Police Scotland said the pandemic and COP26 climate summit were factors in the increased hours.

UK Supreme Court judges will consider whether Holyrood can legally hold a second independence vote.

The Lord Advocate's written argument to the Supreme Court and a crisis-hit hospital make the front pages.

Dale Barclay, frontman of Scottish garage rock band Amazing Snakeheads, died in 2018 aged 32.

"I just want to say now, I have no new music," says the star as he headlines the Latitude Festival.

The environment watchdog says drier summers in Scotland could seriously affect water supplies.

Scottish contestant Jay Younger says he tried to be himself in the Love Island villa.

Bailey Matheson Munro, 17, died at the scene after becoming unwell at a property in Inverness.

The 57-year-old man died at the scene of the incident on the A90 near Dundee on Friday morning.

Peter Macmillan died in hospital two days after his car was hit by Stuart Matchett in Monifieth.

A high-rise community in Glasgow shows how unused "green desert" space has been transformed.

Glasgow actor Dave Allan was among hundreds of people facing up to six-hour waits to board ferries.

One in 15 people in Scotland had the virus last week, The Office for National Statistics estimates.

Jim Torbett, 75, allegedly abused a teenage boy in Glasgow more than 50 years ago.

A weekly update on Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths in Scotland.

Joyce Laing, who used art to help rehabilitate some of Scotland's most violent prisoners, has died.

Burning peat has long been a way of adding flavour to whisky but some are now rejected that process.

A Scottish couple set up a water safety programme in South Africa after their daughter drowned.

Sally Champion, who bought the book for £10.99 more than 20 years ago, will donate the money to charity.

Claire Fleming hopes other mothers will not have to make the trips she did across southern Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold a second referendum next year, so is another vote now inevitable?

The 25-year-old recently won BBC Three's Glow Up show with a series of bold and striking designs.

A mural of a breastfeeding mermaid stands tall over a town where once few mums chose to breastfeed.

People in Orkney are escaping the heatwave and enjoying a sunny but bearable summer's day.

Safety experts say the contrast between air and water temperature increases the risk to swimmers.

Drug addiction needs care rather than stigmatisation says the head of Scotland's drug deaths taskforce.

The World's Strongest Man - and his brother - take on three Commonwealth Games sports: rhythmic gymnastics, diving and cricket.

Orkney is one of the best places in the UK to spot orcas and Graham Campbell is always ready to capture them on camera.

Passengers hoping to board trains going south of the border from Glasgow have faced huge delays.

Archive footage and recent film highlights the importance of island airports to Hebridean communities.

Chairman Ron Gordon says it's "absurd" that Hibernian's first home league match of the season is against city rivals Heart of Midlothian.

Scotland's Jemma Reekie misses out on the 800m final at the World Athletics Championships after finishing fifth in her semi-final.

Besiktas say they are in negotiations with Rangers over Ridvan Yilmaz as St Johnstone are linked with two goalkeepers.

Chloe O'Brien tells BBC Scotland how she has gone from darts novice to competing at Sunday's inaugural Women's World Matchplay within five years.

Aberdeen manager Jim Goodwin says Fleetwood Town winger Shayden Morris is "one that we have watched".