The official list of donors to Wendy Alexander's election campaign suggests she was aware at least three weeks ago that a donation from tax exile Paul Green was legally suspect.

Wendy Alexander is at the centre of another funding row after it emerged that the name of a prominent businessman listed as a donor was different to the name her campaign team intended to give to the Electoral Commission. The Labour leader's secret donor list, which has been exclusively obtained by the Sunday Herald, states that Moir Lockhead, the chief executive of transport giant First Group, was pencilled in for a £995 donation.

First Minister Alex Salmond has called for a ban on money raised outside Scotland from being used in Holyrood elections. The SNP leader wants all political parties to sign a voluntary code which would end the practice of cash being transferred from their London headquarters.

Global HIV prevalence may be levelling off, but Scotland is facing a fresh sexual health crisis as the number of new HIV infections reaches record levels.

The UK's former deputy drugs tsar Mike Trace has said Scotland needs to be more "brave and creative" and introduce controversial drug consumption rooms (DCRs) as part of its drug strategy

Strathclyde's new police chief has called for a zero tolerance approach to domestic violence. Stephen House, who became the chief constable of Scotland's largest police force last month, said he wanted to use his experience south of the Border to deal with the problem more rigorously.

Controversial plans to pump millions of tonnes of oil between ships around the UK coast could be prevented by a new law being proposed by a Scottish MP.