Dan Barker

Some of Scotland's biggest selling musicians have demanded John Swinney takes action to avert a 'cultural catastrophe'.

Sam Kennedy had been visiting the city of Krakow but failed to get on flight home. Concerned family raised the alarm as he had not been in touch with them. Disappearance has echoes of case of Jay Slater, who is missing on Tenerife

Officers leaving Police Scotland cited a lack of support from bosses, welfare issues and misogyny as reasons for their decisions. Scottish Police Federation chairman David Threadgold warns force faces ‘incessant demand against a backdrop of falling numbers’

A crackdown on landowners is backed up with ‘no evidence’ and amounts to ‘gambling with the future of rural Scotland’, it was claimed yesterday.

Shannon Bowe lay on table ‘convulsing’ for nine hours, Commons told

The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant in Crieff, Perthshire, is only the second in Scotland to have two to its name

The traditional Christmas dip saw hundreds brave the cold on shoreline. Revellers in Santa red swimsuits and tinsel took the plunge at Edinburgh’s Portobello beach

Rain and 70mph winds set to batter north on Christmas Eve. … as ski resort is forced to use ARTIFICIAL snow on slopes

Harmful bacteria discovered during tests in 50 areas popular with bathers and wild swimmers. Beach in Fife was found to be 50 times the safe limit, while areas of Loch Lomond and Loch Ness also failed quality tests