SCOTLAND'S prison population has increased by almost 2,000 in a decade, fuelling a debate over sentencing in Holyrood.

THE invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said yesterday.

A £10 billion fund to help halt climate change has been proposed by Gordon Brown at a meeting of heads of Commonwealth governments.

THE mother of the Scots-born computer hacker facing extradition to the United States has revealed that psychiatrists fear her son is now more likely to take his own life.

SCOTLAND may not be able to afford to continue offering free personal care for the elderly, according to the nation's top social worker.

ONE of the leading members of David Cameron's front-bench team has said he sees no reason why proposals to increase the Scottish Parliament's powers should not be brou

LONDON mayor Boris Johnson certainly has the stature to carry off wearing a kilt.

FORMER Scottish secretary Des Browne has announced he will step down at the next election.

THERE was another swine flu-related death in Scotland yesterday, taking the death toll this week to seven.

GORDON Brown attempted to salvage England's troubled bid to host the World Cup in 2018 yesterday, by meeting one of the senior football administrators who will decide on t

THE declaration of war between councils in Scotland and the Scottish Government over education could mark the beginning of the end of the SNP's current project.

THE Attorney General faced new embarrassment yesterday when her former cleaner was charged with fraud and possessing a false passport.

THOUSANDS of Polish small business owners are opting to pay their national insurance contributions in the UK instead of Poland in the hope of securing a larger pension, the co

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond will take part in two events to celebrate St Andrews Day and the finale of the Homecoming celebrations on Monday.

GERMANY'S labour minister resigned yesterday after conceding that a military report on a deadly September airstrike in northern Afghanistan failed to reach him while he h

A FORMER Conservative peer was yesterday elected the new leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip).

Please note that all Highlands and Islands Enterprise offices will be closed on Monday 30 November for the national St Andrew's day holiday.

Young people at Thurso, Wick, Golspie and Farr High Schools learned about the engineering sector during a series of industry days organised by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Part of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) North of Scotland