Adorable moment baby otters frolic with mum in Scots river before feasting on delicious fishy treat

racial abuse by a gang of youths. The 22-year-old was subjected to the horrendous comments in the Kirriemuir Circle area of Bishopton in Renfrewshire on Sunday October 25.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire high school pupils in S4 to S6 and their teachers needs to wear masks in class from Monday.Parents dropping off and picking up children at school playgrounds and gates must also don face coverings from the start of next week.The rules are part of new Scottish Government restrictions being applied as part of the new Covid -19 tier level system.Ayrshire has been placed in Tier 3.Teachers

Paul Burgess was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in 2016 for shaking 15-week-old Zaiidyn Burke to death.The brute pled guilty to culpable homicide after inflicting fatal brain injuries when he was left in charge of the tot for an hour.Just over four years after he was locked up, Burgess, 29, is living less than 25 miles from Zaiidyn’s mum, Jade Caven.Jade, 30, said: “This feels like a huge kick in the teeth.“Where he’s been placed is just a drive away from my home in Dumfries.

mum is facing an agonising wait for a transplant after a traumatic premature birth of her 1lb baby uncovered hidden kidney disease.Doctors discovered 23-year-old Lauren Ballantine had been living with underlying kidney disease after she underwent an emergency Cesarean section when she was just 25-weeks pregnant.The young mum, from Newmilns, had been suffering from potentially fatal pre-eclampsia and was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital at 24 weeks pregnant.Doctors we able to stabilise the East

In Scotland, an additional 993 people tested positive, taking the figure to 47,708.There were just 316 cases reported nationally on Sunday, which has been put down to capacity issues at the testing lab.

Cops are investigating after a man's body has been found in a Glasgow river earlier this morning. The grim discovery was made in the River Kelvin by the Belmont Street bridge in Glasgow 's west end today, October 19.

baby loss and help others enduring a similar ordeal. Angela Kenney was 'naive' to the devastation baby loss causes, tuntil her unborn child's heart stopped beating on June 30 this year.

River City star Iain Robertson was touched by the "amazing kindness" of a stranger after being caught short on a recent trip to a popular Scots tourist spot. The Small Faces actor was visiting the Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll and Bute and stopped to get a bite to eat at the mobile food van positioned at the top of the hill.

East Lothian.The RNLI volunteer is now set to star in a BBC film showcasing the bravery of the UK’s lifeboat crews.Becs who works from the Dunbar station has risked her life in rough seas and freezing winds to save others.And next Tuesday she will feature in an upcoming episode of TV show Saving Lives at Sea at 8pm on BBC2.RNLI volunteer Becs will tell viewers who she took to the waves to save two people and a dog cut off by the tide near Dunbar, East Lothian.Becs said: “You never know when the

Christmas menu - which features a range of traditional classics to new vegan alternatives. The high street’s 2020 offering of its festive range will be available to Scots customers from Tuesday, November 3.

Low-income families will soon be able to apply for a new Scottish Government administered child benefit providing financial support to help with day-to-day living costs.

A92 were left shocked when a car was spotted driving on the wrong side of the road last night.Shocking dash cam footage captured the orange vehicle driving in the wrong direction on the A92 between Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly at around 6.55pm.One driver said he was shocked at what he seen and quickly called the police to intervene.The man said he was frantically flashing his lights to warn other oncoming drivers.He said: "The police were called by myself and others were heard by the operator

Hatem Elhamed's positive Covid test.The Parkhead side shared their best wishes to the Israel international who joins compatriot Nir Bitton and Ryan Christie ahead of Saturday's showdown. Odsonne Edouard remains a major doubt after he tested positive last week and won't return to Scotland until Thursday.

Livingston, gave an update via social media on the pair, who take the number of kittens born this year to three, and revealed their names.The zoo team stated that they have both been health checked and microchipped and revealed their names - Arran and Jura.Speaking for the zoo, supervisor Adele Copland said: "We are delighted with the birth of another two male Scottish wild cat kittens here at FSZ.

beauty vlogger couldn’t help herself in getting involved in the now-viral ‘how it started/how it’s going’ trend on Twitter. Thousands of people on the social media platform have been sharing their first encounters with their other half and comparing it to how strong their relationship is now.

NHS bowel screening will resume in Scotland on Monday after a seven-month pause. Kits will resume being posted out from Monday, and anyone who was sent equipment before the pandemic-induced halt in March is asked to complete and return them, the Scottish Government said.

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