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Terror attacks show need for police merger, says First Minister

West Lothian station set to be first in Scotland to close in 31 years

SNP MP condemns decision to hand peerage to defeated Tory candidate

Search completed after report of suspicious man in ERI

Green light for Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management to join forces

Holyrood to vote on scrapping time bar for abuse survivors.

Royal Highland Show opens today

College student numbers down to lowest level since 2006/7

Sir Billy Connolly awarded honourary degree in Glasgow

David Davis urged to restart Brexit meetings between devolved governments

Former Hibs Chris Killen admits sexually assaulting woman

Pet-loving children less likely to display animal cruelty, research finds

Edinburgh International Film Festival gets underway with UK debut of Gods Own Country

Vote to be held on plan to end ban on tail docking for dogs

Improving productivity could add £25bn to economy, CBI Scotland report says

Scottish Government criticised for response to Freedom of Information requests

Child benefit top-up backed as social security powers devolved

Working parents urged to go home on longest day of year

Reports of children being emotionally abused in Scotland have 'soared', according to NSPCC report

Scholarship fund in memory of MND campaigner Gordon Aikman seeking applications

Figures show alcohol-related death rates six times higher in poorest areas

Jo Swinson elected new Lib Dem deputy leader

No Scottish council high-rise flats have same cladding as Grenfell Tower

Points-based immigration system could help Scotland, academics report

Ministers publish ‘named person’ scheme information sharing measures

Arlene Foster letter to Scottish Government on same-sex marriage disclosed

Liam Fee death case review finds "missed opportunities across services"

Scottish football sex abuse review moves on to information-gathering stage

Independence plans statement 'likely' before Holyrood recess

HSBC creating 500 new jobs in Scotland

Former Scotland rugby star Doddie Weir battling motor neurone disease

Man charged after gun fired at house in Dalkeith

Queensferry Crossing to open to traffic in August

Fire crews rescue three women from tenement blaze

‘Reckless’ Air Tax reduction plans criticised by Lib Dems

Andy Murray 'to donate Aegon Championships prize money to Grenfell Tower fund'