EXCLUSIVE: 13 of Scotland’s US-style megafarms are under investigation over suspected breaches of their pollution permits, The National can reveal.
It comes after we revealed that megafarms helped drive a sharp rise in deadly ammonia emissions last year
www.thenational.scot/news/2600194...
EXC: An anti-abortion group active in Scotland has withheld details about the amount of US funding it receives.
It comes amid concerns over a US initiative aiming to fund MAGA-aligned groups in the UK and Europe, featuring involvement from Reform UK
www.thenational.scot/news/2599260...
🚨 Stay tuned for later today when we release our EXC interview with SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn on The National podcast.
Iran war, Morgan McSweeney, Ming Yang, wild anecdotes from Westminster (ahead of likely switch to Holyrood) - lots and lots discussed ...
SPECIAL REPORT: Prestwick Airport was used over 30 times by US military aircraft heading to key bases across the Middle East and Europe in the days leading up to the bombing of Iran – and the flights have since continued.
A deep dive into the data 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2593610...
Another fire has struck the heart of Glasgow – this time at the Union Corner building.
It adds to a string of recent losses: the Mackintosh, the O2 ABC, Victoria’s nightclub. Why do the city’s historic buildings keep burning down? Special report👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2592143...
🧵2/2: High fences, CCTV & electronic key tags. Miss curfew and you can be locked out — breach rules and risk criminal conviction. People stuck in limbo.
If this is the model Labour wants, we should be clear what it looks like. My report 👇
www.thenational.scot/politics/259...
🧵(1/2): Last week, Shabana Mahmood toured Sjælsmark return centre as the UK eyes Denmark’s hardline asylum model.
I went there in 2024. It may not be a prison — but it certainly feels like one
🧵: This is just one of many testimonies we are publishing of people whose lives could be uprooted if these changes are implemented and who, certainly, wont accept them without a fight 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2586644...
🧵: She told me - “For us, this is not simply a policy change. It directly affects one of the most personal aspects of our lives, our ability to start a family."
🧵: Because her immigration status restricted access to fertility treatment and made going abroad risky for her visa and job, Deepa decided to delay treatment until settlement.
Now, proposed rule changes could push that date back, threatening their time-sensitive chances of having a child ...
🧵: Take the story of Deepa Natarajan and her husband Vinoth Sekar (below).
They have lived in the UK for more than four years on Skilled Worker visas and have planned their future – including starting a family – around gaining settlement in 2026
🧵: This is set to impact up to 2.2 million people across the UK (and 300k children) who feel as though changing the rules retrospectively would be unfair, devastating and potentially unlawful ...
🧵: To take you back, Labour announced in November last year that they planned to extend the qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) from five years to 10.
The proposed reforms – part of a wider package of immigration changes – have been widely panned as “inhumane” and "draconian" ...
🧵THREAD: A group of over 8000 migrants across the UK are preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules.
The group has raised £25k and taken advice from a barrister in preparation for a legal fight, The National has learned👇
EXCLUSIVE: A group representing over 8000 migrant workers across the UK is preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
EXC: US tech firms in lobbying blitz of Holyrood amid AI data centre push and national security concerns
www.thenational.scot/news/2585427...
EXCLUSIVE: A bunker at a Highland nuclear site quietly leaked radioactive water for over a year before the alarm was raised – and officials have now ordered a hunt for similar hidden structures that may be leaking too, the Sunday National can reveal 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2585447...
🚨 EXC: A leading Scottish rocket firm has gone bust, with 150 jobs at risk, The National can report.
Orbex had been planning to launch satellites from the Highlands but is now in administration
www.thenational.scot/news/2584479...
*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor.
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
We finally got the truth about Humza Yousaf's 'emo haircut' 🔎
For decades, rather than prioritising domestic investment in its technology sector, the UK has largely opted for the easier route: relying on US technology
We take a look at how dangerous this is now, in a special report on national security 👇
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Today, I was at the Court of Session at a landmark hearing that could ultimately lead to the ban on Palestine Action being ruled unlawful in Scotland.
Here's what you missed 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2575690...
EXCLUSIVE: An MSP has written to Google after The Sunday National revealed that the tech giant has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland 👇
Labour's Monica Lennon warned that Google could be subsidising misinformation
EXCLUSIVE: Anger as anti-abortion groups gives talks and plays at Scottish schools.
🗣️"They shouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near our schools"
www.thenational.scot/news/2572424...
Tomorrow's Sunday National front page 📰
Anti-abortion group 'shouldn't be allowed near our schools'
EXCLUSIVE: No 10 accidentally leaked confidential internal emails discussing the Huntingdon train mass stabbing to The National
www.thenational.scot/news/2559307...
