The Scottish Greens pushed for a change to the Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill, but it was defeated at Holyrood.

Neil Cuthbert of the Scottish Conservatives and Labour’s Conor Savage were elected. The Scottish Tories picked up 2027 first preference votes while Labour picked up 1146. The LibDems meanwhile took in ...

The SNP has lost an Edinburgh council by-election after Scottish Labour and the Tories swept to victory. Locals in the ...

Colinton/Fairmilehead have two new councillors The results of the Colinton/Fairmilehead by-election were announced last night. The intention was to hold the count on Friday morning but as a result of ...

Record View says dumping the plan after promising far reaching change is a huge let down to care home residents and staff.

A code of practice for getting a dog is to be drawn up in Scotland under a new law passed by MSPs. The Welfare of Dogs Bill ...

John Swinney has been urged to sack his embattled Health Secretary for misleading parliament and other severe failings in his job.

THE SNP is set to force a vote next week in the House of Commons to demand that the Labour UK Government offers compensation to Waspi women ...

Children born in spring or summer with a specific gene variant may have a higher risk of celiac disease and lower levels of a key protein, according to a study, potentially helping future research on ...

Just before Maree Todd stood up in the Holyrood chamber to announce the scrapping of the National Care Service (NCS), Tory MSP Craig Hoy got to ...

The first minister says a number of steps have been taken in recent weeks and months to strengthen social care. He cites the expansion of the hospitals at home system, aimed at caring for people in ...

THE Westminster government has rejected SNP First Minister John Swinney’s calls for a revival of a Scottish graduate visa scheme.