There are a number of explanations as to why Scotland adopted the white cross on the blue background as its national flag. One is that ... meaning ‘No-one attacks me with impunity,’ Strictly ...

Recently in the news there have been complaints about the erection of Union Flags ... background, representing both England and Wales. The cross saltire of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland ...

The white diagonal cross of St Andrew should be set against an azure background ... Scottish Parliament, in a shade of purple, has 13 pages of rulings prescribed about it, yet the national flag ...

There are currently no plans to change the Union Flag if Scotland becomes independent Credit: Press Association Images/Joe Morgan However, the College of Arms has told ITV News that there are no ...

With the Isle of Barra securing official recognition of its flag, where else in Scotland is represented by its own banner? One of Scotland's oldest locality-specific flags can be found fluttering ...

He argues that should Scotland vote for independence, there would be no need to change the flag, however. "It was created at the time of the union of the crowns," he says - as opposed to full ...

The national flag of Scotland, a white cross on a blue background also known as the Saltire, was first hoisted in 1512, making it one of the oldest flags in the world. But where did it come from?

The group said they would hand out the Scottish Saltire flag - a white X-shaped cross on a blue background. "The government's representative in Madrid has taken this decision (to ban the Catalan ...