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Sturgeon cleared over Operation Branchform
But why did the four-year police investigation take so long?
Jeane Freeman reflects on Covid
The former Health Secretary speaks to Martin five years on from the first lockdown.
Why Scots are warming to Farage
What’s behind the rising for Reform UK?
What’s it like to be a police officer?
And can George Clooney still be a heartthrob?
What’s going wrong with our mental health?
SHOTY’s Anna Campbell-Jones shares her story.
Is live music a rip off?
How has music changed for fans and the bands trying to make a living in the industry?
A quick take on the Spring Statement
And what Rachel Reeves and Shona Robison could do next
Our problem with drugs
And the news story that's brought Boaty McBoatface and Nessie together.
How much could your rent go up?
What the end of emergency rent control measures may mean for tenants.
Explained: Trump’s tariff trade wars… and us
Why he wants to shake up the global economy - and what it could mean for us all.
Getting to know Sally Magnusson
The BBC Reporting Scotland presenter is standing down after 27 years.
Should Scots pay for uni?
And how Martin’s political grilling was sidetracked by a piercing.
Assisted dying: what happens next?
And the 'miracle' baby - born using a donated womb.
The author who beat Adolescence to it
Chris McQueer on Hermit, his novel inspired by incels and the online manosphere.
What happened in a Highland dungeon?
And should we be worried about an 'extreme' wildfire warning?
Take 2: The porn industry responds
Why they claim moves to stop kids seeing adult content online won’t work.
Take 2: farmers v lynx
What’s the big deal about big cats roaming the countryside?
Take 2: Weight-loss jabs
A pharmacist on the risks of buying the jabs online.
Take 2: drug supervision room
Why one campaigner thinks we are failing people with addictions.
Is gender self-ID dead?
The impact of the Supreme Court’s definition of a woman.
Is Swinney scared of Farage?
And would Martin and Laura prefer to be a Faithful or a Traitor?
The Great BBC Soap Opera
Is the BBC right to cut River City?
Is Sturgeon ducking gender debate?
And what new EHRC guidance means for trans people in public spaces.
In defence of Kneecap
Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill says rappers Kneecap should be left alone.
Grangemouth: what happened?
Why Jim Ratcliffe is blaming the tax system.
Karen Dunbar: ‘What is laughter?’
Comedian Karen Dunbar on laughter, cancel culture and her love of Billy Connolly.
Why we need more babies
Paul Morland says politicians should be lecturing us about our falling birth rate.
Election 2026 predictions
And what is the Scottish Government planning to do this year?
Booze back on tracks
What scrapping the 'ineffective' alcohol ban on trains says about our drinking culture.
Is AI a threat to musicians?
Glasvegas guitarist Robert Allan and AI expert Sidrah Hassan on what AI means for music.
A matter of life and death
As MSPs prepare to vote on the issue of assisted dying, we hear two personal stories.
