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Monthly wait times figures for April were the best since May 2024, but the latest weekly figures show a rise in patients with long waits.

Sir Gregor Smith said the move leaves a ‘gap’ in how experts understand emerging diseases.

Transport Scotland said there were 13 more fatalities in 2024 than there were in 2023.

Competition in the market ‘remains strong’, according to financial services insights provider Consumer Intelligence.

No trains were able to run between Glasgow and Carlisle after the tree fell onto overhead electric wires.

A survey by the EIS found 44.3% of teachers work an additional seven hours – while 11.5% do an additional 15 hours each week.

German and Portuguese police have gathered in countryside a few miles from Praia da Luz where Madeleine, then aged three, was last seen 18 years ago.

The Labour leader said First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney had not raised the issue with him during their recent talks.

The strike dates are planned for towards the end of June.

The Where Are We Now? report comes almost 20 years after a Scottish Government report highlighted the ‘barriers’ BME carers face accessing support.

The mother of a Scottish teen suffering from pectus excavatum said the option of non-surgical treatment had been a ‘game-changer’ for her son.

Bernard Trottet, 65, was walking the Cape Wrath Trail and was last known to be at the Corryhully Bothy in Glenfinnan on May 27.

One expert described Frisa as ‘a very special bird who had touched the hearts of millions’.

Reform UK had said the leader would attend an event in the South Lanarkshire town on Monday afternoon.

The figures were revealed as MSPs on Holyrood’s Finance Committee carry out a probe into the cost-effectiveness of public inquiries.

The event on Tuesday will examine the impact of internet pornography and social media influencers.

The changes are mainly due to reduced energy costs and some small spending adjustments by research participants, the PLSA said.

Nigel Farage, making a rare visit to Scotland, accused the Scottish Labour leader of ‘sectarian politics’.

Analysis of stop and search data showed a child aged just 10 was among those found with a knife or pointed weapon by Police Scotland last year.

Police said Bernard Trottet, 65, is an experienced walker.