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Alex Salmond's SNP hold on to Holyrood majority in Aberdeen Donside byelection
Friday 21 June 2013
Party's formerly comfortable majority shaved by more than 5,000 votes
Scottish Conservative party conference: 'Pull UK together not apart', says Cameron
Friday 07 June 2013
The United Kingdom should be "pulling together, not pulling apart", the Prime Minister will insist today.
Scotland could become 'another Cyprus' if it becomes independent
Sunday 19 May 2013
Scotland risks becoming "another Cyprus" if it becomes independent, the Treasury claims.
Lib Dems hit back as David Cameron pours scorn on their opposition to £25bn plan to renew Trident nuclear weapons system
Thursday 04 April 2013
The Liberal Democrats hit back at David Cameron today after he poured scorn on their opposition to the £25bn plan to renew Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system.
I am committed to defence jobs, says David Cameron
Thursday 04 April 2013
The Prime Minister is to welcome home a submarine crew from their 100th patrol.
SNP leader Alex Salmond faces referendum rethink as sun sets on alliance with Rupert Murdoch's News International
Monday 01 April 2013
Failure to win NI backing comes as major blow to SNP leader's Scottish independence campaign
Questionable Time: Humza Yousaf faces up to battle
Friday 08 February 2013
Plus, Brian Souter's got history with Trouble. So back away, carefully
Scottish Government forced to change 'biased' independence referendum question
Wednesday 30 January 2013
The tone of the original question 'Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?' was deemed to encourage agreement
England laugh off barbs and focus on getting physical for the Six Nations
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Scottish jibes fall on deaf ears as Lancaster cuts Foden and Joseph from Saturday's squad
Number of people aged 65 and older passes 10 million for first time, with over-85s the fastest growing section of society
Monday 17 December 2012
The number of people aged over 65 living in the United Kingdom has passed 10 million for the first time with the proportion of 85-year-olds now the fastest growing section of society and up nearly a quarter in the past decade, according to new figures released from the 2011 census.
Page 3 Profile: Billy Connolly, comedian
Thursday 13 December 2012
Nice trousers. Is he a fan of an independent Scotland?
Fall in North Sea revenue is £8bn blow for SNP
Sunday 09 December 2012
Independence plans for Scotland rely heavily on gas and oil revenue
Radicals threaten Salmond and Scottish independence campaign
Saturday 24 November 2012
Activists gather in Glasgow to try to steer breakway movement sharply to the left
'Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke'
Sunday 04 November 2012
Edinburgh Agreement leaves voters in the dark over crucial issues such as debt, warns expert
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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