New guidance to assist planning decisions on new data centres will be issued by the Scottish Government before Christmas, MSPs have been promised.

A lorry driver has died at the scene of a crash in Dumfries and Galloway as the road remains closed.

Tributes have been paid to a “devoted and loving” dad who died in a crash in Aberdeenshire.

A rapist police officer been convicted of carrying out multiple sexual offences over a 17-year period.

A body has been found in the search for three-year-old Noah Woods who vanished after a visit to a Suffolk village playground.

Dundee University was not told by NHS Tayside that surgeon Sam Eljamel was under supervision, so he continued to train medical students.

David Gray has been sacked as Hibs head coach, the club have confirmed.

Martin O’Neill vowed Celtic “will get ourselves right” after being pilloried following Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup humbling by Rangers.

Plans to restart a Scotland to France ferry link have been scrapped as Forth Ports has pulled out of discussions to resurrect the route.

Police are hunting for four men after a 35-year-old was shot dead in a "targeted" murder in Armadale.

Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University are set to go on strike after talks failed to resolve a dispute over job cuts.

A man has been charged following a "contained incident" following a disturbance in Aberdeen.

The mum of a teenager who was fatally stabbed at a park in Glasgow says her son might still be alive if bleed kits were available across the city.

A woman allegedly murdered by her partner was found with a severed mouth and her face almost hanging off, a court heard today.

Firefighters have put out a blaze within a shop on a busy road in Aberdeen.

A homeowner has appealed after planners refused to allow them to build a porch, ruling it was 30 centimetres too wide.

The King has expressed his “admiration and appreciation” for all those who helped tackle wildfires around the UK this summer.

A man has been jailed for nine years for raping a teenager at a Travelodge, who was later hounded online following the attack.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the "targeted" suspected shooting of a man in Armadale.

ScotRail’s managing director has apologised to travellers for difficulties with its new app, admitting to MSPs it “hasn’t been good enough”.

The King has arrived in the Cairngorms to thank the people involved in tackling a major wildfire this summer.

Environmental impact assessments must be carried out as part of plans for large-scale data centres, the Scottish Government has announced.

Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher Reach is axing more than 200 editorial roles as part of an ongoing cost-cutting overhaul that will also see three titles close.

New Scotland Under-21 boss Tony Docherty believes Luke Graham personifies the benefits of first-team football for young players.

A man driving a carpet cleaning van who pulled out of a side road in front of an oncoming motorcycle – causing the death of the 67-year-old biker – has been spared jail.

An Oxfordshire village which could house more than 1,000 asylum seekers has voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic “referendum”.

A rapist who continually “prioritised his own sexual gratification” over the well-being of his three victims has been jailed for ten years.

A shopping centre in Aberdeen has been put up for sale, just two and a half years after its current owners purchased the site.

Police are searching for an elderly man with dementia who has been missing from his home in Kilconquhar overnight.

Glasgow Women's Aid has spoken out following backlash over a controversial advert starring actress Sydney Sweeney.

Adverts promoting an offer for "bottomless beer" by BrewDog has been banned after the advertising watchdog found they instead promoted excessive drinking.

Aberdeen delivered their best performance of the season to secure an emphatic 4-0 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park.

Owen Eames fired Falkirk to their first William Premiership win of the season and ended Hearts’ nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

Stenhousemuir moved three points clear at the top of the William Hill Championship with a late 1-0 victory over third-placed Partick Thistle.

Wouter Vrancken lamented a “poor” performance from Hearts as their nine-game unbeaten run came to a grim end in a 2-1 William Hill Premiership defeat at Falkirk.

Stephen Robinson has urged his Aberdeen side to keep building momentum after watching them coast to a comprehensive 4-0 win at Motherwell.

Neil McCann hailed Kilmarnock’s character after watching his players bounce back from cup agony to pick up a first win at Hibernian in 12 years.

Ireland’s President has spoken of the “strong ties” between her country and Scotland ahead of meeting First Minister John Swinney on Wednesday.

Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures.

Almost 200,000 pensioners in Scotland are missing out on benefits worth some £346 million a year, charity campaigners have claimed.

A new blood test has identified likely sepsis pathogens in a real-life patient days before conventional methods caught the infection.

A new personalised cancer vaccine, which is being trialled by patients in Scotland, could change the way doctors treat the disease in the future.

A police officer who was dragged into a speeding car and then thrown onto the road at up to 50mph has told STV News he was "certain" he was going to die.

At least three people have been killed in a news helicopter crash in Los Angeles while reporting on a deadly bus collision just two hours earlier.