Background While AUTS2 is recognised as a pivotal neurodevelopmental gene, its role in skeletal morphogenesis has remained unexplored. We investigated the contribution of AUTS2 to radioulnar ...

Scotland under the SNP is becoming a country for ‘skivers, not strivers’, according to the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. In a speech to the Tories’ UK conference in Manchester today, Russell ...

ALEX Salmond’s niece has criticised the tribute to the former first minister at the SNP conference as falling “far short of what he deserved”. On the first anniversary of Salmond’s death, he was ...

SNP members have backed John Swinney's plan to declare a mandate for a second independence referendum, if the party wins a majority of seats in next year's Holyrood election. The first minister's ...

The founding fathers of devolution, if that’s not giving them too grandiose a title – the likes of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown ...

John Swinney will arrive at his party conference after taking the SNP from the political gutter to the cusp of an incredible fifth term in office. He took over from Humza Yousaf last year and within ...

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That’s a speech that will have ticked a lot of boxes for the SNP delegates in Aberdeen - I overheard one audience member refer to it as “a John special”. John Swinney defined himself against a ...