Top stories of the week

Organisers of a pro-independence rally have promised to bring Scotland’s biggest city to a ‘standstill’ next month.

Will this week’s report by the Accounts Commission on the dire state of Scottish council finances finally act as a wake-up call to those who have remained somnolent for so long?

Scotland has taken a step forward to becoming the first country to outlaw period poverty as Labour plans to formally introduce the legislation at the Scottish Parliament.

A pensioner arrested for fatally stabbing an intruder at his home will face no further action, police said.

Protestors took to the M8 to raise saltires and Scotland flags in a demonstration for Scottish independence.

Composer Sir James MacMillan has joined the campaign against cuts to musical instrument tuition in Scottish schools, saying that “prejudice” is a major problem.

A crash between a lorry and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in western Canada has left 14 people dead and others seriously injured, Canadian police say.

A pensioner arrested on suspicion of murder was described as a “traditional English gentleman” as neighbours continued to throw their support behind him.