A landmark conservation partnership has been announced between RSPB Scotland and major whisky distillers Suntory Global Spirits, Diageo and The Glenmorangie Company to restore peatland on one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes.

Lidl's plans to open a supermarket in Dunfermline have been held up by objections from Tesco.

West Lothian Council has led an application to secure funding for a new railway station at Winchburgh.

Head of company bidding to build new military training jets at Prestwick Airport flags global opportunity for Scotland in 'something it used to do really well'

Energy giant SSEN formally lodged plans for the multi-million pound overhead line scheme with the Scottish Government in September.

UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.

Sir Anton Muscatelli warns Scotland’s funding crisis in colleges and universities risks undermining skills, innovation and long-term economic growth.

Parents must be told of their child's school assault within 24 hours of the incident, a mother has told the Scottish Government.

A Glasgow activist charged under the Terrorism Act after a protest sign has rejected a Crown Office warning and will challenge his arrest in court.

A new partnership between the Scottish Asian Business Chamber and Royal Bank of Scotland will back diverse founders, support 2,400 students and grow new spin-outs.

An award-winning village hotel and pub dating from the seventeenth century has been brought to the market.

The first headliners have been announced for HebCelt Festival 2026, which will take place in Stornoway next July

Medical experts involved in an expert group have dismissed claims that proposed reforms to Scotland’s abortion laws would legalise sex-selective terminations.

Castletown Mill restoration complete as locals and whisky lovers invited to invest in its future

A shortage of workers with skills to make Scotland's buildings more energy efficient is putting the government's goal to meet climate change target at risk, MSPs have been told.

Today's cartoon is on asylum reforms.

An online fundraiser has been set up to help staff who face the prospect of losing their jobs as the threat of closure hangs over the Farmfoods store in Largs.

The Labour Party has abandoned, to all intents and purposes, its social democratic principles which were essential to protect those at the margins of society from the harsh impacts of neoliberalism.

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We may be seeing Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell on our screens in the 10th season of BBC1’s Shetland – but author Ann Cleeves has not finished with her original fictional cop, DI Jimmy Perez, played by Douglas Henshall in the first seven se...

A new trial will test whether an mRNA jab to protect against a common virus found in almost all people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could treat the condition.

Jamie Murray surprises a street singer in Buenos Aires with an Oasis concert ticket, creating a heartwarming viral moment fans can’t stop sharing.

The Labour government's UK immigration reforms will do little to ease the city’s escalating refugee homelessness crisis, the SNP leader of the council has warned.

American rock band Kings of Leon have announced a major outdoor show in Scotland for next summer

Founders of Edinburgh medical company declares funding deal 'represents strong continued confidence in our technology platform'

The UK Government has set out sweeping asylum reforms. But how successful can it be and what is really behind it?

Moray Council stands by the Applegrove site for the new Forres Academy despite concerns over traffic, flooding and loss of green space.

Sir Keir Starmer has warned of the "severe strain" caused by excessive immigration as the UK Government announced sweeping reforms to the asylum system.

A killer who inflicted a 'violent' attack on a young man weeks before Christmas has been unmasked by police

The NHS Fife chief executive will take early retirement ahead of an expected tribunal judgment involving A&E nurse Sandie Peggie.

A team of historians from Sheffield, home of the world's oldest football club, have joined the campaign to save the site of the first Hampden Park

Justin Galea is the chef-patron of the Kirkmichael Arms, a historic village pub home to Ayrshire's only Michelin Guide recommended restaurant.

A man has been arrested over an alleged assault on a woman during a train journey.

A historic hotel has been saved from demolition by Scottish Ministers after they ruled it was an important gateway into the seaside town of North Berwick.

The exact date that a brand-new Aldi store will open in Glasgow has been revealed today.

Scotland's Reform MSP Graham Simpson has been described as a 'bit of a snowflake' by his former boss.

A joint fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of a 12-year-old boy and a man who drowned during outdoor activities almost five years apart remains on track to be heard in March next year.

A new £164m hydrogen pipeline between Scotland and England is expected to support 3,100 jobs

Fewer than half of Scots who backed Labour in 2024 say they’d do so again, according to a new YouGov poll. The survey reveals deep dissatisfaction with Starmer’s government, with only 9% of Scots approving of Labour’s performance.

Singers and musicians protest after plug is pulled on shows hosted by Iain Anderson, Billy Sloan, Roddy Hart and Natasha Raskin Sharp.

Callum Fox pleaded guilty today at the High Court in Glasgow to causing death by dangerous driving

The owners of a cafe in Glasgow's Southside have announced plans to close while thanking the local community for two years of support.

People in central and northern Scotland been warned to watch out for icy conditions as cold weather moves in on Tuesday.

Tributes have been paid to the Scottish student who died in a crash in Ireland which claimed the lives of four other young people.

The loss of a town’s restaurant would be ‘severely detrimental’ to Midlothian it has been claimed in a row over turning public space into a car park.

Several train services between Milngavie and Westerton will not run this morning due to an ongoing issue.

A heartbroken community turned out to say their goodbye to a beloved pub owner as her coffin stopped by the bar in a 'final farewell'

Plans to give an historic village pub a new lease of life has been submitted.

Lecturers and other staff at the University of Edinburgh are beginning a further three days of strike action in a dispute over the university’s plans to make cuts of £140 million.

Scotland’s chief prosecutor has said that victims of sexual offences would not have their privacy intruded on unnecessarily, after a Supreme Court judgment.