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With flags flying at half-mast at the Scottish Parliament following the Pope’s death on Monday, faith leaders from various religious communities in Scotland came to hear politicians pay their ...

There have been several calls for Ms Chapman to be dismissed as deputy convener of the Parliament’s equalities ... to biological sex - it also said the Scottish Government was “incorrect ...

"The Scottish Parliament has a landmark opportunity to advance animal welfare and we urge parliamentarians to show compassion and support the Bill to end greyhound racing." Mark Bird, chief ...

Green MSP Maggie Chapman, the deputy convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, told a transgender rights demonstration in Aberdeen at the ...

Image caption, Flags at the Scottish Parliament are being flown at half mast in tribute to the pontiff Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said it was "heartbreaking for millions of Catholics in ...

A number of actors from the programme were at the Scottish Parliament to hear a motion to ... I was there before I had my kids and now they see me on screen, so it's very important to me." ...

The Scottish government is dropping a key climate change target to cut car use in Scotland by 20% by the end of the decade. The aim - which was a previous SNP manifesto commitment - was to reduce ...

Child benefit, Scottish child payment ad whatever other ... "They automatically assume you've got 12 kids so you must be on every benefit under the sun and paying nothing into the system.

A convicted murderer has been reported missing from an open prison near the Scottish city of Dundee. HMP Castle Huntly informed police of the disappearance of Raymond McCourt, 59, at 17:30 on Tuesday.