8+ hour, 53+ min ago  (273+ words) SNP leader John Swinney has pledged to "hit the ground running" in the first 100 days if he's returned to Bute House next'week. Speaking in Glasgow yesterda, the First Minister vowed to push for powers for another constitutional referendum on day…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (394+ words) THE "systemic failure of health provision" is at the root of the drugs crisis facing Scotland's prisons, according to Holyrood's criminal justice'committee. Almost a year after launching an inquiry into the crisis, the cross-party committee has published its report, painting…...