The father-of-two died after he was restrained by around six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3, 2015.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has hailed a “strong start to the year” after onshore GDP rose by 0.3% in January. Kate ...

She became deputy first minister when Mr Yousaf took over as first minister, holding the finance brief in the Scottish Government at the same time. She retained the role of Finance Secretary when ...

The former first minister entered the Scottish Parliament in 1999, becoming SNP deputy leader and the head of the party’s Holyrood group while Alex Salmond was still at Westminster. She would serve as ...

The family of a man who died in police custody have held a “brutally honest” meeting with Scotland’s top police officer, in the wake of a decision by the Deputy First Minister not to extend ...

Sir Keir Starmer is “not a liability” to Scottish Labour’s election chances, according to the party’s deputy leader.

Easterhouse-born Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie has died at the age of 57, her partner has announced. Ms McKelvie took leave from her role as alcohol and drugs minister last year to ...

The Scottish drugs and alcohol policy minister, Christina McKelvie has died aged 57. Ms McKelvie took medical leave last year ...

Directly awarding the contract for seven ferries to the publicly owned Ferguson Marine shipyard could have been “the worst of ...

Scottish Enterprise has provided a grant of £3.2 million to build an industrial park to support the Port of Montrose. The ...