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Full-size, self-driving buses will begin public services next month in what is believed to be a world first. Stagecoach announced the ground-breaking scheme over the Forth Road Bridge will launch on May 15.

Scottish Labour will use a Holyrood debate to push the Scottish Government to back its new deal for working people.

The leader of the Scottish Lib Dems has said Humza Yousaf will be the last nationalist First Minister north of the border.

The construction of a debris shelter is the preferred option for the long-term solution to a closure hit stretch of the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful.

The Scottish Government has submitted a draft business case to upgrade the A75 to Westminster.

Scotland’s new Transport Minister must tackle train delays at Ayr and Girvan stations, says an MSP.

A local MSP will meet Scotland’s new Transport Minister to discuss upgrading the A75 next month.

A Central Scotland MSP has written to new transport minister Kevin Stewart urging him to reject ScotRail’s plans to reduce staffing at rail ticket offices in North Lanarkshire.

Irvine will be the site of a national mental health facility for 12-18-year-olds with complex difficulties requiring a high level of care.

A Lanarkshire MSP has written to the Mental Health Minister is calling for action to tackle neurodevelopment assessment waiting times.

Scots have waited more than 1,000 days for mental health treatment as the NHS struggles to meet demand, new figures show.

Lanarkshire schoolboy Cole Thomson was at the heart of Holyrood's first ever members' debate on access to medicinal cannabis.

A Lanarkshire MSP is calling on the Scottish Government to help reduce autism assessment waiting times in the county.

Nicola Sturgeon and her senior ministers have admitted failing to visit a single care home since the start of the Covid pandemic.

More than half of Scots do not want a three-option referendum on independence, a poll has found.

Elderly Scots admitted to care homes will no longer have to go into self-isolation for two weeks under new guidance issued by the Scottish Government.

New employees joining the social care workforce are to have entry costs paid by the Scottish Government until the end of March 2022 in a new scheme estimated to be worth £465,000.

sexuality for a fire at a Scots church last week. SNP MSP Kevin Stewart received a 'homophobic rant” email after St Simon’s Church in Partick, Glasgow went up in flames in the early hours of Wednesday, July 28, according to Glasgow Live.

to receive the bonus payment for health and social care workers which was announced by SNP ministers in November 2020. A portal was launched today along with a dedicated helpline to support applicants.As with other health and social care workers, Personal Assistants will receive a pro rata payment of up to a maximum of £500, depending on the number of hours they work in an average week.Social care minister Kevin Stewart said: “The importance of Personal Assistants within the wider social care workforce has only been made more visible during the pandemic.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scotland's planning minister has been accused of treating Lochwinnoch residents "with contempt" after failing to respond to concerns over housing plans in the village.Councillor Andy Doig wrote to MSP Kevin Stewart more than a month ago asking that he call in part of Renfrewshire's proposed Local Development Plan (LDP) after an independent reporter suggested the Burnfoot Road area would be suitable for new homes.But the Independent man has said he has still received no reply from the SNP politician and only received an automatic acknowledgement of his enquiry this week.The council designated Burnfoot Road as a flood risk area in 2017, but the planning

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A campaigning councillor is demanding an area of Lochwinnoch be removed from Renfrewshire's proposed Local Development Plan (LDP) due to major concerns over flood risk.Andy Doig has said he will be writing to planning minister Kevin Stewart after an independent reporter suggested the Burnfoot Road area of the village was appropriate for housing development.The council designated the greenbelt spot as a flood risk area in 2017, but the planning board agreed to include a field next to the road in the housing section of the new LDP before it was passed to a reporter for examination.And despite concerns raised by residents about the area being prone to