Any party which is serious about winning next year’s Scottish elections should be thinking hard about big ideas. Alternatively, it will come ...

Winnie Gallacher, a pal of Diary contributor Foster Evans, spotted this optimistic sign in Paisley. Alas, the small print brings us down to earth with a bang. (Which is also what a few glasses of ...

Child protection isn’t just a matter for the professionals, of course. Members of the public too have a role to play. The Children First Support Line – which allows people to chat over their worries ...

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

I was expecting a day of train announcements and ticket inspections. But I'll never forget the day I shadowed ScotRail conductor Dominic Quilty.

If we want a fairer, cheaper public transport system, we are better investing in buses than trains, says Ellie Harrison, campaigner for Better ...

It was sad to see Stuart Kettlewell resign as Motherwell manager over personal abuse he had suffered, but is it fair to tar the fanbase with the ...

Some people would rather travel by train than any other transport. What is it about the rail experience? And why does this artist have his studio ...

One month on from the introduction of VAT for private school tuition fees, Edinburgh Correspondent Donald Turvill investigates the impact on ...

Anthony Simpson, head of Edinburgh's Erskine Stewart Melville School (ESMS) warned funding for bursaries could be cut following the introduction ...

The head of the body that represents independent schools in Scotland voiced concerns that Scotland will be disproportionately affected by a new ...

Ministers have refused to reveal the names of civil servants who had access to files of James Hamilton's investigation into whether Nicola ...