Tories rebuff leadership contender's tax proposal

Cold shoulder to Iain Gray's invitation to cooperate on council tax rebate for pensioners

MacAskill defends secret guidelines for criminal offences

Brown leads tributes at Fife MP's funeral

Prime Minister delivers eulogy at funeral of Glenrothes MP, John MacDougall

'No difference between Obama and McCain'

The US has swung further to the right than ever, the Edinburgh Book Festival is told

England's cricketers vanquished by Scottish rain

The weather came to the rescue as Scotlands cricketers faced England in Edinburgh

Ex-diplomat Craig Murray attacks Fringe

Sacked ambassador lambasts festival after girlfriend's show gets poor reviews

SNP 'bulk-buy' plan to cut power bill

Alex Salmond aims to save Scotland £15m over three years in a bid to beat soaring fuel costs

Chris Hoy seals victory to become Scotland’s greatest Olympian

Hero cyclist wins his second gold to set new record at the Games

Violent criminals avoid court after reforms

Concerns mount as criminals guilty of assault face fines instead of a judge

Henry McLeish under fire as Labour feuding erupts

One of Gordon Brown's closest allies launches a bitter attack on the former first minister

'Squalor' of David Leslie Fruits workers

Scottish supplier to Sainsbury's and Tesco probed over accommodation

Scotland 'needs 20,000 immigrants a year'

An influx of foreign labour is vital to sustain economic growth, says report

Gen Sir Mike Jackson's Scots defence fears

Scrapping Scotland's nuclear bases in the event of independence would jeopardise the defence of Britain as a whole, the former army chief warns

Scottish rail users face 60% fares hike

First ScotRail is expected to impose the rise from January

Gurkhas hit the Highlands to raise funds

The Nepali warriors journey across Scotland to boost pensions for former soldiers

Early poll 'would get bad news out of way'

Stalled by-election would be a costly mistake, Brown warned

No man is an island - except 'Captain Calamity'

Stuart Hill has declared his Shetland island of Forvik independent

Edinburgh Book Festival unveils its own first edition

Compilation of fiction and poetry features some of Scotland's top writers

Pomp and ceremony at penguin's knighting

To drum rolls and a fanfare of trumpets the Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Guard of Norway is knighted in Edinburgh

Paxman ridicules work of Robert Burns

The Newsnight presenter said the Scottish bard is the king of doggerel in the new edition of the Chambers Dictionary