Wendy Alexander has been reported to the procurator fiscal for failing to register her leadership campaign donations. Dr Jim Dyer, the standards commissioner, has sent a report to the area fiscal in Lothian and Borders after concluding there was evidence the Labour leader broke the rules on declaring gifts.

Iain Macwhirter: For the sake of Scotland’s democracy, Alexander must go

Labour was involved in a second investigation last night after it emerged former health minister Andy Kerr had also been reported to the Crown Office - over an allegation that he failed to declare a £1000 gift.

The practice of young children being held at Dungavel detention centre is set to come to an end. Scottish ministers are actively seeking to close the controversial secure facility. Young children are held there ahead of deportation.

Scotland needs an army of 750 new drugs workers if the escalating problem of substance misuse is to be tackled effectively, according to the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF), which submitted recommendations to the government last week in the hope they will influence its forthcoming Drugs Strategy for Scotland.

Alex Salmond has called on Scotland to celebrate Catholic schools rather than "grudgingly accept" their contribution to the education system.

Fabiani declares previous culture bill ‘effectively dead’

According to Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Celtic Connections 2008 has been the biggest yet. Attendance is up from 100,000 last year to more than 120,000, while ticket sales broke through the £1 million mark for the first time.

It's a convention which allows us to enjoy long summer evenings, but switching to daylight savings time could also be responsible for drastically disrupting the body's internal clock.

Big Mac started it, Flybe carried it on and now volunteering to help Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games could lead to an officially recognised qualification.

The Government's controversial £4 billion plan to build another road bridge across the Firth of Forth is about to run into an unexpected hitch: a historic toilet.