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Former lord advocate to chair inquiry

The PM said he heard Mr Swinney’s comments on the day his dad Roy died.

The new Scottish Labour leader said he would “like us to be part of the EU” in 25 years time.

How dare Andy Burnham consider removing the pension triple lock, asks reader

Two cash machines were stolen from the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Peebles after a telehandler was used to ram the building in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Scottish Labour has been crticised for “chasing an easy headline” over a “a fight led by workers and their unions”.

The 49-year-old was earlier found guilty of subjecting a boy and girl to multiple incidents of abuse

We take a look at exactly what the triple lock is, and why there are suggestions it could soon be scrapped.

Michael Marra says the Prime Minister’s comments on independence have been wilfully misinterpreted by nationalists.

It is officially week two of the Great British Bake Off, with bakers attempting not to crumble under pressure during Biscuit Week.

Repeated warnings have been issued over the pace of implementing key changes to support children in care

Former MP previously resigned from organisation embroiled in Western Isles legal row

The Scottish Liberal Democrats warned people are being left with ‘deteriorating mental health’

British culture is a key factor in persuading overseas students to come to this country to study

Concerns over ‘no clear picture’ of how women and babies are impacted by diversions

Pretending to tackle poverty by increasing benefits is taking the easy way out and is ultimately unsustainable

Stephen Duncan has repeatedly made headlines over the past year as details of alleged incidents at Historic Environment Scotland came to light

The former first minister is reportedly due to give a masterclass drawing on her experience leading the country

The Port of Montrose has marked two major deals in a week

Chancellor John Healey confirmed during his Labour Party Conference speech in Liverpool that the company’s factory in Inchinnan, near Glasgow Airport, would receive funding

Andy Burnham must be wary of the kind of broken promises that did for his predecessors in Downing Street

Scotland’s drugs minister should intervene to save a drug rehab service in Glasgow

Jane Haining died in Auschwitz

The SNP’s reluctance to discuss what would actually happen if Scotland became independent speaks volumes

News Christine Jardine won’t seek re-election for Westminster dismays reader

John Healey did not give the most enthusiastic of speeches - but he was engaging in a quiet sort of way

Witness says union at centre of dispute ‘didn’t help me when I needed them the most’

A new poll suggests support for independence would increase to 65 per cent if Nigel Farage became Prime Minister

Peter May was best known for his novel, The Blackhouse

The fly is part of a project to digitise 700,000 records

Industrial action begins as 90 programmes close while institution seeks to find £140m in cutbacks and job losses

Ashley McBryde, Riley Green, and Jelly Roll will headline Country to Country 2027, with other acts on the line up including Cooper Alan, Dasha, Emily Ann Roberts and more.

The awards will be announced in November

Changeworks is a leading social enterprise delivering affordably warm, healthy and energy efficient homes, supporting households in fuel poverty and contributing to a sustainable, just future.

Find out how more UK households are preparing for the future of home energy

Demand from golfers has led to ‘chronic oversubscription’, documents show

Golf is very much a Scottish game, and Scotland needs courses

Energy minister Michael Shanks admitted the UK government has no information on how much of the UK’s battery cell capacity is owned or financed by China

The prospect of war may seem like fiction, but Vladimir Putin is making his hostile intentions increasingly clear

Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad has an opportunity to make Scotland a model for how small countries can navigate between China and the US

The unprecedented move by Scotland’s largest local authority comes as pay talks break down with Unison

Ministry of Defence stats showed that Scotland had a 13 per cent increase in real terms spending.

A punchy performance and a genuine olive branch - but will Michael Marra’s more grown-up brand of Scottish Labour last?

A reader says the First Minister’s leadership is now untenable

The First Minister said the number of deaths was ‘intolerable’

Scotland’s politicians need to work together across party lines to build a better nation, starting with the plans to help Grangemouth recover from the loss of 400 jobs with the closure of its refinery

A lack of respect and a computer-knows-best attitude were central to the Horizon scandal

Explore breath taking photos of Scotland taken by our readers in our September Gallery

Thomas Cochrane was the thrilling prototype for Patrick O’Brian’s fictional hero Jack Aubrey and a champion of democracy who condemned slavery

Here’s where Silent Hill: Townfall takes place, how the developers created the setting and what to know about its real life inspiration, St Monans.