The Rics Construction and Infrastructure Monitor for the last quarter pointed to a drop in the number of firms in Scotland reporting rising workloads.

The charity behind the Edinburgh International Film Festival and cinemas in the city and Aberdeen has gone bust.

More than 450 workers agreed to the deal, which will see the rise backdated to June.

Lamara Bell, 25, and John Yuill, 38, died after the car they were in left the M9 near Stirling in July 2015.

William Curtis is also accused, along with another man, of assaulting and abducting a sheriff.

It is estimated about 3,000 people in Scotland were infected with Hepatitis C through NHS blood or blood products in the 1970s through to 1991.

David Findlay, 35, of Edinburgh, sexually attacked a former partner and subjected her to physical and psychological harm, the Crown Office said.

A print of the King’s painting of Balmoral was bought at auction for £5,738 on Thursday by a private British collector.

There were farcical scenes as the Government appeared to U-turn on a threat to strip the whip from Conservative MPs if they backed a fracking ban.

Robi Lambie, coffee roaster and co-founder of Cairngorm Coffee in Edinburgh, warned of the rising costs of milk pushing up flat white prices.

The First Minister is to set out the economic case for an independent Scotland on Monday in the latest independence paper.

Tobin, who died last week, was serving life sentences for the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol.

The man at the centre of the case claims never to have been to the US, where prosecutors argue he is wanted for rape.

Ian Hamilton died earlier this month aged 97.

The King and the Queen Consort met locals in Ballater to thank them for their support after the death of Elizabeth II.

The King and Queen Consort will attend a reception to thank people involved in plans following the death of Queen Elizabeth last month.

Unique Events and Assembly Festival’s joint company has been awarded a one-year contract to run the Scottish capital’s Christmas celebrations.

Thermal attacks can occur after users type their passcode on a computer keyboard, smartphone screen or ATM keypad.

Four lawyers working on the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry have quit, it has been confirmed.

A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital after the incident in Dundee on Monday, Police Scotland said.