Now playing Next United Kingdom Scottish leader and Manchester mayor lock horns over travel ban The mayor of the English city has called Monday's sudden travel ban "insulting" while Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted the decision was based on local COVID-19 figures. 21/06/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Nicola Sturgeon condemns Glasgow immigration raid Protesters in Glasgow cheered as two men detained by immigration officials were released on Thursday after an hours-long standoff between demonstrations and police officers. 13/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK PM Johnson calls for crisis talks after Scottish Nationalists win In a letter, Boris Johnson invited the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to a crisis summit on the union. 09/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Pro-independence parties secure majority in Scottish parliament As pro-independence parties retain a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon confirms bid for second attempt to leave United Kingdom 08/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Vote count underway in key election for Scotland, England and Wales The vote could have far-reaching implications for the fate of the opposition Labour Party and for Scotland's future in the UK. 06/05/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe The UK's local elections could have a profound effect. Here's why. Sturgeon has made her key election pledge the future of Scotland in the European Union, hoping that an independent Scottish state could rejoin the bloc after the UK left earlier this year. She has promised to hold a new referendum on independence if the SNP wins on Thursday. 05/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Scotland: SNP seeks mandate for fresh independence referendum But opinion polls suggest the party may not achieve an outright majority and could seek a pro-independence coalition. 04/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code The investigation looked at whether Sturgeon had misled parliament over meetings she held with Salmond over harassment claims against him and whether she had attempted to influence the conduct of the investigation into them. 22/03/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Scotland’s First Minister ‘misled’ parliament over Salmond allegations A committee has found Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon “misled” the nation’s parliament over sexual assault allegations against her predecessor Alex Salmond. 19/03/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Coronavirus: Scotland's six new rules for a tighter lockdown Scotland announces a tightening of lockdown rules as th UK continues to struggle in the face of a new variant of COVID-19 that is more transmissible than others. 13/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Nicola Sturgeon tells Donald Trump he can't come to Scotland for golf Scotland's first minister repeated the current coronavirus lockdown rules as she addressed reports that the US president plans to swerve Joe Biden's inauguration by going on a transatlantic golfing trip. 06/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Scotland announces another nationwide lockdown beginning at midnight The lockdown is the first of 2021 for Scotland as it and the wider UK struggles to control the new variant of COVID-19. 04/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Coronavirus: UK reports daily record of 26,688 new COVID-19 cases First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon accused Johnson of ignoring experts in not employing a restrictions strategy without an “extreme” measure, close to the full lockdown in spring. 21/10/2020
Now playing Next World Support for Scottish independence soars in new poll A record number of people now support independence for Scotland. A new Ipsos MORI poll puts the number of Scottish residents who want to leave the union at the highest level ever recorded. 16/10/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Scotland records highest number of new COVID-19 cases in 3 months Scotland will remain in phase three of lockdown easing after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases crept it to their highest number in three months. 20/08/2020
Now playing Next World Confusion persists as England goes own way in relaxing lockdown rules Lockdown loosening measures for England are in place from today despite criticIsms that the rules remain confusing and may endanger the lower-paid. It comes as the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer extends the furlough scheme until October. 13/05/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Brexit gives Scotland mandate for new independence vote - Sturgeon As the UK formally leaves the EU on Friday, Scotland's First Minister is to stress that Scots overwhelmingly voted against Brexit and that they should thus be allowed to hold a new independence referendum. 31/01/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Democracy will prevail': Sturgeon after new independence vote refused The UK prime minister said that Scotland already voted against separating from the UK in 2014. 14/01/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson visits north-east England in lap of victory Boris Johnson visited northeastern England on Saturday, the region that handed him an impressive victory in Thursday's election. 14/12/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK PM tells Sturgeon he's against a second Scottish independence vote No sooner had Boris Johnson seemingly solved the legacy of one referendum, so another reared its head again. 13/12/2019