Votes in next year's Scottish Parliament election will be counted the next day after officials decided to abandon the tradition of tallying them overnight.

Ferguson, who has been a councillor since 2017, quit the Conservative party in summer and has sat as independent – until now.

Votes will be counted the day after the 7 May poll, instead of overnight, it has been announced.

Former Highlands and Islands MSP Mary Scanlon, who reflected on her route into politics and her time at Holyrood in an ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have scaled back its attempt to implement “pain free” restraint techniques due to the ...

The Scottish government has confirmed that the bill promising residential outdoor learning can move to stage two.

Scottish Labour urges a nationwide investigation into Scotland’s maternity and neonatal services following alarming inspection ...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland has said general practices nurses (GPNs) ‘will be waiting to see’ the ...

Scottish political leaders are to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth with a special motion of condolence at Holyrood. King Charles will be in attendance for the speeches, led by First Minister ...

The song We Hold The Future is performed by the National Youth Choir of Scotland. For the departure of The Queen, Farewell to the Creeks is performed by the Scottish Parliament’s Piper Stuart McMillan ...