The Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell has lain idle for more than six years with staff furloughed or employed on a care and maintenance basis.

EXCLUSIVE: Humza Yousaf said he felt "frustration" his time as first minister coincided with the ramping up of Operation Branchform, which ultimately led to the jailing of Peter Murrell.

The PM's speech is unlikely to win over committed supporters of independence but it gave Scottish Labour a shot in the arm the party badly needed, says Chris McCall

In a landmark speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, the Prime Minister described the UK as a country of "solidarity and not separation" as he set his vision for its future.

The huge MOD contract - named Programme Euston - will deliver three floating docks and associated infrastructure to the Faslane naval base on the Clyde.

In a swipe at John Swinney, the Reform UK leader described the Celtic Alliance between the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein as being for "the birds".

John Healey and Andy Burnham must deal with the grim economic reality of the UK while still offering a message of hope to voters, writes Chris McCall

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Marra said he supported the trial of selling beer in concourses at Scots football grounds - without fans taking their drinks back to their seats.

The Labour minister warned major fires, drug deaths and economic decline had left Scotland's biggest city lagging behind.

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with the Record, the new Scottish Labour leader branded plans to reform councils as a "dog's dinner on the back of a fag packet".

The Record understands Stuart Campbell has yet to be contacted by police since making his complaint regarding the ex-SNP leader.

EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow MSP Holly Bruce warned higher debt collection fees would "punish the most vulnerable people who are already struggling".

More people die from illegal substances in Scotland on average than any other nation in Europe, official figures published today have again confirmed.

Malcolm Offord had insisted an IndyRef2 should not be debated by the Scottish Parliament as the matter is reserved to Westminster.

Trade unions and opposition parties fear that mistakes made during previous SNP-led public sector reforms will be repeated.

Most Scots already know the UK is ill-prepared for a major military attack from an aggressive foreign power. Perhaps Russia could be bored into submission by making them watch this dreary new reality ...

Scottish Labour named Marra in the top job on Saturday following a two-way contest with Joe Fagan.

EXCLUSIVE: Marra, who took charge of Labour on Saturday, wants Scotland's education system to be restored to "world class" status after a report found it lagging behind England.

Marra becomes Scottish Labour's 11th permanent leader of the devolution era after Anas Sarwar quit to take up a peerage.

Holyrood is facing a £5 billion blackhole with SNP ministers now scrambling to plug it.

Labour said it was "no wonder" confidence in local services has collapsed "after years of SNP cuts" to town hall budgets.

Millionaire businessman Paul McManus is funding the action after the ex-SNP leader's widow Moira agreed to transfer the legal rights of the case.

EXCLUSIVE: Professor James Mitchell rubbished John Swinney's prediction that Andy Burnham would be the last Prime Minister of the UK - and said the case for independence had not been moved forward by ...

Stuart Campbell, who runs the Wings over Scotland website, announced today he had filed a complaint with cops as he had been "left with no alternative".

Scots voters deserve clear answers on what exactly the SNP is proposing when it comes to building a new Scottish state. But photo calls with other nationalist leaders won't provide them, says Chris Mc...

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Zubir Ahmed warned Glasgow's growing homelessness is "fracturing" trust between residents and putting minority communities "in the firing line".

The former SNP leader will join a fictional UK Government at war with Russia in the new Sky series, which launches next week.