Justice Secretary Angela Constance said an investigation was being held into what happened at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.

The sum is the highest among Scotland’s 14 health boards, with nearly £4 million spent on agency nurses over the same period.

Staff from Scottish Power Energy Networks have been working round the clock to restore electricity following Storm Eowyn.

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney said reconnecting power in Scotland following the storm has been a "colossal" task.

Thousands of properties remain without power and disruption to rail services continues four days after Storm Eowyn battered ...

Castle Kennedy near Stranraer makes a special map of visitor attractions beholden with legends, myths and dark secrets ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said reconnecting power in Scotland following Storm Eowyn has been a “colossal” task and the impact is a “warning that climate change is with us”. Tens of thousands of ...

A gust of 100mph was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire early on Friday afternoon – the strongest gust so far in the UK during Storm Eowyn, the Met Office said. Trains have been suspended ...

All trains across Scotland will be suspended, hundreds of schools will close and police have warned people not to travel in ...

Millions of people in Scotland received an emergency alert to their mobile phones after the Met Office issued a red danger to life warning for wind. The Cabinet Office alert at around 6pm on Thursday ...

People in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday should not travel, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said police would ...

The world's largest land mine clearance charity - the south of Scotland-based Halo Trust - has secured funding to continue ...