Bailout not possible without Union says PM

Gordon Brown issues a stern attack on the core belief of the SNP after injecting £37 billion into country's banks

Bouyed Brown attacks SNP over Glenrothes poll

Independent Scotland could not have bailed out banks, says Prime Minister enjoying new strength over credit crisis

Bankers' humiliation eased by recovery hope

Executives are stunned by the need to rescue Scotland's two biggest banks, but they admit that the alternative is worse

Lindsay Roy targets antisocial behaviour

The Labour candidate in the Glenrothes by-election says that a people's panel should make decisions over CCTV cameras

Salmond's fantasy exposed by bank rescue

The Unionists have a golden opportunity to attack a confused SNP over its argument for Scottish independence

Scots bank profits from traditional values

The Airdrie Savings Bank is a successful reminder of the days before all sense of dignity and caution was lost

Bankers' mood-swings hard to swallow at café

The owner of Centrotre bistro in Edinburgh says the professional classes who gather each day face a frightening future

Gordon Brown to join by-election fight

The confident Prime Minister will break tradition to join the Glenrothes campaign in an attempt to hold off the SNP

Airport terror trial jury shown CCTV images

Video footage shows the panic caused by a terrorist car bomb attack on Glasgow airport's busiest day of the year

Brown targets pay in bank nationalisation

PM moves to cap City salaries after pumping £37bn into part-nationalisation of RBS, HBoS and Lloyds TSB. Watch video

Royal Bank of Scotland under state control

Chancellor moves to take control of RBS with £20bn of taxpayers’ money and the Government is expected to take over HBOS

End of Fred the Shred, RBS chief

The Government may have to give the bank's chief executive a £1.2 million payoff as it steps in with state cash

Labour attacks Salmond over demand for £800m

Senior officials rounded on the First Minister after he called for money to help Scotland through the financial crisis

Mary must be returned to palace, says MSP

Christine Grahame says remains of Mary Queen of Scots should be repatriated from Westminster Abbey and moved north

Smeaton family were 'told to say goodbyes'

John Smeaton, the hero of the Glasgow airport attack, in intensive care but shows signs of recovery after asthma scare

Jenny Hjul: Financial meltdown leaves nationalist vision in tatters

As the UK Treasury steps in to prop up the Scottish financial sector, arguments for independence are devalued

Jury shown footage of terror havoc

Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed were said to have hurled petrol bombs as they drove a jeep into Glasgow airport

£2.7m boost for Gaelic language

Festival-goers are attending the Mod in Falkirk, with people of all ages competing in Gaelic music and song

Flooded rivers swamp Scottish homes, roads and shops

More than three inches of torrential rain swamped houses and closed roads in southwest Scotland on a day of downpours

SNP local funding deal with councils near collapse

Renegotiation demand by local authorities threatens council tax freeze