The development will see a ‘sympathetic’ 430sqm extension added to the east wing of Dumfries House in Cumnock, East Ayrshire.

The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of snow and ice for the whole of Scotland on Tuesday.

The University and College Union has called on senior staff at Aberdeen, Stirling, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde to rule out compulsory redundancies.

Visitors are also expected to seek quieter alternatives to sites such as the Fairy Pools on Skye, which are becoming ‘victims of their own virality’.

Daytime temperatures are expected to remain in the low single figures for much of the country on Saturday.

Amber snow warnings for northern Scotland and Shetland remain in place until Saturday.

The colour of bodily fluids can play a key role in diagnosing, investigating and prescribing for a wide range of medical conditions.

The display marked the culmination of an evening of festivities in the Scottish capital, which included the sold-out Hogmanay Street Party.

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

Police said the incident is not being treated as suspicious.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent nine appliances to a building on Virginia Street when the alarm was raised at 6.20pm on Saturday.

The new structure is inspired by the legend of Ghillie Dhu, a mythical being once thought to inhabit woodland near Loch a Druing in the Highlands.

University of Edinburgh staff have already walked out for nine days in 2025 in a dispute over the institution’s plans to make £140 million of cuts.

Caitlin Andrew aims to raise thousands of pounds for the charity Epilepsy Scotland.

The families of the 29 service personnel killed in the Mull of Kintyre crash are meeting government ministers for the first time on Tuesday.

A ‘certificate of correction’ was released on Thursday which amended a paragraph in the 312-page judgment.

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for very heavy and persistent rain in parts of southern and south-west Scotland on Sunday.

Thomas Craig, 48, was found guilty of attempted murder and serious assault last month over the incident on a ScotRail train in February 2024.

The nurse’s solicitor confirmed she will be appealing against an employment tribunal judgment which was published on Monday.

The last time the 1587 letter went on display people queued along George IV Bridge in Edinburgh for the chance to see it.