Top stories of the week

Two or more diet drinks a day increase the risk of stroke, heart disease and the likelihood of an early death, research suggests.

The Scottish Government has blocked the release of a letter from Nicola Sturgeon to the nation’s top civil servant about its investigation into Alex Salmond, on the basis that it would prejudice his trial.

A memorial to Scottish soldiers killed in the Boer War more than a century ago has been severely damaged in a suspected hammer attack by vandals.

We may be working longer, but most of us are counting down to retirement. But planning for the golden years is crucial.

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Airline flybmi has suspended flights and is filing for administration, blaming uncertainty around Brexit.

Scotland’s top law officer has refused to reveal if Nicola Sturgeon has sought his legal advice on holding a second referendum on Scottish independence.

AN 80-year-old woman was shocked when a naked couple ran into her flat in an Edinburgh tenement and started having sex in the living room before realising they had got the wrong door.

Never mind shouting “liar” at the Prime Minister and thinking it the height of Parliamentary wit and wisdom. It was another of Ian Blackford’s bons mots that troubled me more this week, writes Brian Wilson.

Some of Scotland’s finest beaches are being polluted by sewage bacteria sticking to the surface of tiny plastic beads.