The Green Party is proposing a rates refund for more than 100,000 small businesses across the country in the coming budget.

A union representing posties will hold crunch talks with SNP ministers on the need for better protections against violent dog attacks.

Stewart McDonald said Scotland's "two dominant centre left-parties" should consider a coalition if there is a "messy" result in two years' time.

The Dyffryn Springs wedding venue may be forced to take down its large white marquee, which the council says it built without permission

Bristol City Council wants to make itself a more attractive employer.

GB Energy is a key policy of the new UK Government and the state-owned firm will be headquartered in Scotland.

Unison said 89 per cent of members who were balloted were in favour of the 5.5 per cent rise.

EXCLUSIVE: More than £430,000 was spent on hosting events at the Scottish Government's nine overseas offices in recent years.

Would a collaboration between the two parties be such a bad thing? Many voters wouldn’t mind the idea. But convincing members from both camps could prove impossible.

Hermes Kafetzis, who runs Gyros Guru, says new street trading licence requirements threaten the future of his business