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Patients in Scotland will be encouraged to take part in “virtual clinics” as part of a drive to relieve pressure on the service.

The UK’s largest recycling plant for construction and demolition waste has opened in West Lothian.

Today has proved a great day for Scotland’s renewables industry.

Funding of £350,000 has been announced as part of an action plan to get more parents involved in schools.

The Chancellor has been warned by the SNP not to raise taxes on the oil industry following a recovery in North Sea output.

The use of mesh implants in the Scottish health service should stop, a parliamentary report has concluded.

Last week I learned a humbling lesson: never describe anyone as a “pawn” unless you understand the rules of chess. I made the passing remark about a certain Michelle Mone, in light of her 19-year-old daughter Bethany’s involvement in Channel Four’s latest excursion into poverty porn, Born Famous.

We must heed the words of leading Scottish consultant Dr Peter Bennie, head of BMA Scotland, as he quits the NHS over workload and stress.

Almost two-thirds of Scots would back the establishment of community schools with no religious observance, according to a new survey.

Sir Billy Connolly’s wife has blasted Sir Michael Parkinson for claiming that the comedian was no longer able to recognise him due to failing health.

VULNERABLE people needing social care packages in Edinburgh can only get them if support is withdrawn or cut for someone else, councillors have been warned.

TORIES have blasted the city’s SNP-Labour administration after it emerged the council’s Brexit working group has not met in the past year despite frequent comments from senior councillors on the impact quitting the EU will have on the Capital.

Scotland’s largest teaching union has backed plans by parents to boycott standardised testing for primary one pupils, amid concerns that the exams are putting unnecessary stress on four and five- year-olds.

TV’s history of exploiting hardship tells residents of Bridgeton they have good cause to fear the impact of Bethany Mone’s visit, writes Dani Garavelli.

House prices per square metre have risen 20% in the last five years with properties in west and central Scotland seeing the highest increases, according to new research.

The first of 26 upgraded InterCity trains has arrived in Edinburgh and will get to work in the coming weeks, according to ScotRail.

A contact lens has been removed by doctors from a Scottish woman’s eye, almost 30 years since it is thought to have fallen out.

The price structure for Edinburgh’s first cycle hire scheme has been revealed.

A council is to offer free sanitary products in all of its public buildings as part of a drive to tackle “period poverty”.