The Scottish government has turned down an appeal after plans for a crematorium were rejected by Aberdeenshire councillors.

Scottish Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes urged the UK Government to ‘consider what more they can do’ for workers at ...

John Swinney has said he is “open” to a grooming gangs inquiry after a survivor wrote to him urging an investigation be ...

Westminster is “sleepwalking into the deindustrialisation of Scotland”, Stephen Flynn has warned, as he clashed with a ...

Hundreds of staff have been told their jobs are at risk with the Fife Ethylene Plant in Mossmorran due to close in February.

Aberdeenshire Council’s refusal to grant planning permission to a crematorium project has been upheld by the Scottish ...

One exciting prospect, on which a government decision is awaited, could see a return to whole aircraft manufacturing at Prestwick Airport, where the Jetstream and Bulldog were built in bygone decades.

UK ministers have privately accused ExxonMobil of failing to engage constructively during months of negotiations aimed at ...

US oil giant ExxonMobil is shutting down a major British chemical plant after accusing ministers of accelerating the decline of heavy industry. On Tuesday, the company said it planned to close a ...

Moray Council stands by the Applegrove site for the new Forres Academy despite concerns over traffic, flooding and loss of green space.

"Where there are clear and direct conflicts with key policy principles, the default position must be one of refusal ...

Higher Education Minister Ben Macpherson has indicated the Scottish Government could try to bring together the two sides in the dispute over cuts and job losses at Edinburgh University.