A FORGOTTEN cemetery in Tuscany where two prominent 18th-century Scots are buried is in danger of falling to ruin unless urgent action is taken, claim Italian campaigners.

Scottish researchers are ­moving closer to finding new ways of diagnosing and treating patients with debilitating bowel conditions.

IT WAS a salacious scandal that rocked the upper echelons of 19th-century Edinburgh society to the core. Two female teachers at an exclusive boarding school for girls had their careers ruined after being accused by a pupil of having an affair.

ALEX Salmond was at the centre of a row over freedom of speech last night, after he failed to condemn pro-independence protesters for preventing Ukip leader Nigel Farage putting his party’s case in Scotland.

It has been a turbulent feud over wind turbines, which has set the scion of one of Scotland’s most distinguished landowning families against the owner of a neighbouring country estate, the Edinburgh financier Peter de Vink.

THE debate over gay ministers will strengthen the Church of Scotland a leading advocate of the move has insisted, following criticism from the Free Kirk.

A MASSIVE sculpture inspired by America’s history of capital punishment is to become the latest feature at Scotland’s multi-million-pound sculpture park.

ALLOWING teenagers going through puberty even a little alcohol could increase their chances of becoming heavy drinkers in later life, according to a new report.

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to change its policy of having only single rooms in new hospitals following concerns about the negative effects on patients.

THE first baby in the world born using a revolutionary IVF technique which greatly increases the chances of success is to be delivered in Scotland next month.

A LEADING heart hospital has defended the quality of its ­surgery after figures appeared to show high mortality rates.

SCOTTISH scientists have developed a new technique for detecting potentially-fatal bootleg whisky.

A FORMER prisoner of war camp which once held some of Hitler’s crack SS troops could be given a new lease of life - as a temporary home for the army of volunteers at next year’s Ryder Cup clash in Scotland.

THE partner of a convicted drug dealer was “terrified for her daughter” when she learned he had gone to the police following a house fire in which three people died, a court has heard.

An archaeological survey on the famous Scots isle of Iona – where St Columba landed 1450 years ago to spread Christianity in Scotland – has shown signs of ancient burials.

SCOTLAND’S right to keep the pound after independence was at the heart of fiery exchanges between Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Secretary Michael Moore last night.

THE mother of a Scottish soldier who died at an Army barracks has revealed that her decade-long quest to find out what happened has left her bankrupt.

A CANCER drug tested on patients in Edinburgh has been found to significantly improve the treatment of the most common type of adult leukaemia.

THE number of young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has rocketed in the past 20 years, according to new research.

THE number of women committing crime in Glasgow ­remains stubbornly high, despite a fall elsewhere in the country, new figures show.