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State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular paymen t is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.One of the most powerful union leaders in Britain has told how Paisley is ‘his kinda town’.Gary Smith, the new general secretary of the GMB, has stuck firm on living in the heart of the town despite instant assumptions he would up sticks and move to London.In an exclusive interview with the Paisley Daily Express, the 53 year old revealed he’s formed an incredibly close bond with the town.And he said:

released on bail over an alleged £250,000 Scots drugs bust. Joanne Copland, 45, appeared in court after more than half a million ' street Valium ' tablets were said to have been seized from a house in the Foxbar area of Paisley.

Scots sayings are as hilarious as they are meaningful, while others are the best way to describe a situation - or just cut straight to the point.

World Gin Day on June 12 which means it is the perfect excuse to have a wee Gin and Tonic (or two). This global celebration of gin is held on the second Saturday of June annually, created by top spirits blogger Emma Stokes, AKA Gin Monkey, it's been running since 2009.

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“We’d certainly work with a university again if we got the right project - a great experience.”Interface is funded by the Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Sunny Staycations campaign, the broadband team at Uswitch have crunched the numbers to reveal the top staycation spots for the best weather during the summer months.

Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Love Island's voiceover genius Iain Stirling says his new ITV2 sitcom Buffering is his best work to date.The Scots born talent who has also hosted CelebAbility for ITV2, had been working on his 'passion project' for some years.The sitcom, written by him and fellow stand-up Steve Bugeja's, is a six-part series and focuses around a group of friends who are challenged by millennial living.In

fundraiser started for a young couple who accidentally ended up investing in an abandoned mansion in Dunoon instead of a Glasgow flat has raised over £17,000. Cal Hunter, 28, from Hull and his 26-year-old Canadian girlfriend Claire Segeren had planned to move to a new life in Scotland but a mix-up at the auction house left them with a bigger project than they had anticipated.

rape. Vile Craig Dunsmore was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh over a number of sex crimes, including the rape of a woman in Edinburgh in January 2019.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

Duke of Cambridge, known as the Earl of Strathearn in Scotland, would spend more time at Balmoral with wife Kate and strengthen ties with their former university town of St Andrews if the proposals go ahead.The report comes just days after the couple’s tour of Scotland in which William said the country was “so important” to him and his wife.On the final day of their visit, William and Kate held a meeting with Gordon Brown who has recently launched a renewed campaign to save the Union.The couple

drugs bust worth £130,000 in West Lothian. Police carried out a search warrant at an address in the Moorelands area of Addiewell on May 25.

castles, it's highly likely that you won't have seen them all. With an estimated 2,000 castles (though it could be as many as 4,000) dotted around Scotland's rolling hills and picturesque glens, there are always new ones waiting to be discovered.

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Dumbarton’s biggest school has been recognised for the “special” achievement of being nominated for secondary school of the year.The Lennox Herald reported last month how Our Lady and St Patrick’s High had been shortlisted in this year’s Times Education Supplement awards.And education convener Karen Conaghan wished them well this week.She said: “Our schools have faced one of the most challenging

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