Councils could slash worker pension contributions after retirement fund records huge surplus

Perth and Kinross councillors will next week be asked to approve the consultation strategy for its bid to create a new national park in Northern Perthshire.

A Scots grandmother who embezzled more than £1.5 million from her employer's business was jailed for 40 months.

Council chiefs have “raided” £7 million for child abuse victims to bump up their latest pay offer to striking workers.

A huge blaze has tore through the Station Hotel this evening with smoke being seen for miles.

A senior SNP MP could be ousted from his seat by his local MSP's husband, according to reports.

A unique boarding service for animals who have had surgery can now be built in Slamannan after a vet was given the green light by councillors.

Good old-fashioned leafleting came to the rescue as more than 100 people attended a meeting to save a popular community centre.

The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that State Pension currently provides regular financial support for 12.6 million older people across the country, including nearly one million retirees living in Scotland. This payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is currently 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance Contributions.

Six bosses at a firm owned by Glasgow Council have been awarded bonuses of nearly £150,000 during the cost of living crisis.

An SNP MP has hit out at Labour's new "Blairite" Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary over the party's welfare policies.

Perth and Kinross Council's (PKC) finance chief has assured councillors PKC is not at risk despite investment in English councils - where some are in financial meltdown.

State Pension currently provides essential financial support for 12.6 million older people across the country, including more than one million retirees living in Scotland. 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, and have paid at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions.

Former Manchester United man Ashley Young admits he is 'still scared' of Sir Alex Ferguson 10 years after the fiery Scot retired from management.

Safe consumption rooms could be opened where ever they are needed in Scotland if a pilot scheme proves they can work, an SNP minister has said.

A giant mural of Sir Billy Connolly is to be removed to make way for student flats in his home city.

Fears have been raised that Cheshire's proposed Tebay-style M56 service station will divert trade away from "struggling" shopping centres in surrounding towns and suburbs as it is likely to become "a destination in its own right".

A pensioner has died after being hit by a car in Renfrew. Emergency services raced to Cambridge Road after reports that an 81-year-old man had been knocked down by a blue Ford Focus at around 8am on Tuesday.

Councillors have voted not to support an increase in Council Tax for those living in the higher E-H bands.

Wetherspoons will be slashing its food and drinks prices for one day only. Punters heading to the pub chain will see prices reduced by 7.5%.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Sex is back,” said Julie Hintsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival, to a packed house of festival-goers as they took in the newest effort from Yorgos Lanthimos at this year’s 50th anniversary. One of the festivals tributes this year, a pre-screening convo was moderated by director Karyn Kusama, as the two discussed his filmography which included his early works “Kinnetic” and “Alps.” In the audience were Oscar winners like director Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and actor Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”), and they, along with the crowd, devoured it.