Spanish firm Navantia confirmed at the end of January it had acquired four Harland and Wolff sites across the UK.

The president told a White House news conference: ‘The US will take over the Gaza Strip…’

The Scottish First Minister and his predecessor voiced concern in the wake of the US president’s remarks.

Mr Ewing said the former first minister became ‘obsessed with ideology, equality and gender form’ during the time Greens were in government.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said an investigation was being held into what happened at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.

Assistant Chief Constable Steven Johnson raised concerns while giving evidence to MSPs on Holyrood’s Health Committee.

Members of Edinburgh’s city council are to meet online to discuss plans to introduce a charge on visitors staying overnight in the area.

The Scottish Justice Secretary made the commitment as she responded to a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of William Brown and Katie Allan.

Climate Change Committee chief executive Emma Pinchbeck spoke out as she appeared at Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee.

Just Transition Commissioner Richard Hardy addressed the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.

The First Minister wants to see a scheme put in place to allow overseas students to remain in Scotland after graduating.

It comes after a report from the Royal College of Nursing warned of a ‘corridor care crisis’ across the NHS.

The Federation of Small Businesses warned of ‘significant disruption’ under the current deadlines for Edinburgh City Council’s planned new charge.

The First Minister said if the system can be in place sooner, ‘the first payments will be made in this coming year’.

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary was updating Holyrood on winter payments being delivered by the Scottish Government.

Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce said it wants the Scottish Government to end the presumption against new developments in the North Sea.

The former Scottish first minister had been married to Mr Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, since 2010.

The businessman spoke out after Ineos confirmed the closure of the UK’s only synthetic ethanol production plant at Grangemouth in Scotland.

The First Minister has visited the UK’s first facility where drug users can inject in a clean and safe environment.

The Scottish First Minister visited the Thistle Centre in Glasgow, which will open on Monday.