Scotland becoming independent would be in Russia’s interests. It means, by definition, destabilising the United Kingdom. 

No hard evidence of how Russia meddled in Scottish Independence vote

His identity has not yet been confirmed, but ITV News has now spoken to some of the attacker’s friends who say his name was Badradeen. 


The Glasgow knife attacker: What we know so far

It is extraordinary that, in a time of crisis, a UK Prime Minister’s ‘national address’ is no longer a national address.

Why Boris Johnson's national address did not address the nation

Mila Sneddon hasn't seen her father in seven weeks in order to keep her safe during coronavirus lockdown.

Four-year-old with cancer reunited with father after seven weeks kept apart

While deaths are slowing elsewhere, in care homes, the number is still sharply rising.

A couple's last moment together as Scotland's care home deaths increase

Olivia Strong, who came up with the Run for Heroes 5km challenge, hopes to raise five million for the NHS.

Run for Heroes 5km challenge creator says £5m for the NHS would be the dream

The GMB Scotland trade union commissioned survey asked almost 1,000 people who work in the social care sector about their mental health.

Mental health 'damaged' in majority of Scottish carers by coronavirus

ITV News Scotland correspondent Peter Smith explains how the outbreak has reached some of the further parts of the UK.

How has the coronavirus pandemic reached Scotland's Hebrides

Ida Schuster was born during the First World War and has decided now is the time to start her own podcast. 

Meet the world's oldest podcaster, 101-year-old Ida Schuster

The figures are due to be published this July - expected to show another increase on last year’s record-high 1,187 people killed by drugs.

True scale of Scotland's drug deaths shame still unknown

Scotland is brimming with marginal seats in the General Election and Glasgow North Easy is one of the closest.


Scottish left with more than Brexit on their minds

Test and Trace may be improving, but will it improve enough in just over a month to ensure schools can open and a second wave is avoided? 

Second wave in December ‘likely’ unless Test and Trace improves

An ITV News investigation found dozens of videos of mostly teenage girls sharing how they limit their daily calorie intake, discussing weight loss pills, expressing delight at their thin limbs and sharing dark jokes about their mental illness.

'I was crying every night': Does TikTok fuel eating disorders?

Tina Turner musical in London's West End (ITV News)

The figures - from union Bectu - also reveal that, on top of this, there are tens of thousands of more freelance theatre workers with little or no work.

Theatre job losses soar from 3,000 to 5,000 in a month, says union

On Thursday Lloyds reported a loss before tax of £602 million for the first six months of this year. 

Lloyds posts £602m loss amid economic outlook warning

Sir Patrick Stewart says that he wishes he was back with his theatrical peers in Britain fighting shoulder to shoulder to keep the sector alive.

Sir Patrick Stewart: 'I will be back at the Royal Shakespeare theatre' 

The “no-nonsense” approach Jane Allen brought with her and her direct style was unsettling some of those she worked alongside, among them Ros Anwyl, the membership manager. 

British Gymnastics CEO 'fostered culture of fear', former manager claims 

The party is among growing number of organisations to have their data breached following a cyber-attack on cloud computing provider BlackBaud.  

Labour party has data compromised following Blackbaud hack

Disease experts are turning away from the idea of a "second wave" of COVID-19. While it sounds like semantics, the concept of pandemic waves could explain how we got the response to COVID-19 so wrong.

Peter Smith

Scotland Correspondent

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