Proposals to give licensing boards the power to ban alcohol sales to under-21s in Scotland were overturned today.

AN INFLUENTIAL Holyrood committee has been accused of ignoring evidence against controversial plans for a power line upgrade through Scotland.

Adults in Scotland are consuming 23% more alcohol than adults in England and Wales, official figures have revealed.

Scotland's Futures Forum today published a report that set out to establish how Scotland can halve the damage caused to its population through alcohol and drugs by 2025. It is the culmination of a year-long investigation of evidence gathered from some of the world's leading experts in tackling drug and alcohol misuse.

HOLYROOD will be handed a new power to vary the date of its elections by up to six months if it clashes with a Westminster poll, the UK government has announced.

The majority of Scots want Holyrood to be given the power to make decisions about income tax and old age pensions, a BBC Scotland poll suggests.

The Scottish Government today faced claims of hypocrisy after ministers were accused of "stocking up" on free drink while launching an alcohol crackdown.

THE government wine cellar is stocked with alcohol worth almost £800,000, official figures revealed last night.

A LABOUR return to power at next year's Holyrood elections could see Scotland become a "laboratory" of what the party would be like in government at Westminster, D

THE most radical transfer of financial powers to Scotland for more than 300 years is under way, with new legislation that will hand Holyrood £2.7 billion of new borrowing powe