Elsewhere, First Minister John Swinney apologised "unreservedly" to islanders affected by delays in building two ferries to serve off Scotland's west coast. It also emerged Scotland's NHS is facing ...

LABOUR MSPs will look to shut down calls for a bespoke Scottish visa scheme – despite Jackie Baillie claiming before the General Election ...

School-issued iPads have a filtering agent which is supposed to protect children at school and at home from accessing adult ...

John Swinney has called for a Norther Irish style trigger point for a border poll to be accepted for Scottish independence.

AN Ayr MSP has criticised Anas Sarwar's pledge to reduce child poverty spending. Siobhian Brown said that the Labour leader's New Year promise to cut social security spending would be "devastating" ...

The BBC previously faced pressure from SNP supporters and other Nationalists over its coverage of the independence debate.

FIRST Minister John Swinney has clashed with BBC Scotland host Gary Robertson on the topic of independence while being interviewed on the ...

Edinburgh council has shared details of security breach so other local authorities can take action, says education secretary ...

John Swinney came under fire for saying he remains 'committed' to breaking up the UK and suggested the Yes campaign nearly ...

Scotland’s Justice Secretary has refused to say if the Government knows the identities of police officers investigating the ...

Be grateful for small mercies. We have been spared this year’s edition of the Scottish Budget faux drama in which a bit player emerges from ...

Angela Constance, the Justice Secretary, said she would not comment on live cases and had "nothing further to add".