Maintenance staff at the health board at the centre of the pigeon disease death scandal have been significantly reduced in recent years, it has been revealed.

The SNP Government have come under fire this week over their unwillingness the publish the findings and recommendations over the DPEA Report into the Inchcape application at the site of the former Cockenzie Power Station.

Staff shortages in Scotland’s NHS are jeopardising a £100 million plan to diagnose and treat cancer better, a damning report has found.

The Scottish Conservatives have accused the First Minister of double standards over her ducking and diving on the Alex Salmond affair.

The Scottish Parliament is to launch an inquiry into the handling of, and fall-out from, sexual harassment complaints against former First Minister Alex Salmond.

In a letter to the East Lothian Courier, ELCUA Chairman Tim Jackson hails the benefits to East Lothian of the Edinburgh and South of Scotland City Region Deal.

In his column for the East Lothian Courier, Councillor Lachlan Bruce highlights a great opportunity for communities.

The latest escalation in the SNP’s civil war only greatens the need for a Holyrood inquiry into the handling of the Alex Salmond harassment complaints, the Scottish Conservatives have said.

Nicola Sturgeon must answer intensifying questions over her involvement in the Alex Salmond probe - specifically why she chose to meet the former First Minister just weeks before the case against him was made public.