Nurses in Scotland set for strike action after union members reject pay offer

The NHS in Scotland has been left "fighting for its life" as new figures revealed the pressure on A&E wards during the festive season.

Schools across Perth and Kinross will close for three days over the next week as teachers resume strike action over pay and conditions.

Schools across Scotland will close after last-ditch talks to avoid a teachers' strike ended without agreement.

A former SNP health secretary has warned the Scottish Government not to impose a pay deal on nurses or risk making an NHS staffing crisis "10 times worse".

A disgraced former GP has been struck off after committing a campaign of sexual abuse against patients in Scotland spanning four decades.

An SNP minister has refused to say if more cash could be found for teachers in a bid to halt strikes which will close schools.

Trains will run between Ayr and Glasgow tomorrow after ScotRail confirmed extra services would be laid on to counter strike action.

A group of financial investors are reportedly close to securing a deal that will see them take control ofMatalan.

Snow is on its way to Scotland - meaning the Beast from the East may be coming back with a vengeance. A collapsing Polar vortex could spark a major freeze this month, similar to the epic storm from February 2018, according to some forecasters.

The region’s under-fire hospital has reported the worst accident and emergency waiting time figures in Scotland – with only 38 per cent of patients seen within four hours.

Firefighters in Scotland have been urged to vote in favour of strike action which could see fire stations across the UK temporarily closed.

The number of calls to a leading energy advice service has more than quadrupled over the last year as Scots struggle with the cost of living crisis.

Nurses and midwives in Perth and Kinross will join strikes across Scotland next year after members of the Royal College of Nursing “overwhelmingly” rejected the latest pay offer for NHS workers.

A struggling nurse has told how she has to work extra shifts to afford petrol to get her to work after paying other bills.

Primary and secondary schools will close again next month as teachers launch further strike action in a bid for better pay.

Teenager Lauren McCheyne has seen off competition from thousands of hopefuls to be crowned the winner of our search for Scotland’s next top supermodel.

A Scots student nurse who was diagnosed with stage four cancer after experiencing no symptoms has told of how her life was turned upside down. Alix Maitland had been working 12-hour shifts as a student nurse during her second year at Edinburgh Napier University, as well as working at a local ice rink.

Some NHS Tayside health care staff could still organise strike action after the GMB union rejected an improved pay deal from the Scottish Government.

Members of the GMB union who work in the NHS in Scotland have rejected the Scottish Government's latest pay offer.