Scottish authorities had to intervene to keep deer numbers down at a Sutherland estate after the overpopulated animals ...

A video showing a man playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer was widely shared on social media this week, after ...

A campaigner has made the first estimate of the total number of cleaner fish that have died while grazing lice on farmed ...

“Now is the moment to act,” Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot urged the SNP faithful gathered in Aberdeen at the party’s conference back in October. He had been introduced by first minister John ...

A member of a white supremacist fight club who posed with weapons and performed the Nazi salute is an activist ...

A dozen Scots politicians, including two government ministers, were wined and dined by companies at a £200 per head dinner ...

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Plans for a vital new care home on the north coast were changed after Scotland’s richest man complained it ...

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Unsafe levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but officials insist water quality remains high.

A long-serving member of the board of Scotland’s environment watchdog is also a director at a North Sea oil ...

The UK government’s nuclear safety watchdog has criticised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for hiding efforts to ensure the ...