More than 80 years after the first modern sighting of Nessie, has the monster made a comeback?

All Black star Richie McCaw should swap the silver fern for the thistle, according to genealogy researchers.

Daniel Carter doesn't know whether he did enough in Edinburgh to merit another start in Cardiff this week.

Whether its an 18-year-old Scotch or a fancy cocktail, you'll be spoiled for choice in Edinburgh, says Paul Davies.

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.

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.

Three people were arrested after pro-independence and union supporters clashed in Scotland.

Violence in Scotland as pro-independence supporters attacked by young men shouting racist abuse and singing God Save the Queen.

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.

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.

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 Union Jack could be in for an overhaul - meaning another design for the New Zealand flag could be on the cards if Scotland becomes an independent country.

Threats, intimidation and abuse: as Scotland decides today on whether to go it alone or stay in the Union, the dark side of the Yes campaign is exposed.

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.