One of Scotland's major canals will stay closed for more than a year because of the scale of repairs needed to fix a ...

If Scotland is falling short of its child poverty targets, we should take action to get back on track – not lower our sights ...

Kenneth B Morris Junior, a direct descendant of Douglass, will spend five days in Scotland, visiting locations important to ...

Anti-smartphone campaigners have warned schools must allow ‘brick phones’ as a compromise or a ban will fail. Ministers have ...

Around £1.4 million of Scottish funding a year supports life-saving interventions in some of the deepest - and often ...

New culture minister Mairi McAllan wants to support “art for arts' sake” as culture minister as she revealed her love for ...

Inside a modern data centre, powerful computers process and store vast amounts of information. And to keep them running ...

Many commentators are mocking the new trend of having trigger warnings on books - but those wanting them should not be ...

John Swinney will this week publish his first programme for government since reforming his administration following May’s ...

As UK prisons minister, Rory Stewart promised to reduce violence in ten prisons or resign. Will SNP ministers should ...

The story of Captain James Stagg, who delayed the launch of the D-Day landings by 24 hours, is told in new film Pressure ...

I was surprised but amused by the idea and a couple of hours later, I was sitting opposite him in a pub on Grange Road in ...