian community 'may be much larger than previously thought'

“After ten wasted years and hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts to local services that simply isn’t good enough,” Ms Dugdale said.
UK Politics

Scottish Labour leader promises to abolish council tax

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says that leaving the European Union would make it harder for Britain to help the world’s most vulnerable people
UK Politics

Sturgeon rules out increasing top rate of income tax if SNP re-elected

Nicola Sturgeon fields questions in Scottish Parliament
UK Politics

Scottish Government's budget could fall 'if taxes cut elsewhere in UK'

A campaigner pushing for the UK to leave the EU, out and about in Romford Market in Essex
UK Politics

Brexit supporters believe in 'false freedom', says Scottish Secretary

Party line: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn
UK Politics

Corbyn allies call for second reshuffle ahead of party conference

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale gives her keynote speech to the party conference at the Glasgow Science Centre on 19 March
UK Politics

Dugdale says Scottish Labour will end austerity if elected in May

Alan Johnson said the three senior Tories were overstating the EU's influence on the UK
UK Politics

Top Tories producing 'tide of drivel' ahead of EU vote, says Johnson

Party line: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn
UK Politics

Corbyn allies call for second reshuffle ahead of party conference

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale gives her keynote speech to the party conference at the Glasgow Science Centre on 19 March
UK Politics

Dugdale says Scottish Labour will end austerity if elected in May

Alan Johnson said the three senior Tories were overstating the EU's influence on the UK
UK Politics

Top Tories producing 'tide of drivel' ahead of EU vote, says Johnson

Leader Kezia Dugdale has promised to invest £500m in primary care
UK Politics

Scottish Labour pledges to deliver GP appointments within 48 hours

UK Politics

Scottish Labour pledges to deliver GP appointments within 48 hours

Leader Kezia Dugdale has promised to invest £500m in primary care
A Mennonite couple in Bolivia. Conservative members are known to shun technology
Home News

Mennonites to worship online as last British church is forced to close

Saudi police officers guard the Public Grievances Department in Riyadh
Middle East

PR firm 'helping Saudi Arabia whitewash its human rights record'

Holyrood is set to be handed control over Scotland’s income tax rates and bands from April next year
UK Politics

Sturgeon says she will overrule Osborne’s tax break for higher earners

Mariah Carey performing in Glasgow.
Live Reviews

Mariah Carey, review: An undoubtedly entertaining audiovisual assault

Mariah Carey performing in Glasgow.
Live Reviews

Mariah Carey, review: An undoubtedly entertaining audiovisual assault

Jackie Kay, the new Makar
News

Acclaimed writer Jackie Kay becomes Scotland's new national poet

In Dumfries and Galloway confidence fell by 9 per cent, while in Lothian and the borders it declined by 8 per cent.
Home News

Confidence in Scottish police falls after SNP merges forces

EasyJet's boss has warned the price of flights could increase if the UK votes to leave the EU
Home News

Easyjet to increase Scottish flights if SNP reduces airport tax

Newly-discovered dinosaurs had long legs, a skull studded with sharp teeth and was probably a fast runner
Science

Discovery of horse-sized dinosaur sheds light on evolution of T.rex

'That is a beautiful dream. And we believe in it'
UK Politics

SNP to launch a new drive for independence, says Nicola Sturgeon

The SNP leader will make the pledge when she addresses her party's spring conference in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon.
UK Politics

Sturgeon rules out raising basic income tax rate if SNP is re-elected

It has been billed by Scotland’s tourist industry as the country’s answer to Route 66: a 500-mile coastal drive allowing visitors to take in the stunning scenery of the northern Highlands.
UK Politics

Independence supporters plan 'epic convoy' along 'Highlands Route 66'

Nicola Sturgeon says she has no regrets about her decisions
UK Politics

Scotland's deficit 'almost twice that of UK as a whole'

A boy walks his horses down the street at the Appleby Horse Fair, a popular gathering for the traveller community
Home News

Discriminating against Gypsies and Travellers is 'common' in Britain

Bailey Gwynne was fatally injured at Cults Academy in Aberdeen in October last year
Crime

Teenager found guilty of killing Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne

“We're from a lovely tropical paradise about 60 miles north,” jokes frontman Rory Fleming-Stewart.
Live Reviews

Model Aeroplanes: Like Bombay Bicycle Club after a Caribbean holiday

Live Reviews

Model Aeroplanes: Like Bombay Bicycle Club after a Caribbean holiday

“We're from a lovely tropical paradise about 60 miles north,” jokes frontman Rory Fleming-Stewart.
Ruth Davidson addresses the Scottish Conservative Party spring conference in Edinburgh.
UK Politics

Scottish Tory leader rules out immediate tax cuts at Holyrood election

In a speech to the Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh, the Prime Minister told activists that the election was “our moment” to overtake Labour.
UK Politics

Cameron makes appeal to Scots nervous about second referendum

Forth Replacement Crossing
Home News

The trials and tribulations of constructing Britain's tallest bridge

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is accused of presiding over a ‘litany of failure’
UK Politics

David Cameron attacks SNP's 'one-party state'

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is accused of presiding over a ‘litany of failure’
UK Politics

David Cameron attacks SNP's 'one-party state'

‘Bonnie Dundee’ John Graham, the Jacobite leader killed in battle
Archaeology

Battle of Killiecrankie artefacts found during work on A9 in Scotland

Black Honey
Live Reviews

Black Honey, gig review: 'Debbie Harry for 2016' mesmerises the crowd

Gypsies wash their horses in the River Eden at the Appleby Horse Fair
Crime

Met told to reinvestigate ‘abuse’ of Gypsies on police Facebook page

Bailey Gwynne was fatally injured at Cults Academy in Aberdeen in October last year
Crime

Boy accused of killing 16-year-old 'brought knives to school'

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has was outlined her government's plans for local taxation.
UK Politics

SNP announces council tax hikes for wealthier homeowners

Bailey Gwynne was fatally injured at Cults Academy in Aberdeen in October last year
Crime

16-year-old stabbed to death 'after a row over a biscuit'

Kezia Dugdale said she wanted to use new powers to chart a different course from austerity
UK Politics

Scottish Labour leader attacks 'cruel and unnecessary' SNP cuts

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says that leaving the European Union would make it harder for Britain to help the world’s most vulnerable people
UK Politics

Brexit 'would make it harder for UK to help world's vulnerable people'

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil will set out the plans
UK Politics

Scotland to use new £2.5bn powers to erase benefits ‘stigma’

Steve Lewis has applied for a job with the tax office
Home News

Meet the rebel hoping to change HMRC from within

Sterling suffered its worst fall in over a year over fears that Britain might decide to leave the EU earlier this week.
UK Politics

Nine out of ten economists say Brexit will damage economy

UK Politics

Nine out of ten economists say Brexit will damage economy

Sterling suffered its worst fall in over a year over fears that Britain might decide to leave the EU earlier this week.
Anyone in Scotland who owns an air gun without a licence or permit after 31 December will face a fine or in some cases imprisonment of up to two years.
Home News

Police Scotland urge air gun owners without licence to hand them in

Nicola Sturgeon plays herself in the Radio 4 drama
People

Nicola Sturgeon to play herself in BBC Radio 4 drama

Loch Lomond could soon be the site of a gold mine
Home News

Loch Lomond mine could begin producing Scottish gold within months

The Scottish Government will not take control of income tax until April 2017, according to Finance Secretary and Deputy First Minister John Swinney
UK Politics

Scottish devolution 'cannot commence until 2017 at the earliest'

The Scottish Government will not take control of income tax until April 2017, according to Finance Secretary and Deputy First Minister John Swinney
UK Politics

Scottish devolution 'cannot commence until 2017 at the earliest'

Rudolf I of Habsburg, German king and founder of the Habsburg dynasty
Europe

How the Habsburg Empire is still keeping its people in check

A young voter leaves a polling station after casting her vote during the 2014 referendum on Scotland's independence
UK Politics

Scotland's electorate shrinks for first time in six years

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson: 'Grudge and grievance will no longer wash'
UK Politics

SNP urged to set out new power plans following devolution deal

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday
UK Politics

Scotland and UK Government agree devolution deal

An Amnesty protest outside the Saudi embassy in London last January against the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi
UK Politics

Britain 'setting a dangerous precedent to the world on human rights'

The Prettiots
Live Reviews

The Prettiots: Offering a change from pop's diet of indie bands

New research indicates that first-time buyers in Scotland are on average £1,440 a year better off than they would be if they continued to rent
Home News

Scottish first-time buyers 'save almost £1,500 a year over renters'

Tommy Sheridan has announced that he will run for election to the Scottish Parliament in May 2016
UK Politics

Tommy Sheridan launches campaign to return to Holyrood

Last year Glynne became only the second British female solo artist to have five number one singles in the UK
Reviews

Jess Glynne, review: Performance shows her cross-generational appeal

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visiting Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr, Scotland, last month
UK Politics

Cuts 'undermine SNP plans to reduce gap between rich and poor pupils'

Gypsies wash their horses in the River Eden at the Appleby Horse Fair
Home News

Failure to record dealings with Gypsies ‘hides police discrimination'

Some inmates said staff had told them to 'pee in the sink' if they were not able to wait
Home News

Scottish female prison inmates 'forced to use their sinks as toilets'

Workers on an oil platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland
Home News

North Sea workers encouraged to change jobs under training programme

Kula Shaker have just released their fifth album K 2.0
Live Reviews

Kula Shaker, gig review: Weird but beautiful

Participating in activities such as book clubs may be as good for your health and wellbeing as exercise
Health News

Forget the gym, a book club will help you live longer

Men appear to have higher sex drives than women in their later years
Love & Sex

More than a quarter of men over age of 85 'had sex in the last year'

Kula Shaker have just released their fifth album K 2.0
Live Reviews

Kula Shaker, gig review: Weird but beautiful

Participating in activities such as book clubs may be as good for your health and wellbeing as exercise
Health News

Forget the gym, a book club will help you live longer

Men appear to have higher sex drives than women in their later years
Love & Sex

More than a quarter of men over age of 85 'had sex in the last year'

Neil Findlay, on the left wing of the Scottish Labour party, describes himself as a socialist
UK Politics

Labour MSP faces disciplinary action after calling Sturgeon a 'liar'

HMP Dovegate has often operated at its maximum capacity of 933 inmates
Crime

Prison that led robber escape criticised for 'deplorable' overcrowding

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits a mock hospital ward at Queen Margaret University in Mussleburgh
Health News

Scotland faces 'real challenges' in recruiting GPs, admits Sturgeon

Scottish-born Mary Somerville, who experimented on the magnetic influence of violet rays of the solar spectrum
People

Pioneering female scientist to appear on new Scottish banknote

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
UK Politics

Scotland's budget 'would be cut by almost £3bn under devolution plans'

Renting clothes could soon become the norm
News

New subscription service allows customers to rent clothes from shops

BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay
Media

BBC Scotland 'should given power to commission its own programmes'

NuGen has bought about 200 hectares of land near Sellafield and is looking for inspiration for a visitors’ centre and numerous other ancillary buildings which will adjoin the main site
Home News

Competition launched to design visually beautiful power station

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