The lord advocate leads the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and also acts as chief legal adviser to the Scottish government.

Scottish councils paid out more than £2m to drivers for pothole-inflicted vehicle damage over the past five years, a BBC investigation has found.

There are no known cases of the virus in Scotland and the risk to public is very low, Public Health Scotland says.

A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.

Part-timers Brora Rangers are potentially one game away from promotion to League Two.

Arbuthnott Church in Kincardineshire was the inspiration for book and its author is buried in the graveyard.

Thousands of riders swell the population of Gatehouse of Fleet for an elite gravel racing weekend.

Kenneth Gibson has seen off competition from two party rivals and Lib Dem Liam McArthur to land the job.

Work to the Woodside Viaducts, which carry the M8 through the north of Glasgow, has been ongoing for years.

Jordan Honeyman, 31, attacked and tortured Alan Lawson with a weapon at his home in Largs in February 2024.

Derek McGraw Ferguson, 62, is thought to have fled Scotland after a man was shot dead outside a pub in 2007.

It was pictured on a camera set up in Rousay - swimming distance from Orkney's Mainland.

A 99th-minute penalty against Motherwell kept Celtic's title hopes alive, but Jambos maintain their team will win the Scottish Premiership.

The Gillis Centre Complex in Edinburgh will be sold by the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh in September.

In-person evidence sessions into the disgraced surgeon have been delayed as a result

The fire, covering 200m x 300m, broke out in Ladybank at about 13:35 on Tuesday.

Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, David Wallace Lockhart and Paul Hutcheon.

The young male - who was named Magnus during his travels - is spotted again after crossing the North Sea.

The first Hampden Park is designated a scheduled monument in recognition of its place in football history.

More than a third of the properties in Quartermile area have been bought by people based outside the UK.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

The post-mortem has begun among Scottish Labour but can anything be done to turn the party's fortunes around?

A whole new group of MSPs travel to Holyrood for the first time on Monday but their arrival has been prepared for.

A 99th-minute penalty against Motherwell kept Celtic's title hopes alive, but Jambos maintain their team will win the Scottish Premiership.

Part-timers Brora Rangers are potentially one game away from promotion to League Two.

Scottish councils paid out more than £2m to drivers for pothole-inflicted vehicle damage over the past five years, a BBC investigation has found.

Thousands of riders swell the population of Gatehouse of Fleet for an elite gravel racing weekend.

In-person evidence sessions into the disgraced surgeon have been delayed as a result

Wilfried Nancy describes his 33-day tenure as Celtic manager as a "beautiful experience" but contends it's a "no brainer" that he didn't get long enough to change the culture and impose his way of doings things at the club.

Colin Montgomerie urges Robert MacIntyre "to be a little more patient and let it happen" as his fellow Scot chases a first major championship.

Motherwell insist they have received no approach for manager Jens Berthel Askou amid reports linking the Dane with French Ligue 1 side Toulouse.

Katie Archibald has made the surprise decision to retire from cycling while still at the top of the sport, but where does in leave her on the list of great Scottish athletes?