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A teenager tragically took his own life after struggling at school, an inquest heard.

The SNP has finally submitted accounts for its Westminster group of MPs after it risked losing £1m in funding.

Highland Spring has said it has paid for "significant flood defences" over the years and is committed to protecting the business, catchment area and the wider community - where possible - from flood risk.

Ian Blackford has accused Liz Truss of "ignoring the damage and the chaos" of her mini-budget that plunged the markets into turmoil due to her unfunded tax cuts.

The relationship between the Queen and Scotland was "one of shared admiration", Ian Blackford has said as MPs marked the life of the country's longest-reigning sovereign.

Blackford Gala was first held in 1977 as part of commemorations designed to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

The SNP has come out as the biggest party at the Scottish council elections.

Scotland Yard could now investigate a Christmas quiz held in Downing Street during the 2020 lockdown, after a new photograph of Boris Johnson attending the event emerged.

Ian Blackford has insisted the UK Government will continue to pay the pensions of older people living in Scotland in the wake of independence.

Boris Johnson has been confronted with the Tory cost of living crisis and told to “brush up his act’ against spiralling inflation and energy costs.

Boris Johnson has been accused by the SNP of being “asleep at the wheel” as the UK plunges into an energy crisis.

an Blackford MP, the SNP Westminster leader, said that it would be “unacceptable” for parliament to remain in recess for another fortnight, while UK armed forces and personnel were putting their lives on the line at Kabul. Johnson faced a hostile reception from across a packed House of Commons last week when MPs were recalled for a one-off session to debate the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.

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Blackford confronted Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions over trade negotiations which are reported to have split the Tory cabinet over of the implications for UK farmers. The SNP leader said: “The Government led the betrayal of Scottish fishing and now the Tories are planning to throw our farmers and crofters under the Brexit bus.”He added: “This deal would be the final nail in the coffin for many Scottish crofters and farmers, it will end a way of life that has endured for generations Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson cannot deny an IndyRef2 if the SNP win a majority of seats at Holyrood at next year's election, Ian Blackford has warned.The Nationalist MP hit back at the Prime Minister after he used a flying to visit to the north of Scotland to once again rule out the prospect of another referendum on independence.Blackford claimed Johnson would be a "democracy denier" if he refused to engage with SNP demands.The Prime Minister insists the issue of independence was settled at the 2014 referendum and has called on the Nationalists to drop their repeated calls for another vote.But opinion polls have tracked rising support for separation since March.Speaking on BBC Good Morning Scotland, Blackford said: "I'd simply say to Boris Johnson that he

SNP Westminster Deputy Leader, following the decision of Kirsty Blackman to stand down. The member for East Renfrewshire will join Ian Blackford in leading the SNP team of 48 MPs at Westminster.

Kilmarnock man Norman Gee, 67, has died after a battle with cancer.