Colin the Caterpillar and Percy Pig help launch new Scots Marks & Spencer

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.

River Clyde has been pictured for the first time. Aidan Rooney, from Wishaw, was pulled from the water at Garrion Bridge by emergency services on Sunday after the alarm was raised shortly after 3pm.

food poisoning, Dorothy Byres was struck down on Tuesday evening after becoming violently ill after dinner with her daughter and son-in-law. But the 62-year-old from Edinburgh didn't call an ambulance as she feared being a 'nuisance' to the NHS.

BBC radio interview that 10 children, between 0 and nine, were hospitalised "because of covid" in Scotland between May 24 and 30.Yousaf used the data to warn parents not to travel to another council area to allow their child to attend a soft play area.Under current rules the areas are not permitted to open in Level 2.Following the statement the Scottish Conservatives wrote to the statistics watchdog alleging the use of the data could cause “needless alarm and were a misuse of statistics”.In

iOS - Android Bells managing director Ronnie Miles told Lanarkshire Live: “Bringing our best-selling Scotch pies to M&S is a milestone for us and has topped off our 90th anniversary."M&S is a favourite with Scottish families and we know our customers will be thrilled to see them on the shelves.”The family-owned firm is Scotland’s leading pie and pastry manufacturer, producing more than 15 million of its popular Scotch pies every year.It has been based in Shotts since 1931 and now employs more

Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams mark their three year wedding anniversary, take a look back at when they tied the knot in June 2018 in Scotland.

heart damage. Research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) presented today found the 'simple' test could help doctors spot deadly damage to the aorta, the body’s largest blood vessel.

Nando’s this weekend - as long as they bring and elderly friend or relative with them. The restaurant chain will slash 50% off the total bill (up to the value of £20) when they dine in their local branch with someone over the age of 65 from June 7 to 9.Bosses say that the ‘NanGo’s free’ promotion is to celebrate our much-missed grandparents or elderly friends, who have spent the best part of a year in isolation.

objections to his plan for two new chicken sheds. Locals say they donated the 12kg bags of tatties to a food bank because they didn’t want to be influenced.

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coronavirus variant that is a hybrid of strains first found in India and the UK. The country's health minister said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus.

High Court in Glasgow this week. Vile Winters preyed on six terrified victims, with one of the girls aged around just seven or eight when she was attacked, and raped four of them.

drug dealer's claims he made a fortune trading in Bitcoin as part of a bid by the Crown to claw back £800,000. Dale Pearson is alleged to have made more than three quarters of a million pounds from criminal activity and the cash is at the centre of a Proceeds of Crime battle.

Rangers supporters' celebrations has reached nearly £60,000. Thousands of fans descended on the square in the aftermath of their club clinching the Scottish Premiership trophy on May 15.

East Kilbride who say the debilitating after-effects brought their lives to a standstill.Every adult who has tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland is to be invited to take part in the study into the effects of the virus.Researchers hope to identify how many people continue to be unwell after having the virus.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will ask people what their

vanished three days ago are “extremely worried” about his welfare. Jamie Cannon was last seen at around 10am in Kinnier Road, Saltcoats, on Thursday, May 20.

Colin and Justin are facing their toughest challenge to date - renovating their new Glasgow flat from 5000 miles away. Covid restrictions have forced the duo, who are based in Toronto, Canada, to carry out the refurbishment of the west end pad - which they have yet to set foot in - via Zoom.

Police are appealing for help tracking down a teenage girl who vanished from her Scots home on Friday. Zakiyya Haider, 13, was last seen in Edinburgh at around 5pm on Friday, May 21.