A CHARITY boss who stole £86,000 from the cancer foundation set up in memory of her best pal’s daughter is enjoying trips home from jail — just five months into a three-year sentence. Lindsay ...

On Monday, First Minister John Swinney pledged his government would reduce NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

A male inmate who claims to be transgender filed a lawsuit Sunday against President Donald Trump, alleging that his ...

Anas Sarwar had earlier referred to Mr Swinney’s self-applied nickname of “full-on John”, and it does reflect the bullish ...

plus the Edinburgh derby are among six more Scottish Premiership matches that will be shown live on Sky Sports. St Johnstone - who are currently eight points adrift at the bottom - host 11th-place ...

Why missed GPs' appointments have a lesson for Scotland's criminal justice system Prison violence 'out-of-control' as 250 staff assaulted in Scotland every year The big-hearted 'Saughton Santa ...

Overall, HMIPS said it produced a “very positive inspection report” on HMP Dumfries which was “a credit to management and staff”. A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson said: “We welcome the chief ...

Scottish Prison Service Polmont Young Offenders' Institution ... He said he went to university in Edinburgh to "get away from it all" and make a fresh start but grief got in the way of making ...

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HealthCare in Mind, a new dedicated service offering private autism, ADHD and mental health assessment treatments and therapies, has launched in Edinburgh to improve access to high quality mental ...