Politics

NORTH Lanarkshire and Perth & Kinross voters have gone against traditional party loyalties in the independence vote.

THE No campaign is almost 150,000 votes ahead of Yes with more than half of the council areas declared.

DECLARATIONS are beginning to come in more swiftly.

RENFREWSHIRE has voted in favour of a No vote in the independence referendum.

DUNDEE became the first council area to declare for Yes in the independence referendum.

ONLY 86 votes separated Yes and No in Inverclyde, with No winning by the slenderest of margins.

THE public have voted 53%-47% in favour of No in the independence referendum in Eilean Siar.

SHETLAND has voted No in the independence referendum.

ORKNEY has voted in favour of the No camp in the independence referendum.

THE first council area to declare in the independence referendum has been won by the No camp.

A SERIOUS road crash on the A9 just after midnight is likely to delay the declaration time for the independence referendum result in the Highlands.

LEADING politicians have hailed the considerable turnout at polling stations in today's independence referendum.

POLLS have closed in the independence referendum and counting at the 32 centres across Scotland has begun.

YES campaigners claim to have knocked on 4500 doors in Inverness in their battle for the letterboxes.

"OUR phones were tapped constantly. We knew they were on the line and we used to get a good laugh out of it."

AWARD-WINNING chef Albert Roux is among 40 food and drink proprietors across Scotland who have signed an open letter backing Scottish independence - but…

NHS Highland’s longest serving board member has warned a ‘yes’ vote will damage Highland health services and could lead to people having…

Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond was in Inverness on Saturday, saying England’s lights would go out without the large and growing supply…

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Alistair Darling was in Inverness cold-calling undecided voters this week after polls showing Scottish voters were shifting rapidly towards support…