A travel-mad Scot has picked New Zealand as the starting spot for his 18,000km cycle-for-charity tour.

A New Zealand woman and her missing camera will be reunited - four years after it went missing in the Scottish wilderness.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was today trying to placate Conservative MPs who are threatening to scupper further devolution for Scotland unless he curbs the voting rights of Scottish MPs at Westminster.

No voters in the independence referendum "look like they have been tricked" by Westminster, Alex Salmond has claimed.

A leading figure in the Scottish National Party said yesterday there was "no doubt" Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, would be the party's next leader after Alex Salmond.

Scotland has opted to stick with the union, meaning they can continue to put the Great into Great Britain.

Scotland has said No to independence and preserved its 307-year-old union with England after a historic referendum which gripped voters and smashed electoral records.

New Zealand-based Scots were last night hoping English political leaders would honour promises to treat their homeland better if it stayed British.

David Cameron has announced that he will fast-track proposals to prevent Scottish MPs voting on English-only issues in the wake of the independence referendum.

Former CNN host Piers Morgan and Harry Potter author JK Rowling among the first to voice their delight and disappointment at Scotland's No vote.

While we wait for the votes to be counted in the Scottish independence referendum, we look at great Scottish victories over England - and great English wins over Scotland.

Tartan kilts, the skirl of bagpipes, the odd Saltire waved in the air, the audience clapping as though they were at a boisterous Highland ceilidh: all the expected elements of a gathering to celebrate Scotland's imminent exit from the Union were there.

The best travel experiences are often surprises and so it proved when I set out to reclaim the throne of Scotland.

New Zealand-born Glasgow resident Amy Cunningham voted Yes in the referendum that was held overnight to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country.

The world is waiting as Scotland takes to the polls this week in a referendum to decide whether Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom, or become independent.

Scuffles broke out and insults were hurled yesterday as the battle for Scotland's future descended into its most acrimonious day of political fighting.

Scotland's blood flows strongly in New Zealand's veins. A high proportion of this country's colonial settlers were Scots.

You see it in place names like St Kilda and Blairgowrie. Or in the sometimes miserable weather.

Across Scotland, dinner table talk is getting heated as families argue over how to vote in Scotland's independence referendum.

As Scotland considers its place in the UK, Ewan McDonald searches for his family's place — and history — in Scotland.

Alex Salmond pledged there would not be a second Scottish independence referendum for another generation even if he loses Thursday's contest by a single vote.

David Beckham has added his voice to the campaign against Scottish independence, urging voters not to ditch a bond which is "the envy of the entire world".

When Scotland's polling stations close their doors at 10pm local time on Thursday, a moment of nervous calm will settle on the lands north and south of Hadrian's Wall.

Britain faces a period of severe economic turbulence if Scotland votes for independence this week, economists warn , as the prospect of a yes vote threatens a new financial crisis.