The First Minister attributed the surging price tag, from £400 million a few years ago, to spiralling inflation.

They were both arrested in relation to the SNP’s finances, but were released without charge pending further investigation.

John Swinney has said his Government will not allow a legal release of lynx or other large carnivores in Scotland, as he also ...

Four people were arrested after police seized around £1 million worth of cocaine in West Lothian. Police said warrants were ...

The Scottish Government is seeking to develop the “untapped export potential” of female-owned businesses in a bid to boost ...

A man has died in a fire at a block of flats in East Lothian. Emergency services were called to the three-storey building on ...

A protest rally by north-east farmers last Saturday saw Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan Harriet Cross and the SNP’s ...

Passengers on busy rail routes will face fresh disruption this weekend because of another strike by train managers in a ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has suggested he fears “bills will keep rising” without a switch to “clean home-grown power”. On ...

Sir Chris Hoy has teamed up with Kiltwalk to raise funds for others who, like him, are facing cancer. The six-time Olympic ...

UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said he is ‘determined to have a future’ for the Grangemouth oil ...

An 88-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car in Aberdeen. The collision involving a Jaguar XF ...