National Grid wasn’t built for renewables — and neither were the prices

Go-ahead for Beauly-Denny power line

Decision is a ‘black day’ for Scotland’s landscape, say protestors as ministers approve 137-mile power line

Lack of capacity could gridlock the energy goldrush

Five heroin users die from anthrax, six infected

Addicts urged to stay off drug as results are awaited on another suspected case amid growing death toll

Teenager jailed for petrol murder of girlfriend

Stewart Blackburn to serve at least 21 years for killing Jessica McCagh by setting her on fire and shutting her in bedroom

Everyone must help shovel for Scotland, says Salmond

While the big freeze closes schools and causes havoc on the roads, criminals have been made to clear snow and the First Minister called on the public...

Slippery, but Scots won’t fall for it

Despite a rash of injuries at the start of the cold spell, the number of cases seen at A&E departments are normal as Scots stay out of harm’s...

John Swinney rubs salt into public’s wounds

MSPs accuse Finance Secretary of stunning complacency as council runs out of grit with more snow and ice on the way

A Times survey of how Scotland's councils are coping with the worst winter in 30 years

A Times survey of how Scotland's councils are coping with the worst winter in 30 years

Shortage of dentists a pain for 80,000 Scots

Scottish government admits waiting lists for NHS dentists in some areas are growing longer

Fury on MacAskill plan to reveal suspects’ past

Justice Secretary accused of "playing to the gallery'" as he considers if juries should be told of previous convictions in wake of lessons of Tobin...

Everyone has the right to a fair trial based on the evidence in court

Scotland ‘may slide to halt as salt runs out’

Local authorities in Scotland have begun running out of salt in the longest period of cold weather in 20 years

We were right to complain about Lockerbie prisoner pact, says SNP

The Scottish government claimed it had been fully justified in protesting that it had been kept in the dark about a UK-Libya prisoner transfer...

A sense of release

Kevin Dunion on giving power back to Scotland's people