The price of cheap, high-strength alcohol has gone up in Scotland as long-awaited legislation on minimum pricing comes into force. The law, which sets a floor price for drinks depending on how many units of alcohol they contain, was passed in 2012 but has faced legal challenges. The Scottish government said the move would cut consumption and save lives.

Two pilots accused of planning to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to Canada while under the influence of alcohol have been cleared after key evidence was destroyed by prison staff. Jean-Francois Perreault, 41, and Imran Zafar Syed, 39, were arrested in 2016, minutes before a flight from Glasgow to Toronto was due to take off.

Scotland has the highest percentage of people with red hair in the world. Photographer Kieran Dodds, in his body of work Gingers, asked some of them what it meant to be a redhead

A sauropod footprint discovered at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

It’s been nicknamed “the Clashindarroch Beast.” By Natasha Frost.

Some 1.3 billion people lack regular access to electricity. With its reliable independent grid powered by wind, water and solar, a remote Scottish island could point to a solution.

THE SCOT who trained his dog to response to his calls of "gas the Jews" has been found guilty of posting an offensive message online. Sheriff Derek O'Carroll found Mark Meechan guilty of communicating a video which was "grossly offensive".

Why red squirrel numbers are boosted by the activity of their natural predator, the pine marten.

The turbines withstood some serious gusts.

MacDoppler-effect. ;-)

Scottish shell firms played a core role in a billion-dollar bribery ‘mega scandal’ threatening to topple or disgrace up to a dozen world leaders. By David Leask.

The Scottish government has announced a ban on the use of electric shock collars on dogs. Environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham released a statement on Thursday 24 January confirming the decision. The move follows a campaign backed by Scottish Conservative MSP Maurice Golden and organisations including the Kennel Club, the Animal Behaviour and Training Council, and the Scottish SPCA.

Scotland’s economy faces losing up to £16bn a year as a result of leaving the EU, according to a Scottish government forecast. The updated analysis warns that a hard Brexit, in which the UK falls back on World Trade Organisation rules, would cost Scotland up to £12.7bn and cause real household incomes to fall by 9.6%, or £2,263 per head.

A FIREFIGHTER was stunned when he received a thank-you text – from a man he thought had died. Chris Kendall performed CPR on heart attack victim Allan Hainey for 15 minutes but he was told later by police that Allan had passed away. Five months later, Chris, 32, got a text from Allan thanking him for saving his life.

Universal basic income is, according to its many and various supporters, an idea whose time has come. The deceptively simple notion of offering every citizen a regular payment without means testing or requiring them to work for it has backers as disparate as Mark Zuckerberg, Stephen Hawking, Caroline Lucas and Richard Branson. Ed Miliband chose the concept to launch his ideas podcast Reasons to be Cheerful in the autumn.

A Scottish golf resort owned by Donald Trump will no longer qualify for a controversial tax break, it has emerged. The Sunday Herald revealed that a change in the Scottish government’s recent budget will remove Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire from a business rates relief scheme. Scotland’s finance secretary, Derek Mackay, introduced measures in February to help businesses in the hospitality sector.

Icy conditions caused train delays of up to 90 minutes on Saturday, after temperatures dropped below freezing in parts of the country overnight. Network Rail said some Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink lines were forced to run at reduced speeds. South Western Railway also warned of delays due to ice, which came on top of planned weekend engineering works. Temperatures fell to lows of -5.2C in Yorkshire, as forecasters said the wintry weather looked set to continue.

Scotland is on target to generate all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, the Citizens’ Assembly has heard. Under chair Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, the 99 assembly members, meeting in Malahide, Co Dublin are spending a second weekend debating on how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change.

Donald Trump boasts of making great deals, but a financial report filed with the British government shows he has lost millions of dollars for three years running on a couple of his more recent big investments: his Scottish golf resorts. A report from Britain's Companies House released late...

The Scottish government has announced an "effective ban" on fracking. Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse told MSPs that the practice "cannot and will not take place in Scotland". He said an existing moratorium on the technique, which has been in place since 2015, should continue "indefinitely" after a consultation showed "overwhelming" opposition.