Craig Paton

Mark Findlater, a former leader of Aberdeenshire Council, and Laurie Carnie have become the first to represent Nigel Farage's party north of the border having recently left the Tories.

Primary schools and nurseries have faced disruption since last week.

The Chancellor will lay out her Budget on Wednesday.

Scotland's pause on puberty blockers was not driven by ideology, the country's top doctor has said.

The First Minister was speaking ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s statement outlining her tax and spending plans.

Scots sheep farmer Tim Eagle, who is also a Conservative MSP, says Labour's plans could cripple farming families all across Scotland and spell the end of the family farm as we know it

· 3-min read Scotland's First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis.

The cash was taken from the agriculture budget to ease the cost-of-living crisis in Scotland.

Ministerial cars are not “free taxis to the football”, Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said as he hit out at Health Secretary Neil Gray.

It comes as Health Secretary Neil Gray prepares to make a statement after being taken in an official vehicle to three Aberdeen games.