Last year, First Minister John Swinney insisted the target could still be met and recognised it "requires changes in behaviour from members of the public". Audit Scotland says in order to achieve the car kilometre target, car traffic levels would need to decrease by 7.3 billion kilometres to 29.3 billion.

Speaking at an event in Edinburgh, John Swinney said: “It’s a warning to us that climate change is with us and the ferocity (of it).” The scale of the challenge has been colossal ...

but John Swinney will need to be sure his granny bouncers don’t put people off from seeking treatment entirely.” In his speech at the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Mr Swinney insisted his ...

Both Labour and the Conservatives criticised John Swinney for ‘rehashing old promises’ and ‘not delivering’ progress for Scotland's NHS.

The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

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John Swinney has appealed for “patience” as work is carried out to restore power supplies and transport services in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. People all over Scotland were urged to stay indoors on Friday to avoid injury in hurricane-force winds, as a rare Met Office red weather warning was issued for much of the south of the country.

Tens of thousands of homes were left without power due to the storm, with almost 8,000 homes still cut off on Monday morning.

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Schools across central and southern Scotland are closed and people have been told not to travel ahead of Storm Éowyn.

Scotland’s First Minister has said there is “absolutely no way” he would work with Reform UK to pass a Scottish budget if the party wins a raft of MSPs at next year’s election. Nigel Farage’s party has seen increasing popularity in Scotland in the past year,

Fresh rain weather warnings for UK as thousands still without power and homes evacuated - Storm Herminia brings gusts of up to 83 miles per hour to the UK as the Met Office issues yellow weather warnings.