Holyrood has broken up for May's election, and parties will spend the next six weeks debating their policies for the future of Scotland. The SNP's record in government will be a major point of ...

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Scotland is leading the way in access to free and affordable childcare and reducing child poverty. As the Scottish Government has continued to prioritise Early Learning and Childcare (ELC), with the ...

The SNP will overhaul Scotland’s childcare system to provide afterschool and childminder provision from nine months to 12 years, if the party wins the Holyrood election. Did you know with a Digital ...

The SNP is “within touching distance” of winning an overall majority at Holyrood, party Westminster leader Stephen Flynn claimed, as he insisted such a victory would give Scotland “a fresh start with ...

The SNP’s Holyrood election campaign was hatched at the Stirling Court hotel days into the New Year. John Swinney and his political allies met at a venue on the grounds of the city’s university to ...

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Neighborhood walkability is a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem: Does living in a walkable city make you walk more, or do active people choose to live where it’s easier to walk? To investigate, ...

The benefits of walking range from a lower risk of cardiovascular disease to extending your life on the whole. But getting more steps in can be a challenge, particularly when we spend so much time ...

Ignore the pressure to lace up specialized running shoes for a daily 10,000-step workout. The latest neuroscience shows that protecting your brain from dementia may be as simple as putting one foot in ...