Police call for ‘clarity’ over assisted deaths for 16-years-olds in Scotland - Assistant Chief Constable Steven Johnson raised concerns while giving evidence to MSPs on Holyrood’s Health Committee.

Deals agreed with the two parties to ease the path of the Budget will cost the Scottish Government £16.7 million.

The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh shut its doors ... The Met Office said Wind speeds in Scotland were expected to be slightly lower through the day, though historically high, and authorities ...

Flagship policy to create national care service overhauled after significant opposition in Scottish Parliament and from local government

Radical plans to create a national social care service in Scotland have been abandoned in the face of widespread opposition and concern about costs. The Scottish government announced three years ago that it planned to remove responsibility for social care from local councils and set up a network of care boards run by a national body accountable to ministers,

The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.

The Scottish Government recently confirmed that income tax rates north of the border will be frozen until at least the end of this Parliament in 2026. During the Budget in December, Finance Secretary Shona Robison also announced that the basic and intermediate rate thresholds will be frozen,

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray will become the first UK Government minister in the Labour administration to give evidence to Holyrood on £3 billion investment deals. Mr Murray will give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy and Fair Work ...

Scottish investigative outlet the Ferret revealed that the United States had established its first new military presence in Scotland since the turn of the century. After a £350 million refurbishment,

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Read about how nursing unions have reacted to the Scottish Government’s decision to abandon plans to build a National Care Service.

Director general Tim Davie said he has ‘nothing to excuse’ on the BBC’s Scottish production spending. The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.