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Rona Lindsay, left, could hardly walk because of drug and alcohol addiction but has since rebuilt her life with help from Edinburgh Recovery Activities and its Monday morning boot camp

Addiction is lonely and the support of good people is vital to beat it

Rona Lindsay describes how she managed to escape drug and alcohol addiction and how she now works he...

Constance: Scotland will be better served with two mainland NHS boards

The Scottish Government is planning to cut the number of NHS boards on the mainland to just two.

Even sparklers can be dangerous if not treated with care.

Firework Safety: Ensure your Bonfire Night doesn't end in disaster

Follow these simple tips and celebrate this November in safety.

Warning signs are all red about effects of digital world on children Dr Sohail Bhatti

Why SNP should be terrified by NHS's latest 'normalised horror story'

Royal College warns that hospital emergency departments ‘are at risk of collapse’ and ‘lives are at ...

How AI is helping this Scottish hospital care for you

Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital introduces new AI assisted MRI and CT scanners, improv...

Scottish doctors back NHS report warning over school iPad use

What is Nurosym? The wellness device featured in Netflix’s Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

What is Nurosym and how does the wearable wellness device work?

Ad Feature Scottish hearing specialists celebrate city opening of fifth clinic

Nurosym's earpiece has helped people relieve various symptoms

This unusual earpiece claims to help with anxiety, fatigue and pain

The Scottish government has been criticised for a failure to bring forward action to tackle alcohol-related deaths

Exclusive SNP under fire for failing to tackle alcohol deaths amid drugs focus

(left to right) Rhonda Hendry, Pre-Pregnancy Midwife at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Chelsea Turrell and Christian Horn with son Rainbow Reg and Alyssa Ely-Cook from Abi Cooling Cots Family Liaison Coordinator with Abigail's Footsteps

Couple donate cooling cots to Glasgow hospital in memory of baby son

The event at Dunblane Hydro will raise money to help children like Poppy Louden, from Glasgow, who have the rare neurodevelopmental disorder Rett Syndrome.

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month: Dunblane Hydro hosts fundraising event

David Linden MSP

SNP MSP not named on baby loss certificate as he lives in Scotland

Synthetic opioids have contributed to Scotland's increased number of annual drug deaths

Exclusive SNP ministers slammed over no questions on 'UK's first nitazene lab'

We are providing unsafe care even before winter, says Scots A&E doctor

The review is expected to conclude in July 2027. Picture: PA

Independent review into Scotland's maternity services gets underway

How hospital's play team transforms care for young cancer patients

A decade ago, 12-hour waits at A&E were rare, now they are commonplace (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Slow death of the NHS is an existential threat to the SNP Scotsman comment

Health secretary Angela Constance

Scotland's Maternity Crisis - We will listen and learn Angela Constance

The series of failings have been described as a ‘damning indictment’. Picture: PA

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Series of failings 'deeply concerning'

Julie Keegan and Angus McLean lost their three day old son, Mason, after a series of failings in his care under NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Mother fights for answers over baby death

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: A week-long investigation looks at the failings, the heartbreak and the improvements needed to Scotland's maternity system

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Commissioner proposes key changes

Nearly 500 serious adverse events were recorded across Scotland's maternity and neonatal services over the past three years. Picture: Adobe Stock

Exclusive Nearly 500 serious incidents in maternity units in past three years

There has been a sharp increase in the number of complaints about maternity and neonatal services, figures obtained by The Scotsman show. Picture: Getty

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Surge in complaints about maternity care

Scotland's Maternity Crisis - The changes patients want to see

A Daily Mile runner races across the Old Course.

WATCH: Hundreds of children take part in Daily Mile at Home of Golf

Monday 7th September 2026 The Scotsman Maternity Series -Lori-Mark Quate

Lori-Mark Quate, he lost his wife, Jacqui Hunter, and their stillborn daughter, Olivia.

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Questions remain over drug overdose

Lori-Mark Quate and his late wife Jacqui, who died along with the couple's baby daughter, Olivia, in childbirth. Picture: Daniel Rannoch.

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Husband slams inaction over wife's death

Hundreds of women have been forced to attend different hospitals than they wanted due to services being placed on ‘divert’, with many having to go to maternity units in entirely different health board areas. Picture: PA

Exclusive Hundreds of women turned away by maternity services placed on 'divert'

Turning Point Scotland is well-respected for its services, with Prince William and Catherine providing their royal seal of approval on a visit to a centre in Coatbridge in 2021 (Picture: Phil Noble/WPA pool)

How can SNP allow closure of rehab facility amid drug-deaths crisis? Tom Wood

The scale of the unfilled midwifery shifts across Scottish maternity and neonatal services has been branded 'staggering. Picture: PA

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Nearly 40,000 midwifery shifts unfilled

Jaki Lambert, director of the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland. Picture: RCM

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Safe staffing is desperately needed Jaki Lambert

Exclusive Grieving families say maternity probe an 'insult' and 'waste of time'

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: A series exposing national failings

Julie Keegan fears an independent review of maternity services could end up being 'an absolute insult' (Picture: Craig Meighan)

SNP must act over parents' fears maternity review will be pointless Scotsman comment

A protest over the number of drug deaths in Scotland, which has had the highest rate in Europe for years, outside the Scottish Parliament in July 2022 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

11,000 dead in a decade: The high price of incompetent politicians Susan Dalgety

Colonsay: no shortage of blue space

Are Scotland’s blue spaces its greatest untapped resource?

Ad Feature Expert advice on new smile correction care

Drugs minister Maree Todd may regret claiming that 'we are making progress' as new figures showed an increase in Scotland's drug-deaths (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Party politics has no place in tackling shameful drug-deaths crisis Scotsman comment

Synthetic opioids have contributed to Scotland's increased number of annual drug deaths

Exclusive Why so many men are being killed by Scotland's drug deaths crisis

Scotland's drug deaths have increased by 11 per cent in the space of a year

Scotland's drug deaths increase as cocaine and nitazenes fuel crisis

Switzerland and Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka is under investigation regarding an incorrect Covid vaccination certificate. Cr: Getty Images.

Switzerland land blow as captain exits squad amid Covid investigation

Hundreds of children lose a parent to drugs every year (Picture posed by model)

Why children are the forgotten victims of Scotland’s drug-death crisis Justina Murray

Ian Alexander with his wife Kathleen and sons Sonny, six, and Ollie, four

Father who had transplant honours donor’s memory through football

Cyclists urged to wear masks to cut intake of dangerous pollution

Back left to right is Professor Anna Glasier, strategic political adviser Amy Callaghan, women’s health strategic adviser Jessica Wilson, supported self-management facilitator Jude Murray, and clinical adviser Dr Amy Small, and front from left is Jennie Glennie, Angela Bradley and Jane-Claire Judson.

Scottish women dying because doctors do not take them seriously

Cycling is just one of several ways to embrace 'active travel' (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Has Scotland passed major milestone on path to being a healthy nation? Scotsman comment

Discover the mattress designed to cool down those night flushes

New Health customers are not tied to a subscription or long-term contract, giving them greater flexibility over their treatment.

What side effects do people suffer on weight loss drugs?

An Aedes cantans mosquito caught by the Mosquito Scotland team in a forest in Scotland

Exclusive Why Scotland should prepare for more tropical, mosquito-borne diseases

Ross Murdoch has been nominated for the pharmacist award at Scotland's Health Awards 2026.

Scotland’s Health Awards 2026: Pharmacists delivering life-saving care

Elizabeth Crammond, Katie Lyon and Edward Corrie have spoken out about their experiences with miscarriage

Women speak out over'unbearable' miscarriage delays in Scotland

John Swinney's Programme for Government pledged a radical reduction in NHS bureaucracy (Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA pool)

Are SNP's plans to cut NHS health boards already starting to unravel? Scotsman comment

First Minister John Swinney has fired the starting gun on reshaping Scotland's public services

Swinney admits SNP's health and social care integration has 'failed'

Eligible adults can explore New Health’s weight-management service online and decide whether it feels right for them.

How to know you’re suitable for private weight management treatment?

Some of the campaigners outside the Eljamel public inquiry in Edinburgh.

Eljamel inquiry: NHS 'knew more than they were letting on'

Elderly people who go into hospital are finding themselves trapped there because of a lack of social care (Picture: Cate Gillon)

State of social care is a scandal that belies 'cradle to grave' boast Scotsman comment

Pamela Ferrie of herself with her 11-year-old daughter Alyssa Ferrie

Girl, 11, able to start high school after pioneering heart surgery

Trish Gordon playing bridge

Doctor with brain tumour says card game helped her return to medicine

New air ambulances end ‘heartbreaking’ child-parent separation

Exclusive John Swinney signals social care shake-up as boards could face axe

Amy Martin is one of the people nominated for the young achiever award at Scotland's Health Awards 2026.

Scotland's Health Awards 2026: Best and brightest of NHS recognised

New Health offers clinician-led weight management designed to fit around everyday life, without the need for in-person appointments.

What private weight management treatments are available without NHS?

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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