All news on the topic: Scotland

Families whose loved ones died after surgery at a specialist heart service have been contacted by health bosses amid a spike in mortality rates.

A man has appeared in court accused of piloting an unregistered aircraft less than 500ft (152m) above the National Wallace Monument in Stirling.

Councillors have backed initial plans to connect some of Shetland’s islands with undersea tunnels, which could be in place within eight years.

A Scottish company that makes panels from recycled glass has secured more than £5 million to help tackle the UK’s housing crisis.

Tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space companies as “litter louts".

Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports.

A “highly explosive” anti-tank rocket has been discovered at a house in Perth. Ordnance disposal experts were called to an address on Wilson Street on Friday after the rocket was found.

The ceremony on Saturday, which will be broadcast live from 11.30am, marks the beginning of the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament since its establishment in 1999.

Notorious double rapist Simon McGinley is due to be sentenced later this year after admitting three breaches of the Sex Offenders Act, which he claimed were committed after media coverage of his release from prison last year led to threats from local residents.

An Edinburgh street has reportedly been left "covered in blood" following a suspected crossbow attack.

John Swinney will face questions from MSPs at Holyrood on Thursday in the final FMQs before summer recess.

A man has been arrested following the death of a woman at a home in the Scottish Borders.

The Scottish Government has been accused of trying to “manipulate the record” of its meeting with an Israeli diplomat after documents released to The Ferret show it changed the official minutes of the talks after a public backlash.

It looks like the haul of a particularly successful Generation Game win. But these household items — and campervan — were what former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell thought it worth embezzling £400,000 of party funds to buy.

Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.

A five-year-old student at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools attended class with ’cocaine’ in their bag.

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after being struck by an unoccupied car near a Fife primary school.

A man is to stand trial charged with the murder of his partner.

Videos of Peter Murrell being interrogated by police have been made public after the former SNP chief executive was imprisoned for embezzling over £400,000 from his party.

Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after admitting to embezzlement charges.

A worker for a security firm at Aberdeen Airport has been awarded £40,000 compensation after being “wrongly sacked” over sick days.

A man has appeared in court after drugs worth almost £300,000 were seized in a Moray town.