Humza Yousaf has 'absolute confidence' in Michael Matheson following row over £11,000 iPad data bill

The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Scotland have urged the UK Government to restrict the sale of fireworks after chaos on Bonfire Night.

The Scottish Government will give another £2 million to address climate change loss and damage, the First Minister has announced.

Jessica Chastain and Tilda Swinton provided the ultimate study in contrast while attending the second day of the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday (November 25) in Marrakech, Morocco.

A woman has been arrested over an alleged blackmail plot against Scots business tycoon Douglas Barrowman and his wife, Tory peer Michelle Mone.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain has given her seal of approval to the tentative agreement reached by SAG-AFTRA with the studios to end the near four-month actors’ strike.

The stars are stepping out in Morocco!

Ben Croll This year’s Marrakech International Film Festival opened with a testament to art. Two months after a devastating earthquake, and in light of the ever-more heart-wrenching news coming out of the Middle East, the film showcase kicked off with a humanist rallying cry voiced by jury president Jessica Chastain. “In the weeks leading up to the festival, we were not sure that we would even be able to be here,” Chastain said at the Marrakech opening ceremony on Friday.

Jessica Chastain, resplendent in a shimmering silver tasseled jump suit, championed the power of art to bring about positive change at the opening night of the Marrakech Film Festival on Friday evening.

A family-run Ayr diner has scooped a hat-trick of top industry awards after being crowned the best in Scotland.

MSPs have backed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as Scotland’s First Minister described the “cruelty” facing patients in hospitals in the region.

Humza Yousaf has called on the UK Government to formally recognise Palestinian statehood to help break "successive cycles of violence" in the region.

A majority of MSPs are expected to vote in favour of a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Humza Yousaf has described how his brother-in-law, a hospital doctor in the Gaza strip, has witnessed "death and destruction" in the ongoing war.

Humza Yousaf has said he is "beyond angry" with MPs who refused to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Scotland’s Health Secretary has said parliamentary authorities have already looked at the data from the iPad on which he built up an almost £11,000 bill while on holiday, after facing calls to hand it over.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said a failure to sack the leadership of Scotland’s largest health board would be allowing the “suspects to walk the crime scene” amid a corporate homicide investigation.

Scotland’s former Justice Secretary was booed by pro-Palestinian activists at a rally in Glasgow after saying Israel has a right to "defend itself against terrorism". Keith Brown, who served in the position under Nicola Sturgeon, spoke at the event on Saturday in front of a large crowd at the city’s Buchanan Street steps.

Holyrood bosses have been called on to investigate an £11,000 data roaming bill racked up by the Health Secretary.

The First Minister has been accused of misleading Holyrood over when the Government was asked for WhatsApp messages by the UK Covid Inquiry.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced that his parents-in-law have arrived in Scotland safely after fleeing the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Mr Yousaf shared a family photo on X, formerly Twitter, which included his wife Nadia, and her parents, Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla.