Mr Swinney succeeds Humza Yousaf in the post, and will almost certainly become Scotlan’ds next first minister later this week.

She died 15 years after her diagnosis and showed ‘it is possible to live life to the full with cancer’, the charity said.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for parts of central and southern Scotland, Wales and parts of England on May 6. It warns that spray and sudden flooding may create difficult driving ...

The Perthshire North MSP was the only candidate standing for leader when the nominations closed at noon on Monday.

Simon Harris and Pedro Sanchez spoke in a telephone conversation on Monday morning following discussions last month.

The defence minister warned of ‘a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza’.

A Paisley bingo player scooped up a mega prize and celebrated the moment with a cup of tea. The lucky player walked away with a staggering £125,000 at the end of last month after making a late call on ...

THE first opening road bridge over the River Clyde has been hailed as a “game changer”. We previously reported that the first section of the Renfrew Bridge had arrived last month. Now, politicians ...

Anthony 'Tony' McCallum was seen at the busy train station at around 10am on April 26 and it is believed he boarded a train to Edinburgh. It is then thought the 69-year-old checked into a city centre ...

The world record for baking the longest handcrafted baguette has been broken in France, in a 10-hour task which has required ...

The state of politics takes the lead this bank holiday, with most newspapers splashing on last week’s elections and the upcoming general election. The Daily Express says tax cuts are the only thing it ...

Four men have been charged after cocaine with a potential street value of around £40 million was found in a van in a village pub car park. Around 500kg of the drug was discovered in the back of a van ...