Research by the Social Market Foundation think tank has now found that drug abuse in Scotland costs the public sector up to £1bn a year – approximately two thirds of what the country spends on all ...

Officers have arrested a suspect after a man was found seriously injured in an Edinburgh home on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a property on Wardlaw Street at around 2.40pm following ...

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Services sent three engines to extinguish the flames. One appliance remains in attendance, but the blaze has been put out. The road was blocked off by officers following ...

Parole boards will have to consider if killers have failed to disclose the whereabouts of victims remains when considering if they should be freed ...

More than a dozen Lush employees at the company’s largest Scottish store are at risk of redundancy, as the company aims to ...

Scotland’s prison population remains near record levels at around 8,500 despite emergency early release measures. Inside HMP ...

Plans for a dog park near Laurencekirk have been refused over fears barking dogs would disturb neighbours – but the woman behind the proposal has claimed it is a “missed opportunity”. Gail Whyte was ...

A man has been charged following the death of a woman at a block of flats in Glasgow. Police were called to a property on ...

Reform UK’s Scottish leader has apologised and denied he is homophobic after it emerged he made a joke about George Michael while giving a speech in 2018. Malcolm Offord is said to have told the joke ...

The facilities at Glenmorag, Port Bannatyne, Colintraive, Tighnabruaich and Sandbank were subject to the proposal ...

Council chiefs have ruled that an Aberdeen flat cannot be used to house multiple students as the area has too many houses in multiple occupation (HMO). Brick Lane Realty Ltd wanted to turn the first ...

“They project that between 2022 and 2032 Argyll and Bute’s population will decline by 0.8%. The data provided shows that this projection is due to ‘natural change’ outweighing ‘net migration’.