News from Scotland

Expert divers are on their way to help a humpback whale which has become entangled in rope.

An outspoken critic of US tycoon Donald Trump will stand for the Green Party at the next Holyrood elections, it has been announced.

Alex Salmond is facing calls to stop spending taxpayers' cash promoting an independence referendum.

The Government challenged Iceland and the Faroe Islands to back down in a bitter fishing dispute already dubbed the "mackerel war".

As many as 10,000 jobs across Scotland could be lost if the UK Government scraps the building of two new aircraft carriers, First Minister Alex Salmond has warned.

The First Minister said it was "not acceptable" for the UK Border Agency to withdraw police cover at a busy port.

The fiancee of a Scottish soldier killed in Afghanistan has clung tightly to their son, weeping, as they watched his body repatriated back to Britain.

The number of marriages has shown a "rare" increase, official figures have revealed.

MSPs claimed a record amount of expenses last year, with payments totalling almost £11.7 million, new figures have revealed.

The SNP has called for clarity from the UK Government on the future of two planned aircraft carriers amid fears the building programme could be scrapped.

The Government is to consult with local authorities about a possible end to the council tax freeze, Finance Secretary John Swinney has confirmed.

AFTER last week’s decision not to fund the transit pontoons in Oban Bay people are asking how the money will be spent.

WHEN Oban police constable Danny MacBeth heard that toddlers in the Soroba area of the town were ‘very unhappy’ with irresponsible dog owners and vandals ruining their play space he called in his friends to help get the problem sorted out.

ADRENALINE junkies will be riding the waves off the Isle of Tiree next month when the world’s most extreme wave sailing competition visits the island.

MANY Argyll families have been left in the lurch after the collapse of social housing contractor Connaught.

The Scottish Government has faced fresh calls to set out its spending plans for next year when £1.7 billion will be cut from its Budget.

A tartan created in honour of the Pope's visit to Scotland will be unveiled on Thursday.

Scientists have discovered how to help crops flourish in cold climates, it has been revealed.

The redrawing of Scotland's political map offers a boost to struggling Tories north of the border, a survey for the Press Association and the BBC discloses.

Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have unveiled transport plans which they said will leave a "lasting and permanent legacy" for the city.