Cutting the number of councils and health boards across Scotland could lead to better services and reduced costs, a senior police officer has suggested.Read
Scotland will be the first part of the UK to have a dedicated fund to help with the development of the wave energy sector, energy minister Fergus Ewing has said.Read
Scotland has failed to reach its full potential under Westminster rule, the First Minister has claimed as he launched a new paper on the economic impact of independence.Read
A father who died along with his two children after a house fire spent more than eight hours in his local pub the evening before the fatal early-morning blaze, a court has heard.Read
Opposition parties have criticised external affairs minister Humza Yousaf, claiming he has drawn "crass" and "irresponsible" comparisons between the Arab Spring and Scotland's own constitutional journey.Read
A claim that the UK Treasury deliberately undervalued Scotland's oil in the 1970s to head off the threat of nationalism is evidence that it cannot be trusted in the independence campaign, according to the First Minister.Read