There are few villages in Scotland more steeped in history than Scone.

Nicola Sturgeon is about to set off to knock on doors around the deprived Glasgow suburb of Easterhouse when she is distracted by a loud shriek from across the street.

Ministers are under pressure to explain how they would respond if Scots vote for independence.

In the two-year Scottish referendum campaign, Whitehall and Westminster have been in denial about the prospect of Scotland voting Yes to independence.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic intervention in the Scottish independence battle.

The "Yes" campaign fighting for Scottish independence took a shock lead in the polls last night just 11 days before the country's referendum.

The death of a teenager who drowned in a disused quarry in Scotland may be linked to the ice bucket challenge craze.

The city's knuckly notoriety no longer applies. Tourists come now for a laugh. And, as Ewan McDonald found on his pilgrimage - of arts, culture and fitba' - there's plenty.

Summer is festival time in Edinburgh, and thousands of visitors descend on the Scottish capital to see some of the best new talent in arts and entertainment.

The Robertson twins' coming out party at the Commonwealth Games began with a bronze and ended with a blast.

Ten reasons to visit Glasgow, the number one UK destination "on the rise" by TripAdvisor, and the third best destination in the UK, in the 2013 Travellers' Choice Destinations.

Thousands of Lego building sets, including plastic cutlasses, dragons and daisies, have begun turning up on Cornwall beaches, 17 years after they were lost at sea.

Ewan McDonald stays at the Malmaison, a former "house of negotiable affection" in Edinburgh.

Scotland's property market, already lagging behind, has developed another obstacle for investors: the possibility of Britain breaking up.

A Scottish Rudolf Steiner preschool teacher has been denied another temporary work visa by Immigration New Zealand because he is taking the job of a New Zealander.

Three people were killed when a car careered into spectators at a road rally.

A blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools yesterday, damaging a historic building designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

It is a story that has been around since the sixth century, but businesses in the Highlands will look at the Loch Ness Monster with extra interest next month as they hear how to exploit the economic potential of the legend.

The elusive Loch Ness Monster has reportedly been spotted on Apple Maps.

Ewan McDonald cops a serve in Detective Inspector Rebus' favourite watering-hole.

They lied, they're still lying, and they'll go on lying until Libya calms down enough to allow a thorough search of its archives, writes Gwynne Dyer.

An independent Scotland would find it extremely difficult if not impossible to join the European Union, the President of the European Commission has warned.

The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has appeared in court today charged with the boy's murder, prosecutors said.