It was a moment of elation for those who campaigned for continued political union with the rest of the UK, but a moment of ...

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation Wednesday, leaving an unclear path for a new referendum for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom after her government spent ...

A visualisation of voters’ choices in the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums has revealed that the country’s political landscape is more varied than commonly understood.

Scotland appears to be inching its way towards another referendum over its independence from the rest of the UK. Regardless of whether a newly elected prime minister in Westminster will authorise it, ...

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland's independence from the U.K., has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and ...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants the country’s future to be an independent one, but as part of the UK it is recording impressive FDI figures. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Pool/AFP via ...

If the people of Scotland want to hold an independence referendum, “that is their choice”, Jeremy Corbyn has said. During a speech at the Your Party Scotland conference in Dundee, the co-leader said ...

The fact that trial by jury can, after 800 years, be swept away by the votes of Scottish MPs is a powerful argument for ...

New research by a leading historian shows a surprising historical perspective on being British. In late medieval Scotland, the island of Britain was sometimes seen as fundamentally Scottish. This ...

There are almost half a million English people in Scotland - and most of them want to remain in the union. But polls suggest one in four will vote for Scottish independence. And some are actively ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The independence referendum vote took place in 2014 [Getty Images] It was a moment of elation for those who campaigned for ...