An annual fire festival celebrating Shetland’s Norse heritage has kicked off in Lerwick to mark the end of the Yule season.

The party secured a regional trial of a £2 cap on bus fares and the expansion of free school meals to some S1 to S3 pupils.

Biffa Waste Services believes the Government misrepresented the scheme when it assured the firm it would go ahead.

Martin Ready was found guilty of paying over £5,000 in Bitcoin on the dark web in an attempt to have a prosecutor murdered by ...

Sprite, Fanta and Tropico are among the products affected with an investigation underway by the Food Standards Agency.

A hunt for a gang of armed men has been launched after a man was dragged from a home and attacked in West Lothian. The ...

Suspected drugs deaths have fallen by 10% in the latest quarterly data, with drug-related attendances at A&E seeing a similar ...

Schools have remained closed since Friday after Storm Eowyn brought winds of up to 100mph and a rare red weather warning from ...

Scotland’s population is projected to grow to 5.8 million people by the middle of 2047 with the increase driven by migration, ...

Fire crews were called to a city centre street in Edinburgh on Tuesday following reports of a burning smell. Emergency services were alerted to reports of a fire affecting a building on Castle Street ...

Clinic owner Jackie Partridge makes plea for laws to prevent untrained practitioners injecting fillers and Botox.

A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a “much-loved brother” in South Lanarkshire. Emergency services were called ...