Nearly 85 percent of voters cast their ballots in the independence referendum. — -- Scotland won't be leaving the United Kingdom after all. After weeks of buildup, Scots rejected independence and ...

When Scottish voters decided two years ago to remain part of the United Kingdom, many thought the raucous independence drive was settled. Think again. Brexit has brought the push to break from London ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. The decision prevented a ...

Scotland has the “foundations” to be independent thanks to the SNP, First Minister John Swinney has said. Mr Swinney spoke to ...

Stirling, Scotland — When Scotland voted in 2014 against independence, that seemed to settle the issue: The hauntingly rugged region where Britain's royal family spends its holidays at its vast ...

In 1746 forces loyal to Bonny Prince Charlie, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of Scotland, were crushed at the Battle of Culloden, near Inverness. Almost 40 years earlier, in 1707, the Act of ...