Sheriff Olga Pasportnikov All of us have something in our past we would rather not talk about, the ‘skeleton in the closet’. We keep it in the recesses of our memory, or if larger than …

The Harry Potter author was one of many Scots in uproar about the 'lenient' sentencing given to Sean Hogg who raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl and avoided a jail sentence.

The journalist, widely regarded as Britain's toughest political interrogator, ridiculed the speech by the SNP leader.

The former First Minister and her SNP Ministers will have to answer for blunders on care homes, school closures and financial support for businesses at the forthcoming public inquiry

COPS asked for a search warrant for Nicola Sturgeon’s home during the SNP leadership race – but only got the nod after the contest ended, we can reveal. The Crown Office were made aware of th…

Nicola Sturgeon has today published her most recent tax returns and committed to publishing her tax return annually for as long as she is First Minister.

Nicola Sturgeon said she has felt 'motivated' to 'consider' fostering as she called on Humza Yousaf to support young people in the care system.

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More than 400 hospitality workers have signed an open letter to the First Minister in an urgent bid to ‘save’ the sector from crisis

She visited the Isle of Rum, off the northwest coast of Scotland, last month to discuss the future of Kinloch Castle.

Exclusive: The local authority was previously criticised for claiming legendary Scottish explorer David Livingstone had links with slavery despite him famously speaking out against 'the greatest...

The Scottish Green MSP did not declare a financial interest as the COO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis during a Holyrood committee.

Davies missed out on Olympic gold to an East German on testosterone in 1980 and believes organisations need to take action to protect women's sports

The former justice secretary accused Scottish Tory MSP Jeremy Balfour of not showing up to work at Holyrood, despite him being in hospital during that time.

The politician-turned-broadcaster criticised the SNP leader after he insisted the demo on November 11 should take place.

Nicola Sturgeon is facing fresh calls from opposition parties to sack health secretary Humza Yousaf over his handling of the health service since being appointed.

A new analysis from the Scottish Conservatives reveals the scale of the shocking SNP "betrayal" of Scotland's rural communities.

A major developer has made no bones about the fact it abandoned already approved housing because of the SNP and Green government's curbs on rent…

Business leaders and campaigners have called for Greens minister Lorna Slater to be removed from managing the government’s controversial drinks recycling scheme.

Minister's anger as reports suggest Scottish Government DRS faces major change or block by UK

Scotland’s embattled health secretary is under further pressure to resign after he rejected help from the NHS in England to cut hospital waiting lists for patients in Scotland.In August the UK

Nicola Sturgeon's favourite author also claimed to be an 'eco zealot Marxist' although her personal company is worth £1.14million

Council chiefs said they were 'extremely saddened and disappointed' by the closures due to 'insufficient' funding.

C&C Group, one of Scotland's largest drinks producers, has called out First Minister Humza Yousaf for misrepresenting its stance on the DRS.

The industry led body behind Scotland’s doomed Deposit Recycling Scheme owes more than £70m, according to administrators.

SENIOR SNP figures have become ‘increasingly concerned’ that Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell will be ‘charged imminently’ as a police probe into the party’s finances…

The First Minister's Glasgow Pollok seat is among those tipped to turn red for Labour at the next Scottish Parliament vote in another crushing blow to the SNP leader's credibility

The Green Party co-leader has been told she has a habit of making statements that 'don't stand up' as Tory MSP Maurice Golden defends his party's environment record

BBC Scotland understands that ministers are struggling to make £60bn tax and spend plans work.

The Highland businessman and councillor who helped facilitate a prospective deal to regenerate a A-listed island castle has questioned Lorna…

The other week its admirable restaurant critic gave us this little delicacy from a menu she described as speaking “with self-effacing…

Colin Smyth MSP said people in Ayrshire "have been badly let down".

Ministers have moved the goalposts as it continues to block disclosure of the full cost of the ferry fiasco – having sought legal loopholes to…

A petition has been launched at Holyrood urging the nationalist government to think again amid claims the proposals are merely to appease the Greens

A politician whose party is under criminal investigation is hardly best placed to start talking about scrapping juries in criminal trials.

Cuts to Police Scotland by the SNP Government have led to proposals to axe 42 more traffic constables and have the entire road network policed for four hours each day by one car.

Despite public pledges of support from Humza Yousaf, emails reveal Angus Council received no response for two weeks

Reading and listening to opinion on the Scottish Budget in the media it is hard to find any praise for the consequences of the changes announced, which is worrying for the future. Even the SNP’s own...