Severin Carrell

Climate campaigners have urged a Scottish court to cancel the licence to drill the UK's largest untapped oilfield, arguing it will cause “sizeable” and unjustified damage to the planet.

International festival’s director says Scottish Ballet production is part of lineup that will challenge perspectives

Wildlife charities have condemned a decision by Scotland's nature conservation agency to water down a new law designed to combat the illegal killing of birds of prey.

Councils, politicians and campaigners hope a ‘tourist tax’ would raise money to fund services in areas affected by high visitor numbers

Millions of tourists to the UK could soon be asked to pay a local visitor levy as cash-strapped councils try to raise money to fund services.

Scottish ministers are contemplating modest tax increases for the better off and plan to scrap the freeze in council tax rates as they search for extra money in this week's budget.

Scotland's first minister is leading efforts to persuade president-elect Donald Trump to exclude Scottish whisky from his plans to ratchet up tariffs on imports to the US.

Humza Yousaf, Scotland's former first minister, has announced he is to quit frontline politics at the next Scottish elections as he criticised Elon

Scotland’s former first minister to quit frontline politics and says alarm bells should be ringing over potential Musk interference

Passenger numbers on the UK’s first autonomous buses – a £6m venture over the Firth of Forth – ‘did not meet expectations’