Nicola Benedetti has disclosed that “heartbreaking” cuts are being made to next year’s Edinburgh International Festival after SNP ministers left its funding in limbo. Ms Benedetti, the festival’s ...

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Bus drivers in Scotland face "staggering" levels of abuse with a majority ... Michael Matheson bids to become SNP candidate ...

First Minister John Swinney has said the SNP is yet to make a decision on whether its politicians can hold seats at both the ...

THE season of quivering pets, blaring sirens, rockets being fired at emergency workers, and kids burning themselves on ...

Planning resources are under resourced and ill-equipped causing year-long waits for approval of major housing projects, says ...

The SNP has slammed the UK government's restrictions on agricultural property relief (APR) as a 'hammer blow' to Scotland's ...

Human rights campaigners are calling on SNP ministers to do all they can to “mitigate” Prevent, the UK Government's controversial ...

Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf have also applied to be candidates, but are yet to confirm whether they will stand.

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens Lorna Slater has warned that her party is ready to trigger a snap election in Scotland ...

From the red sandstone of Dumfries to the grey granite of Aberdeen, Scottish stone could be used on traditional buildings instead of imports that produce higher amounts of carbon emissions ...

Two-thirds of adults were found to be overweight, including those deemed obese, a proportion that has been ‘relatively stable ...