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The chief executive of Scotland's smallest council will get £32,000 extra next year, a 24% rise.

Grant Hunter, 34, shot Marc Webley at the Anchor Inn in Granton on New Year's Eve 2023 after he taunted his rivals.

BMA Scotland says ministers went back on a pay agreement but Health Secretary Neil Gray says it is a "fair, affordable, equitable pay offer".

Kirsty Grandison is using social media to share her experience of caring for her severely brain damaged son.

Three friends returned to Chile to finish a leg of a 17,000-mile cycling trip they did in 1985.

Supporters will be able to buy alcoholic drinks at the game against Kilmarnock next month.

Emergency services are trying to round up the birds after their trailer overturned near Dunblane.

Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

There has been a jump in flu cases detected in Scotland over the last week, official figures show.

Unlike Westminster, Holyrood does not have a mechanism allowing constituents to recall their representatives.

Bakkafrost Scotland says a "very small" number of fish were in a site that had been declared fallow.

The first minister met Mr Bayoh's family a month after the judge leading the inquiry into his death in police custody stood down.

The accused's legal team requested to delay the trial over his role in the murder of 270 people in the 1988 bombing.

McGill's Buses has been given a final warning by Richard Turfitt and told the problems had "severely tarnished" the reputation of two subsidiary companies.

Robert Best, 50, was discovered near High Mathernock Farm in Kilmacolm at about 09:20 on Tuesday

The incident was first reported about 03:10 on Wednesday.

Eastern Airways had operated the subsidised flights before it entered administration.

NHS Lothian has been ordered to assess the risk of ligature points in rooms at its acute psychiatric hospital after an inspection.

Thousands of the plants were rescued from construction work, sparking the idea for a new tourist attraction.

A survey suggested more than 70% of school dinner staff felt too much food was being binned.

The best-selling author is be given the award from the University of the Highlands and Islands.

The GTA maker has been accused of “union busting”.

Scottish ministers are to issue bonds for the first time but is that the best way for a country to borrow money?

The Scottish actor and TV presenter found his friends in the business didn't take much persuading.

The country's transport networks are set to be tested in the coming weeks as winter brings an increased likelihood of extreme weather.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

A public consultation on plans to build a new tram line along a popular cycle route closes on Monday.

Writers and archaeologists also worked on a new guide to a lost early medieval Scottish society.

Kirsty Grandison is using social media to share her experience of caring for her severely brain damaged son.

The chief executive of Scotland's smallest council will get £32,000 extra next year, a 24% rise.

Supporters will be able to buy alcoholic drinks at the game against Kilmarnock next month.

The accused's legal team requested to delay the trial over his role in the murder of 270 people in the 1988 bombing.

Three friends returned to Chile to finish a leg of a 17,000-mile cycling trip they did in 1985.

Head coach Steve Clarke says "the chance is there" for his Scotland squad to "instantly write their names in the history books" should they qualify for a first World Cup in 27 years - and the first of nine of their lifetimes.

Reported Celtic target Kjetil Knutsen has taken Bodo/Glimt and Norwegian football to new heights.

Despite shining for Northampton Saints, Rory Hutchinson has found opportunities with Scotland limited, but the centre says he is now ready to take his chance with his national side.

Scotland's matches away to Greece and at home to Denmark could determine if the nation reaches a World Cup for the first time since 1998, and you watch them exclusively on the BBC.