Police Scotland confirmed on Friday that they had escalated their investigation into two complaints of sexual harassment against Alex Salmond into a full-blown inquiry.

Education Secretary John Swinney has been warned the Scottish Government’s £5 million tax grab on private schools would “jeopardise” employment and investment at a “precarious” time for the economy.

Australia and Scotland’s FinTech businesses are perfectly game, set and matched under new initiative

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Anne Robson woke up on Friday to a clutch of birthday cards from friends and family but it was the gilt-edged card from the Queen that especially tickled her.

Andy Webster strode out of school with a bundle of Highers and had university keeping a place for him if the football hadn’t worked out. Of course it did work out but, as one of Scotland’s hottest young talents, his idea of downtime was studying psychology. Now, as a reserve team coach, he’s reached the Masters stage of his degree in Sports and Business Management.

This afternoon sees the highlight of the shinty season at Mossfield Park in Oban when Lovat and Newtonmore 
meet in the Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup final.

Arnaud Djoum was thrilled to see John Souttar perform so well on recent Scotland duty and not just because he is a team-mate and a friend.