Pro-Indy Paper Hits Shelves

A daily newspaper backing Scottish independence will hit news-stands for the first time today.

The National is published by the owner of the Sunday Herald, which was the only mainstream title to publicly support a Yes vote.

The two will share editor Richard Walker.

He said: “We lost the referendum but the political momentum behind independence is growing by the day, evidenced by the doubling of membership of the SNP, and the ongoing debate about extra powers for the Scottish Parliament.”.

It is the first time in years that a new daily newspaper has been launched in Scotland.

Herald & Times Group Managing Director Tim Blott said the new paper is "an exciting opportunity to meet the needs of a very politically-engaged section of the Scottish population."

He said: “We recognise that launching a newspaper in 2014 is to some extent counter-intuitive but we consistently argue for the power of great journalism and informed opinion. We will trial the new title in its proposed format for a week and if, as anticipated, it takes off then it will become a new and dynamic fixture in Scottish publishing.”