Does the Humza Yousaf enjoy the full confidence of the First Minister? I ask this question because the Justice Minister had a difficult week and, with bad news about Scotland’s pubic services emerging almost daily, Nicola Sturgeon does not need one of her Cabinet Secretaries demonstrating he is unfit for the particular office he holds.

A train driver who has been suspended after testing positive for drugs failed another ScotRail drugs test eight years ago, The Scotsman can reveal.

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Flagship plans to transform Scotland’s NHS and social care to meet the needs of future generations are floundering over a lack of leadership, MSPs warn in a report out today.

Aberdeen defeated Rangers 1-0 at Hampden yesterday in the second Betfred Cup semi-final of the day, thanks to Lewis Ferguson’s 79th-minute winner.

One player more than any other on the pitch last night would have grown up dreaming of scoring in a cup semi-final at Hampden with Rangers involved. Lewis Ferguson would never have believed then that when that moment came it would be to skewer the hopes that his boyhood Ibrox club had of ending seven years without major silverware.

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes believes his team are “absolutely” capable of ending Celtic’s current monopoly of Scottish football silverware by winning the Betfred Cup final at Hampden on 2 December.