Anna Meredith on her Hyundai Mercury Prize nomination: “It’s taken me a while to have the balls to write like this”

COVID-19 in a Scots hospital.Six patients within an oncology ward in Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital have been confirmed with the virus and a “very small number” of other patients have died.A spokeswoman said:  “Our thoughts are with their family at this sad time.

Cathkin Braes greenspace is among the finalists in the SURF awards, which showcase successful regeneration efforts of communities across Scotland.

coronavirus pandemic has caused a boom in property sales with both the UK and Scottish Government offering buyers incentives to purchase their first property or move to a new one using financial support from the ‘Help To Buy’ loan scheme.In Scotland, new and existing homebuyers can receive financial help up to 15 per cent of the purchase price of a new build home.In England, new and existing homebuyers can get up to 20 per cent of the cost of their newly built home.But, for some people who have

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.There’s a kind of magic surrounding a new addition to the team of animals at Amazonia visitor attraction in Strathclyde Park.The indoor tropical rainforest, the only one in Scotland, welcomed a new baby Goeldi’s Monkey into its family.It’s the first birth of an animal there for over a decade, with the last in 2009.The newborn has been named Mercury by staff at Amazonia after coming into the world on the same

loch looking like the Grim Reaper. Martin O'Brien, who had been visiting the Kilbowie outdoor centre near Oban, was travelling home via Balquhidder when he decided to stop at the nearby Loch Lubnaig.

driver who killed a Scots dad. George Robertson, 53, was knocked down and killed as he walked along the B792 between Bathgate and Torphichen in West Lothian two weeks ago.

Channel 4 reality show. The couples spin-off of the popular cooking programme sees three lots of partners put on their own night of entertainment and food as the contestants face off for a cash prize.

mum has vowed to fight to see her little boy grow up after being given less than 12 months to live - just weeks after being told she had beaten cancer.

whiskies based on the recommendation of a colleague, but became “hooked” on collecting and went on to source bottles from more than 150 Scottish distilleries as well as bourbon and rare Scotch releases from independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe.It will be sold in an auction on WhiskyAuctioneer.com, founded and based in Perth, with the sale running from today until October 5.Iain McClune, founder of Whisky Auctioneer, said: “The entire collection has

David Tennant spoke of his shock when his minister father swore in front of him for the first time while impersonating Billy Connolly.

Jane Park has set pulses racing as she poses in a cream two piece - which even sparked three Instagram marriage proposals.

boxing champ Tyson Fury.Robert Kelbie, from Edinburgh, is also claiming to represent super middleweight Billy Joe Saunders as ‘director of talent’ at MTK Global.The 36-year-old gave Fury, 32, a tour around Scotland during a whistle-stop tour last week.Throughout the trip the Tyson and his Love Island brother Tommy stopped off in the capital, a tailors in Glasgow and had a stay in the five-star Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.On Instagram Kelbie now describes himself as “commercial director of

puppy was mauled by a Labrador in vicious park attack sparking fury from his 'traumatised' owner. Archie the lurcher is a 'completely different dog' after the brutal attack in Glasgow's Pollok Park on Thursday.