Labour peer Helena Kennedy has said the rise of English nationalism and Brexit has created "a dark time" for British politics, and has blamed it on a failure of the neo-liberal politics which stem from the Thatcher years.

Police will use roadside drug testing kits when a more stringent law against drug driving comes into force.

One of the SNP's most senior leaders has warned the BBC must "rectify a gross imbalance" towards Jo Swinson's Liberal Democrats party.

Scottish rugby chiefs are prepared to go to war with the game’s governing body to ensure that their decisive World Cup match against Japan goes ahead.

Friday's Scottish football news and gossip.

SRU chief executive Mark Dodson has made it clear he won’t accept the possibility of Scotland being eliminated from the Rugby World Cup if Super Typhoon Hagibis leads to Sunday’s crunch Pool A finale against Japan being cancelled.