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A damning report has ­highlighted the “catastrophic failure” of the Scottish ­Government to remobilise the NHS after the pandemic.

Humza Yousaf has cancelled a planned speech he was due to give in Glasgow today as the First Minister battles to save his job.

Scottish taxpayers forked out more than £60,000 to “support” witnesses for the UK Covid Inquiry.

Balloch’s tourist information centre is set to be closed.

A patient waited a staggering 122 hours for treatment in an accident and emergency department.

West Dunbartonshire’s housing chief claims there is a “housing emergency” in the region with “massive challenges” around homelessness.

The NHS in Scotland is "fighting for its life" after another dire set of monthly figures revealed the severe pressure hospitals continue to face.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to explain why "zero" of her WhatsApp messages sent during the coronavirus pandemic were transcribed to the official record.

An Ayrshire secondary has been hailed for its work in Holocaust education.

Nicola Sturgeon has been challenged to reveal the full extent of her use of a private SNP email address when speaking with government advisers during the coronavirus pandemic.

The shocking case of a Renton NHS worker who has waited more than three years for a knee replacement was raised at Holyrood last week.

Balloch residents have ramped up their campaign against the relocation of the village’s library in an open letter to their MP and MSP - where they threaten legal action to block the move.

The number of Scots receiving urgent referrals for cancer treatment has rocketed over the last four years, figures show.

Jackie Baillie has claimed the SNP is playing "Punch and Judy politics" over its attempt to force a Commons vote on a ceasefire in Gaza.

Scottish ministers are being urged to “think again” over what has been branded a “dangerous plan” to downgrade a hospital neonatal intensive care unit.

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

Labour has accused SNP ministers of deleting WhatsApp messages relating to the covid pandemic on an "industrial scale".

Radiographers are threatening to strike for the first time in Scotland in a row over working conditions.

Civil servants blew public money on curling, crazy golf and a trip to Edinburgh Zoo to help staff bond with each other.

A health board has sent hundreds of cancer patients to other parts of Scotland for treatment as it tries to attract new consultants to treat those with the disease, it has emerged. Labour is demanding the Scottish Government work with NHS Tayside to tackle the situation there as a “matter of urgency”, claiming patients had been “completely betrayed”.

An SNP minister has apologised after blasting Cabinet colleagues and dismissing the late Queen’s Jubilee as “royalist b*****ks” in a spate of foul mouthed messages. Elena Whitham also criticised her party’s handling of harassment claims against sex pest MP Patrick Grady and mocked opposition MSPs.

NHS boards in Scotland have spent more than £31million on agency junior doctors in the past four years, new figures show. Statistics showed £31,052,819 had been spent on junior doctors through agencies to plug gaps between 2019-20 and 2022-23.

Councillors have hit out at plans to radically redraw the Dumbarton Scottish Parliament constituency.

The number of sex crimes recorded in West Dunbartonshire has increased by 82 percent over the last decade.

Jackie Baillie has told how she thought someone was “pulling her leg” after receiving a letter telling her she would be made a dame – saying she will accept her top honour on behalf of the communities she serves.

One member of staff is the victim of violence or aggression at the Vale of Leven Hospital every week.

Detectives had to wait two weeks for permission to search the Glasgow home belonging to Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell, it has been reported.

Hard-working Vale hospital staff have been praised after figures revealed that more than 7500 people were treated at the out-of-hours unit in the past year.

The SNP is on course to lose multiple seats at the next UK general election, a new poll has suggested.

Police are investigating claims Nicola Sturgeon personally refused to open up the SNP’s finances to scrutiny.

Residents in Cardross have hit out at revised plans for 120 new homes in the west of the village.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has revealed auditors who worked for the SNP resigned nearly six months ago.

Humza Yousaf has apologised to a man left in agony for six years with severe testicular pain. The Health Secretary described the delay in patient Martin Brown’s treatment as “unacceptable”.

Scottish Water bosses have been blasted for announcing a 5% hike in charges during a cost of living crisis.

A mum is suffering mental torment after waiting almost a year for a test to see if she has cancer. The woman, who asked not to be identified, had a smear test in February last year which showed she had abnormal cells.

Calls have been made for unused wards at the Vale of Leven Hospital to help “tackle the worst NHS winter crisis in living memory.”