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If law is passed scotland would become first part of UK to offer terminally ill people assistance to end their lives

Bill being laid before Scottish parliament could, if approved, allow people in Britain to take their own lives within the law

Victoria McCloud wants leave to join litigation in supreme court appeal brought by For Women scotland

John Brownlee, deputy head at private Edinburgh Academy, inflicted pain on children as young as eight, sheriff hears

Only 24% of people in England, scotland and Wales content with heath service, with long waits to be seen the commonest complaint

More school-aged children have reported being cyberbullied compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey suggests.

This hilarious and nuanced show’s 10-minute episodes are landmark television. Its rare glimpse of queer love in small-town scotland is devastatingly charming

‘Gary the Gorilla’ was found in a layby 12 months after being snatched from a Lanarkshire garden centre

Exclusive: Fingers of willow gloves, found in only two woodlands, will be rushed to Cumbria and tied to new trees

Exclusive: Half of all privately owned rural land held by 433 people and companies, according to campaigner Andy Wightman

Established 24 years ago, the Carrifran Wildwood has been credited with inspiring the current surge of rewilding projects across the UK and beyond

Climate Change Committee finds Scottish government has repeatedly failed to make cuts required by law

‘High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east scotland to north-west England

Minute-by-minute report: The title awaits Ireland in Dublin. Join Lee Calvert for all the latest updates

Blockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in scotland and action expected in Denmark

The UK now has ethnic minority leadership in Downing Street, scotland and Wales – and it hardly even counts as a surprise, says the director of British Future, Sunder Katwala

Prince Edward, handed the Order of the Thistle, said the monarchy is ‘as important as ever’

There are at least 25 sales of fake Banksy’s to victims in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and scotland

A third farm off the tiny Hebridean island of Gigha would bring much-needed jobs – but there are fears over the impact on the ecosystem and the welfare of the fish