The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

The defunct mine shaft was discovered in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, once a coal town. A member of the residents' family later found that they had received a letter from the former Coal Authority ...

A SCOTTISH family’s home has been made safe after a “void” caused by the collapse of a 120-metre deep mine shaft was found underneath ...

Work is under way to create what has been described as Europe's largest battery storage project at Coalburn in South Lanarkshire. Developers say the two huge neighbouring battery farms - one at the ...

Former Scottish coal mining communities are to share in an £11 million windfall from a new wind farm development. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between REG Greenburn Limited ...

First Minister John Swinney had pledged his government will bring down NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

Developers say the two huge neighbouring battery farms - one at the site of a former opencast coal mine ... that it was ending mining there along with five other sites in Scotland.

Grangemouth closure a ‘shining example of how not to do anything’, MPs told - Just Transition Commissioner Richard Hardy ...

Just as we must hold the SNP’s feet to the fire over the state of the NHS, we should welcome signs that ministers are at ...

An £800 million deal which will create two further battery energy storage sites in Scotland – each of which are the largest in Europe – has been hailed as “formidable” by First Minister John Swinney.

He said Coalburn 1, situated on the site of a former opencast coal mine, is “emblematic” of the journey Scotland has got to make. Ms Martin acknowledged some communities near potential sites ...