Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised in Scotland following a landmark vote at Holyrood. Parliamentarians backed ...

For almost two decades, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has been quietly focussed on addressing local concerns on the islands he ...

Housing industry bodies and experts are concerned that the Scottish Government's response to tackling the scale of the issue ...

A group of MSPs have demanded a national action plan to tackle the housing emergency one year on from the Scottish Government making the ...

George Adam – whose wife Stacey lives with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis – delivered an emotional speech during ...

A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than ...

I listened to the recent debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill and was impressed by the respectful standard of the debate ...

GPs have called for an opt in system for doctors rather than medics having to actively object to participate in assisted ...

The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and ...

Research by the BBC also suggests that a plurality of GPs may be against the proposals. Over 1,000 GPs responded to a BBC ...

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic ...