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Some 550 hospital patients in Scotland died from lack of fluid intake last year.

Scottish Power is the latest energy company to announce price hikes.

Delegates to the AGM of the EIS, Scotland’s largest teaching trade union, gathered in Perth last week.

The EIS will hold its conference this week amid anger at how the leadership of the Scottish teachers’ union is opposing attacks on education.

Anyone wanting to understand the reasons for the Scottish National Party's landslide election victory in Scotland on 5 May could do worse than read the speech delivered by Alex Salmond as he was sworn in as first minister on 20 May.

Teachers in Scotland got a glimpse of the changes their employers would like to force on them this week when a document from the councils’ umbrella organisation Cosla was leaked.

The polls had predicted that the Scottish National Party (SNP) would win last week’s Scottish elections—but no one anticipated the scale of Labour’s defeat.

The third national week of action against Atos got off to a flying start in Edinburgh on Monday.

Scottish teachers narrowly voted to accept a two-year pay freeze and changes to their pay and conditions last week.

Activists in Scotland continue to push for votes against the cuts ahead of next Thursday’s elections for the Scottish parliament.

The media discovered the issue of sectarianism in Scotland last week after letter bombs were sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon, the lawyer Paul McBride and Trish Godman MSP.