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It will be ices all round this Bank Holiday Weekend – but not the tasty kind that went down a treat at Easter.

A judge has criticised self-styled “paedophile catchers” who travelled to confront a man they believed to be a child predator.

Key data relating to the Scottish Government's collapsed harassment probe into Alex Salmond may already have been "deleted", the Scottish Government's top civil servant has suggested.

Secret gardens, future drinking lounges and tasting flights will be the new additions to the UK’s leading cocktail festival as Edinburgh’s best bars battle it out in a contest of cocktail creativity next month

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The “broad shoulders” of the UK helped shield Scotland from the worst impact of the oil price crash in recent years, Theresa May will tell Scots today.

Hundreds of new houses constructed by Persimmon and Bellway Homes have been branded a fire risk by BBC Watchdog Live.

The SNP has called for Gavin Williamson, who was sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May over a leak from the National Security Council (NSC), to be removed from the Privy Council, thrown out of the Conservative party and stripped of an honour.

Nicola Sturgeon has been criticsed for failing to recall her party’s six tests for introducing a new Scottish currency yesterday as she launched a government plan to increase exports over the next decade.

A homeowner claims he hasn't been able to sell his house for over a year - after neighbours built an extension that comes within inches of his 'detached' property.