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Documents show the lord advocate first informed John Swinney that Peter Murrell had been charged with embezzlement in March.

Less than a fortnight after the fire Dylan Brister drugged, raped and killed father-of-four Calum Simpson.

Ministers have released a tranche of documents after the information commissioner launched legal action.

The decision comes after years of often bitter debate over the plans for a £40m holiday park on the banks of the loch.

The first minister said the centres would ease capacity pressures on family doctors.

Unlike at Westminster, where MPs can be removed by local voters, there is no recall mechanism at Holyrood.

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said the government had already invested £1.75bn but admitted that the new data showed there was more to do.

Crimes reported to police in Scotland rose by 3% between 2024 and 2025, according to new government data.

The former prince travelled the globe as the UK's trade representative between 2001 and 2011.

Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders.

The BBC's chief content officer Kate Phillips says a slur that aired was the result of a genuine error.

New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed.

Christopher Trybus denies the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird who took her own life in 2017.

How high will temperatures reach and how long will stay mild? Darren Bett has the details.

Fighting back tears, the missing woman's NBC host daughter says they accept she may be dead.

Some graduates in England say "punishing" student loan repayments have led them to cut their hours at work.

The artist is the first female British painter to have a show in the main galleries of the Royal Academy.

His family says the actor took his own life after living with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades.

The broadcaster and actor appears in court to deny two further charges, relating to two women.

The third series of the ITV2 dating show spin-off saw six American bombshells enter halfway through.

The BBC's chief content officer Kate Phillips says a slur that aired was the result of a genuine error.

The pop star is the first woman to be named best producer since the award was created in 1977.

Nick Reiner, 32, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, after his parents were found dead in their Brentwood home in December.

This year's Bafta Film Awards had it all... A-listers, a touch of royalty, Paddington Bear - and the sun even came out, for what felt like the first time all year.

Overnight lane closures will be in place on the M90 near Balmanno Hill, north of Glenfarg, from Monday, 2nd March.

The junction of Scott Street and South Street will reopen on Monday, 23rd February after the Scott Street fire in Perth City Centre on the 14th June, 2025.

The Taymouth Burn Bridge on the A827 will be closed between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Wednesday, 4th February.

Signings include Josh Fowler, Ruari Paton and Alfie Agyeman.

The A85 between Crieff and Comrie will be subject to overnight closures from Thursday, 29th January to Tuesday, 3rd February.

Overnight lane closures will be in place on the M90 near Balmanno Hill, north of Glenfarg, from Monday, 2nd March.

The Taymouth Burn Bridge on the A827 will be closed between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Wednesday, 4th February.

The junction of Scott Street and South Street will reopen on Monday, 23rd February after the Scott Street fire in Perth City Centre on the 14th June, 2025.

The A85 between Crieff and Comrie will be subject to overnight closures from Thursday, 29th January to Tuesday, 3rd February.

Lewis Ness, a local radio presenter with Heartland FM, has been included in The Radio Academy ‘30 Under 30’,