Mark Macaskill

Audiences attending Scottish Ballet's production of Cinderella will not know if the lead will be played by a man or a woman until the curtain goes up after the company gave its version of the classic fairytale a dramatic twist.

A boy testified he saw the murder in 1996, but police did not believe him.

A kayaker who raised the alarm over the plight of Britain's loneliest sheep has finally met the animal she helped save.

The SNP has been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” by opposition politicians as new figures suggested a slump in the amount of legislation being passed.

Plight of Fiona who was rescued from deserted Scottish beach to raise awareness of issues among farmers

Mark Macaskill The operator of the Flying Scotsman and Hogwarts Express could be forced to change locks on its trains after losing a High Court battle.

A freeze on government funding for mental health in Scotland has been criticised by campaigners in the wake of the SNP's controversial budget

Former first minister Alex Salmond has claimed that Scotland is “moving politically backwards” as he hit out at both the Scottish Government and the SNP.

A transgender woman who heads a Scottish rape charity has been accused of presiding over a “heresy hunt” against a former employee who expressed gender-critical beliefs.

Fears for patient safety were raised by inspectors after an accident and emergency unit at a Glasgow hospital was found “often operating at over 250 per cent capacity”.