Taxes, airguns, drink-driving and a swipe at the SNP

Labour’s hopes of outflanking the SNP over independence rest on a White Paper that itself depends on a general election victory to stand a...

Nationalist agenda lags behind as minds turn to constitution debate

Case study: The estate agent - 'An opportunity for stimulus ... so long as taxes don’t go up’

Case study: The entrepreneur - ‘I’d like to see tax cuts but the less well-off shouldn’t suffer’

White Paper hands tax-raising powers to Scotland

Scottish government handed power to vary income tax, set speed and drink-drive limits and regulate airguns in biggests shake-up since devolution

Mint tea 'as effective as aspirin' scientists find

Research showed the herb known as Brazilian mint reduced pain as much as a soluble form of the conventional painkiller.

Scottish voters turn against independence

Support for SNP and its core policy falls on eve of White Paper on independence

Williamwood is Scotland’s first five star school

A secondary school in Clarkston, near Glasgow, is the first to win five ‘excellent’ ratings — the maximum possible under a new...

Councils urged to share services and cut costs

Local authorities in the west of Scotland could save money and head-off cutbacks by sharing some services, a new report claims

Pupils are well behaved, survey finds

A study of the views of more than 3,500 Scottish teachers has found that violence and indiscipline in the classroom is rare

Resignation 'won't affect Scottish Foundation'

Chairwoman 'dismayed that anyone should wrongly tie stepping down of Susan Rice to situation of charitable foundation'

Whitehall agrees to hand Holyrood power over airguns

A ban on airguns in Scotland moved closer after the UK government agreed to add Calman recommendations on gun law to White Paper

Scotland failing to tackle obesity in young

Only a small minority of Scottish parents ensure that their children take enough exercise, a report by the British Heart Foundation finds

Scottish invention promises power revolution

A new, efficient, light and robust electricity generator invented in Scotland offers a major step forward in renewable energy

SNP ‘running scared’ over alcohol Bill

Minimum price on alcohol won’t be set until Bill makes its way through Parliament, MSPs told