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Dementia care call issued as figures show rise in number of under-65s treated

Call-out figures prompt demands for emergency services to be 'properly equipped'

Billions of pounds in social security payments going unclaimed each year

Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher dies days after heart attack

House of Fraser employee found dead in Edinburgh store

First Minister calls for 2017 to be 'turning point' against intolerance

SNP questions why 'zombie department' Scotland Office needs extra money

School cutbacks 'put teaching of most vulnerable at risk'

Woman dies after falling on Edinburgh bus

Queensferry Crossing "nearing completion and on schedule to open May next year"

Female binge drinkers unfairly stigmatised by media, study finds

Tories find over 10% of patients had to be treated outside their health board in the last year

Scottish teachers 'take 500,000 days off for mental health reasons'

Politicians 'losing sight of challenges facing NHS in Scotland

Shoppers queue from 2am for bargains in post-Christmas sales

Driver-less electric cars "could eradicate air pollution in 10 years"

Storm Conor sweeps in with snow and 80mph winds

Hairdresser in court accused of deliberately infecting partners with HIV

Woodland Trust announces push to recycle Christmas cards for planting of trees

Ministers face calls for fox-hunting legislation to be strengthened

Economy Secretary attacks failure to give position on single market membership

Energy Efficiency campaigners call for more investment

Rural projects to benefit from £60million of funding

Figures show 8% increase in number of people homeless at Christmas

Hundreds of jobs to be created with 20 new Co-op stores planned

Energy efficiency campaigners call for further investment

Police Scotland losing 'swathes' of experienced officers, Tories warn

Travellers urged to check weather conditions as Storm Conor descends

Proud parents celebrate arrival of Christmas babies

Man discovered dead outside house in Dunblane

Cancer Survivors happy to get after-care from non-specialists, study finds

Power restored to 21,000 homes after Storm Barbara battering

Christmas Eve severe weather warnings as Storm Barbara batters Britain

Political leaders unite to praise Christmas workers

Edinburgh-based fashion firm Ness calls in administrators

Fashion firm Ness calls in administrators