A nurse who almost died after contracting ebola is in a serious condition in hospital after the virus reactivated.

Gritty Glasgow, more known for grime and deep-fried chocolate, also has a sophisticated side, discovers Pam Wade.

Paul Davies stands atop Bidean nam Bian pleased to bag a Munro and learn four new words to describe rain.

Anne Gibson checks in at the Mercure Inverness, gateway to Scotland's Highlands.

Edinburgh's epic Festival Fringe brings out the best in this beautiful ancient city, discovers Stephen Jewell.

Anne Gibson checks into the stylish Hotel ibis Styles in Edinburgh, where the carpet teaches her to speak Scots.

A crew member on a bin lorry that killed six Christmas shoppers in Scotland punched the unconscious driver as it careered across a busy square and screamed, "You're killing people, Harry", an inquiry has heard.

Nicola Sturgeon, the most senior politician in Scotland, is leading the drive for Scottish independence and even appeared on The Daily Show.

Fresh from a landslide victory at the general election, former Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond declared that Scotland was closer than ever to separating from the UK.

Scotland has become a virtual one-party state following an astonishing performance from the SNP that saw the party win an astonishing 56 of the 59 seats available in the country.

Mhairi Black is 20 years old and has become UK's youngest MP in more than 300 years after inflicting humiliating defeat on Labour Party's chief strategist.

Senior Labour figures rounded on Ed Miliband over his "complacency" in Scotland as a poll found that the Scottish National Party is on course to win every seat north of the border.

Google has used its Street View cameras to search for the Loch Ness Monster - and one picture in particular will attract the attention of Nessie hunters.

Police have detained a 21-year-old as part of the investigation into missing Glasgow student Karen Buckley.

As a way to observe the wilds of Scotland, it's hard to beat the magic of rail travel, writes Anthony Lambert.

Och, witch room? Clash of the tartans and a wee dram later, Kevin Pilley is still deciding.

Resembling a fierce ancestor of the Loch Ness monster, the first fossil of a shark-like reptile has been found.

Gary Anderson might have just defeated the best-ever arrow thrower and landed a £250,000 cheque but he plans to celebrate with little extravagance.

Fears are growing for the lives of eight crewmen after a cargo ship overturned off the north coast of Scotland.

Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a Tory MP throttled a young boy to death during a depraved sex party in the 1970s and that two other boys were killed by a VIP paedophile ring.

More than 80 years after the first modern sighting of Nessie, has the monster made a comeback?

All Black star Richie McCaw should swap the silver fern for the thistle, according to genealogy researchers.

Daniel Carter doesn't know whether he did enough in Edinburgh to merit another start in Cardiff this week.

Whether its an 18-year-old Scotch or a fancy cocktail, you'll be spoiled for choice in Edinburgh, says Paul Davies.

A travel-mad Scot has picked New Zealand as the starting spot for his 18,000km cycle-for-charity tour.

A New Zealand woman and her missing camera will be reunited - four years after it went missing in the Scottish wilderness.