With summer approaching, and new research revealing that a third of all travellers are seeking activities in the great outdoors, VisitScotland ...

All pensioners in Scotland with an income of less than £35,000 will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Scottish Government has said.

At 13%, Scots were more satisfied with their lot than those in Wales, where 15% were said to be below the line, but not as happy as people in Northern Ireland, where the cut-off point was 12%.

Greens activist and former oil and gas worker Guy Ingerson will stand against the party grandee in a selection contest.