Angry pub bosses dump ice stocks in Glasgow's George Square and at Holyrood in dramatic protests

Adult Disability Payment (ADP) is a new benefit from Social Security Scotland that will replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in 2021. The new benefit will provide additional financial support to people of working age across Scotland with a disability or long-term ill-health condition.

farmer has vowed to dump a lorry load of buffalo dung into a shop that has been dumping piles of rubbish onto his land. Steve Mitchell discovered a fresh mountain of cardboard and plastic packaging had been tossed onto a track at the Buffalo Farm in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Tuesday morning.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.A Scots artist has filmed the moment she and her dog were forced to hilariously leg it from a herd of cows after walking through a field.Vee Somerville captured the comedic moment on TikTok before sharing it with her nearly 60,000 followers.The artist was out walking her pet Koko when she spotted the cows at the end of the path she was on.Jokingly apologising to the

Highland garden boozer.Paul Stephenson, from Cawdor, near Inverness, converted his outhouse into a pub during lockdown and hasn’t looked back.The ex-radio producer began the Vintage Rock Pod podcast from his new bar and has already blethered with a host of music legends over a pint.Since going on air at the start of the month, he has chatted to John Illsley from Dire Straits and Big Country star Bruce Watson.He has also interviewed Mitch Murray, who has sold more than half a billion songs

Nicola Sturgeon to ban booze sales in shops in an effort to boost business in bars.Don Lawson, owner of popular Inverness hostelry Johnny Foxes, said such a move would protect jobs in Scotland's already struggling hospitality industry.He wants to see only pubs and restaurants being allowed to sell drinks instead of customers relying on massive supermarket chains.It comes as the First Minister confirmed yesterday that pubs across Scotland are still barred from serving drink indoors for at least

Climate crisis campaigners from Extinction Rebellion Scotland have dumped a mile of manure outside BP's North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen.The move was carried out in protest against the oil giant’s new net zero promises, which the group say“smell like sh***”.The firm joined forces with Aberdeen City Council last month in a programme of “decarbonisation” across the city.However, climate emergency campaigners say the firm, which is one of the biggest companies responsible for global carbon

He added: "You’ve seen us respond to that in Dumfries and Galloway previously, rather than the broader challenge we have across the Central Belt just now where it is not specific small outbreaks, it is much more widespread.“If you go online, see can your own area in the Covid-19 daashboard for Scotland and you can begin to see some leakage from the central belt to Tayside and Dumfries and Galloway so we are keeping a very, very close eye on Dumfries and Galloway and every healthboard and local

drunk driver who was also high on drugs have hit out at his sentence. Kanad Basi was almost twice the drink drive limit having also taken cocaine and ecstasy when he lost control of his BMW.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed there has been an increase in the number of Scots claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) during lockdown by almost three per cent. The data shows that by the end of July, a total of 273,899 Scots were claiming PIP - an increase of 7,789 (2.7%) since the beginning of April.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A brother and sister are pleading with health bosses to reopen Renfrewshire care homes for indoor visiting — so they can hold their father’s hand.Alan and Alison Bruce (pictured left) say the current 30-minute outdoor visits in the Scottish winter are “inhumane” as they urge the Scottish Government to look at a range of measures that would reduce the risk of families bringing Covid-19 into care homes.The

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineDuring a virtual screen talk today at the 64th BFI London Film Festival, George Clooney discussed the importance of journalistic integrity, the COVID-19 pandemic, his upcoming Netflix film, The Midnight Sky, and the highlights of his illustrious career.Throughout the hour-long conversation with Scottish broadcaster Edith Bowman, which centered on a selection of his iconic films—including Out of Sight, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Good Night, and Good

banged up a year for killing a man in a revenge attack and was incarcerated hundreds of miles from family in the “hate factory”.It was September 28, 1987, and Leggat, then 24, was enraged when he was put on minor report so he stabbed a prison officer in the leg and threw hot fat over him.Sammy “The Bear” Ralston, who was serving a six-year sentence for armed robbery, watched as other prisoners in Peterhead’s D Wing took advantage of the fracas.Ralston decided he was joining in.John “Jake” Devine

coronavirus which concerned staff are blaming on ineffectual PPE.Nurses in Scotland, apart from those dealing with patients requiring aerosol- generating procedures such as ventilators, are only issued with surgical masks.They have been denied access to the higher grade FFP3 masks which properly protect the wearer.Now nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have voiced fears about their safety following the outbreak of the virus on ward 23 – an orthopaedic ward – and ward 27 – a

coronavirus figures. It comes after the first full weekend of pub and restaurant closures across the central belt, and early shutting times around the rest of the country.

Scottish Parliament tomorrow. Protesters plan to gather at Holyrood to rally against new tough restrictions.

Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May as "model guests" amid rumours of a Covid-19 breaking party.The stars were recently spotted touring the Highlands and Islands of Scotland as they film the newest series of their Amazon Prime series.On Sunday they crossed to the Uists - which are at the centre of a coronavirus cluster of more than 40 cases.The trio, each driving a classic car, began their journey in Edinburgh and finished in North Uist on Wednesday.But after

Nicola Sturgeon has defended pub closures after a furious backlash over claims hospitality is being turned into a scapegoat in the pandemic.The First Minister said the two-week shut down was a tough decision but had to be balanced against a health crisis."I do not get up in the morning and decide to close pubs for a policy reason," she said at the Scottish Parliament today."We are in a global pandemic where we are trying to save lives, and balance that with the interests of the economy as best