Scotland’s Lost Leader: The Life of Donald Dewar, Mark Peel, Luath Press, £20. Reviewed by Gerry Hassan When Donald Dewar died suddenly in October 2000, just sixteen months after taking office as S…

Family doctors’ professional body finds the majority have no time to discuss preventative measures

Touring The Thistle, Scotland’s safer drug consumption room, Switzerland’s former president talks to Holyrood about her ...

Join colleagues from across Scotland to hear from experts, share knowledge, and discuss current challenges around disaster preparedness.

The justice secretary says aerial water bombing was a key part of the effort to extinguish a large fire in the Cairngorms.

An Edinburgh Deep End GP working in Wester Hailes has been elected unopposed as the new Chair of the British Medical Association’s Scottish Council. Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh, the first woman elected to...

Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions

Healthwatch Rotherham says Emma AI system’s failure to grasp local ‘twangs’ is leaving people frustrated Patients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by AI GP receptionists not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said. Healthwatch Rotherham, a local health and social care watchdog, said a number of practices in the area had introduced a new AI receptionist called Emma. Continue reading...

It is the first since Glen Coe and Mar Lodge Estate were granted the status in 2017.

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely to reduce its contributions to governments around the world for years to come. The US-headquartered company, which has harnessed AI to secure lucrative work for the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, is growing exponentially. Continue reading...

Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster There are a few links between the Star Wars franchise and Wales, including the secretive building of the Millennium Falcon in an old hangar in the far south-west of the Celtic nation. But until now speakers of Welsh – Cymraeg – have not been able to hear the words of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia spoken in their own language. Continue reading...

Scottish local councils will come together in the coming months to consider a more 'consistent' approach to digital strategy and delivery

Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England

The first CLAN (Community Land Academic Network) conference took place at UHI in Perth on 16-17 June 2026. The lead organiser was Dr Bobby Macaulay from UHI Centre for Mountain Studies and co-ordinato...

Too many GPs are working overtime, including on their days off, which is prompting many to move overseas, according to the Royal College of GPs.

New digital triage 'kiosks' are being installed in Glasgow hospitals to support 'faster, safer patient care' in A&E departments

'Greater choice' for Scotland's patients as MyCare health and social care app now available for download on smartphones

The MyCare.Scot app allows users to check their own medical information online

This post briefly introduces some key transport policy concepts, with a view to informing debate on transport matters in the new parliamentary session, with a particular focus on road transport.

You sent in your lines, your hopes, your dreams and our Makar got tae work on them. After much jiggling them aboot here it is. Our World Cup poem. By the people of Scotland!

Pat Kieran played a key role in the development of surfing on Scotland’s north coast, building boards, running the North Shore Surf Club and helping spread the word about the now-legendary wave at Thu...

Bethan and her husband have been using the the Coryton line since the start of their relationship.

Self-deprecating It Only Takes One Lion is partly inspired by team’s current song, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

We invite Scotland supporters to submit lines for inclusion in a collective poem to honour the Men's National Football Team's participation this summer in the FIFA World Cup 2026.

The key to enjoying spring skiing is getting your head around the variable snow conditions that come with variable temperatures, writes Roger Cox

The UK’s new pandemic preparedness strategy – and ending the country’s contribution to the Pandemic Fund as part of aid cuts – raises serious questions about whether the UK can protect itself, writes ...