Graham Grant

John Swinney started 2025 in supplicant mode - begging for the help of his enemies to approve the SNP 's Budget.

Scots are less 'positive' about the BBC than viewers in other parts of the UK because of the country's 'polarised society', the boss of the BBC in Scotland has claimed.

A £2.3million 'shooting gallery' where drug-users can inject their own heroin and cocaine will fuel addiction and overdose deaths, it was warned yesterday.

The centre, the first in the UK, is aimed at ensuring addicts have medical back-up on hand when they take class A drugs, rather than risking overdose on the street.

Once Scotland's premier power couple, the unravelling of their 15-year marriage brings to an end an extraordinary partnership - but perhaps the greatest surprise is that it endured for so long.

Peter Murrell was once the most unsackable man in Scottish politics - well, it helped being married to the First Minister.

The sister of a child abuse survivor last night claimed a statutory inquiry was '100 per cent to blame' for his suspected suicide after publishing his name online.

Michelle Stewart was 17 when she was subjected to the 'premeditated and savage' assault minutes from her home in Drongan, Ayrshire

By GRAHAM GRANT HOME AFFAIRS EDITORIAL FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL |

It's the first week of 'full-on John' Swinney following his David Brent-style reinvention - when he promised us a new beginning.