Scotland is a nation that forms part of the United Kingdom. It became part of the United Kingdom in 1707 through the Act of Union and, until the creation of a Scottish Parliament in 1999, legislative power resided in the House of Commons. Scottish home...

Scotland occupies roughly the northern one-third of the British Isles; its area is 30,414 square miles (78,772 square kilometers), or about the size of the state of Maine. A fault line separates the country into the northern Highlands and the southern...

This article is about the country. For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). Scotland (Gaelic: Alba) is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the four constituent countries[5] of the United Kingdom. It occupies the northern third of the...

1. Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 As indicated briefly in the last notes, the Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 7 December 2006. Thereafter, the Bill got the Royal Assent on 15 January 2007. The full debate on 7...

Mull, a baronial castle near Stirling, an 18th-century house overlooking the Cuillins on Skye, an island stronghold in Orkney, and, most unusual of the lot, a 19th-century folly shaped like a pineapple, refurbished by the Landmark Trust. Most of these places seem to...

In a Jan. 15 story about the anniversary of the Scottish Parliament's voting to accept the Treaty of Union, The Associated Press erroneously described Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian church, is governed by...

With barely the raising of a glass, Scotland is marking 300 years since it accepted union with England and officially put the Great in Britain.The anniversary Tuesday of the Scottish parliament's vote for the Treaty of Union is focusing attention more on the perennial discord...