Thousands of jobs in the North Sea are being put at risk because the Government is driven by “zealotry”, the Conservatives have said. Shadow environment minister Andrew Bowie said the Government will ...

Archaeologists working for local authorities are charged with the protection of 90 per cent of Scotland’s historical and archaeological sites - but numbers of staff continue to fall.

Local tax rates have been frozen or capped for much of the last 20 years, but look set to increase.

But each of Scotland's 32 councils set different term dates, and it's not always easy to know exactly which days the schools ...