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HS2 may be facing an uncertain future but Scotland is quietly working up a high-speed link to England, writes Alastair Dalton.

The Scottish Government has undermined the Brexit process so it can "smash up the United Kingdom", Michael Gove has claimed.

Many will see the workplace parking levy simply as a tax-raising measure, rather than one aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

Nicola Sturgeon has fired a warning shot across the bows of party members who are pushing for an independence “Plan B”, warning there are no “shortcuts” to a separate Scottish state as it would not be regarded as legitimate on the international stage.

Pro-Union campaigners have warned Nationalists against demanding a referendum on Scottish independence in 2020, claiming it would be “the last thing” the country needs as it continues to deal with Brexit.

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

TV chef Tom Kerridge has defended selling fish and chips in his upmarket restaurant for £32.50.

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.