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Data from Public Health Scotland showed two thirds (66.6%) of patients were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours in October.

The National Union of Students, together with families struggling to get by, have made an appeal to the Finance Secretary ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.

The Trainspotting star will feature in My Master Builder, a new play which will be directed by Michael Grandage.

Former lord provost Philip Braat has been suspended from Labour pending an investigation.

The warning from BMA Scotland comes after a report said fundamental change in the health service is needed.

Fraser Allan had last been seen on Monday.

Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep in 2004.

Fraser Allan’s car has been found near a loch.

The Scottish Budget will be published on Wednesday.

Dr Peter Mackay, a lecturer at St Andrews University, takes over from Kathleen Jamie.

Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham said the latest steps from SNP ministers do not go far enough.

Retail sales in Scotland decreased by 2.9% in November when compared with last year, according to the SRC-KPMG Scottish retail sales monitor.

Sarah Snell takes over the role of HM chief inspector of prisons in Scotland from Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, who stepped down in August.

Latest data has been published by the Private Healthcare Information Network.

MSPs on Holyrood’s Education Committee have been examining the changes proposed in the Education (Scotland) Bill.

Russell Findlay said he was ‘disappointed’ that two of his councillors defected to Nigel Farage’s party but that he understood voters’ frustration.

He issued an apology on his Instagram stories.

There are now five Multibank charity centres across Britain, which have distributed five million products to half a million families.

The MasterChef presenter said the claims have come from ‘a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’ in an Instagram post.

The First Minister was asked about the recent critical incident declared at NHS Grampian.