Analysis: huge price hike means a cold winter for many

Curators fear for art as duke calls in loan

Galleries could lose Titians if £100 million cannot be found after the Duke of Sutherland puts Old Masters up for sale

Four months to save £300m masterpieces

National Galleries of Scotland could lose two of its greatest Old Masters as Duke of Sutherland decides to sell

'Life expectancy doesn't worry me'

Money is not prescription for health, says top Tory

But Labour accuses Conservatives of wanting to divert NHS funds from Glasgow to Home Counties

Shy countryman inherited a treasure trove

The 7th Duke of Sutherland had never expected to be steward of the greatest private Old Master collection in Britain

Cabinet demands Brown leads by-election battle

Breaking prime ministerial convention may save seat for Labour, ministers say

Analysis: Spirited event will live on long after fiasco is forgotten

Edinburgh salutes Chris Hoy's Olympic treble

An Edinburgh Castle reception and open top bus parade greeted the Scottish contingent of Beijing's triumphant Team GB

'Let victims' families close suicide tribute websites'

Bridgend MP tells Glasgow conference that families of suicide victims should have rights over tribute websites

Head of Gordon Brown's old school may stand in Glenrothes

Prime Minister's friend Lindsay Roy may contest vital by-election for Labour

Controversial Caltongate scheme approved by council

Planning consent won for development that has alarmed Edinburgh heritage groups

50,000 turn out to acclaim Scotland's Olympic heroes

Edinburgh crowd bursting with pride greets Olympians Hoy, Ross, Florence and Grainger

Cost of free care for elderly soars 75 per cent

Budget warning as bill for flagship policy grows by £100m in four years

Comment: Warnings cannot be brushed aside

Register every voter to prevent fraud, says watchdog

Electoral system requires urgent overhaul to beat postal vote deception

Tavish Scott - a user-friendly charmer with a big challenge

Poverty and isolation blamed for big rise in suicides

Young and middle-aged Scots are taking their own lives is greater numbers, alarming new figures reveal

Patients fight to save job of suspended Glasgow GP

Protest planned as patients move to back Dr Iain Kerr, suspended for prescribing sleeping tablets to suicidal pensioner

Tavish Scott paves the way for Salmond's referendum

New Lib Dem leader hints that his party might back a multi-option poll on independence