The Scottish Government is considering enshrining a ‘right to food’ in Scots law. It is one of a number of recommendations being looked at following the publication of a report by the Independent Working Group on Food Poverty earlier this year. The group said that while enshrining the right would not in itself end food insecurity, it would mean the Government and other public bodies would have a duty to ensure everyone has secure access to adequate and affordable food.

There were many things that set the KLF apart from other musical acts who enjoyed commercial success in the UK’s thriving dance scene of the early 1990s. By Chris McCall.

Scotland's devolved government is expected to join a legal challenge against the British government's plans to trigger an exit from the European Union, the lead claimant in the court case said on Sunday. A British court ruled on Thursday that the government needs parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans. The government said it would appeal against the High Court ruling and Britain's Supreme Court is expected to consider the case early next month.

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The wreck of a German U-boat that sank almost 100 years ago is discovered by engineers laying subsea power cables.

Babies born in Scotland will be gifted “baby boxes” from New Year’s Day 2017, the country’s First Minister has said. Nicola Sturgeon said Nordic-style policy, which was first announced in April, would be a “symbol of a belief in a level playing field” for all children. Finland has been giving out care packages to all expectant mothers for 80 years. The boxes, which include around 80 items useful for babies, have been credited with cutting infant mortality and raising life chances.

Theresa May has rejected the SNP’s claim that Brexit justifies staging another independence referendum as she was warned that her “days as Prime Minister of a United Kingdom are numbered" if Scotland’s remain vote is ignored. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Nicola Sturgeon should stick to her pledge that the 2014 referendum was a “once-in-a-generation” vote and urged her to respect Scots’ decision.

A burglary at an innovative Scottish wave-power company went forgotten, until a very similar project appeared in China. By Ewen MacAskill.

The Photochrom process captured the country in hand-colored splendor.

A pagan is at loggerheads with planning officials after they refused permission for a sacred shrine to an ancient antler-headed forest god. Andrew Cleghorn has been told his tribute to Herne the Hunter might upset neighbours, including a nearby church. Mr Cleghorn, from Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, wanted to build an altar, “sacred well” and statue plinth on his eight-acre smallholding. The statue was to be of Herne the Hunter, a horned forest spirit and protector of the land.

The fossil beast from the Isle of Skye is the most complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur yet found in Scotland.

For the first time on record, wind turbines have generated more electricity than was used in the whole of Scotland on a single day. An analysis by conservation group WWF Scotland found unseasonably stormy weather saw turbines create about 106 per cent of the total amount of electricity used by every home and business in the country on 7 August. Gale-force winds lashed much of the country with a speed of 115mph recorded at the top of Cairngorm mountain. 

The bust after the boom in what was once ‘Europe’s oil capital.’

A Scottish firm is at the heart of a major organised crime investigation into arms exports from the former Soviet Union to the Middle East. By David Leask.

A 15th-century chapel in the Scottish city of Aberdeen was equipped as a prison for accused witches snared during the city’s “Great Witch Hunt” in 1597. By Tom Metcalfe. (July 19, 2016)

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NEARLY six out of 10 Scots say they’d vote Yes in a second independence referendum. In a clear reflection of the growing backlash north of the Border to Thursday’s Brexit result, a ScotPulse online survey of 1,600 Scottish adults on Friday (24 June) showed that 59% of Scots now back leaving the UK. The poll was carried out just hours after the EU result was confirmed and offers a boost to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who has dramatically put the prospect of another independence vote back on the table.

A rollercoaster has derailed at a theme park in Scotland and 'landed on a children's ride'. At least seven people have been injured. The incident happened on the 'Tsunami ride' at M&Ds theme park in Motherwell. The park has been evacuated. Images posted to social media by eye witnesses appear to show multiple rollercoaster carriages in the wreckage.

For two years now, a pair of red kites have routinely stolen undergarments from a popular Angus skinny-dipping spot.