Deer Rut Scotland: The best places to see majestic stags lock horns

“Our people are our most important asset at Barrhead Travel. By working in partnership with NHS Scotland to provide highly skilled personnel for national contact tracing efforts, we will be able to save many jobs and keep our people in work until the demand for travel returns.

“I hope this funding will allow continued emphasis on collaborative learning, innovation and efforts to find ways of sustaining livelihoods and communities which is one of our main priorities.

90s have been having a bit of a resurgence of late. Those of us lucky enough to have experienced the decade at the time may have spent the last 20 years trying to shake off the memories of its fashion and popular culture.But love it or loathe it, cool kids these days can't get enough of it.

drugs recovery on the M74. Police Scotland confirmed a 57-year-old was caught on the motorway in Lanarkshire.

link.The future of the £4m palliative care centre at Hairmyres Hospital was in doubt after it revealed losses of £300,000 since the start of lockdown.The latest boost comes after the hospice was shortlisted as one of three causes and charities in the West of Scotland to receive financial support from an £84,000 pot.Gordon McHugh, CEO at Kilbryde Hospice said: “We cannot thank Scotmid enough for awarding us this grant to assist us in supporting the patients and the families who we are here

social media users spotted an X-rated shape in the background of one of her pictures. Connie White from Falkirk, Stirlingshire, had posted the snap of her posing in front of a mirror for her 22nd birthday on Sunday.

Leigh Griffiths escaped injury after being involved in a three-car crash near his home. The Hoops striker was caught up in the smash on the Belshill bypass in Lanarkshire last night.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.MOTORISTS are being warned to be extra vigilant for deer straying on to Scotland’s rural roads at this time of year.The rutting (breeding) season is at its height and there is an increased risk of collisions with vehicles as the beasts are more mobile than usual.Now road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist is issuing tips and advice to help drivers avoid nasty accidents.The UK deer population numbers

Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots not to travel to areas of England that are deemed to have ‘high’ or ‘very high’ rates of coronavirus infection. The First Minister said that a growing number of Covid-19 infections in Scotland were linked to travel outside of the country.NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect figures revealed that 252 people who tested positive for the virus  in the last week reported some form of travel to other parts of the UK.

Ecclefechan - Let's get the obvious one out of the way, Ecclefechan is named for a "small church" in the Middle Ages dedicated to St Fechan.It's not pronounced eck-le-fe-chan, it's actually pronounced Ek-el-feck-hanGarioch - This Aberdeenshire town's name is often pronounced Ga-ree-ock but it's actually a Doric name that's pronounced 'Geerie'.Milngavie - Most Glaswegians will have chuckled at the various attempts of naming this town - with the usual being Mill-en-Gavie.It's actually pronounced

Kelly Macdonald has been proving a popular edition to the cast of hit BBC show Line of Duty. The Scot was announced last year as the new tough cop on the beat when AC -12 return for a new series.

link.But just 41 of those patients were tested, three of whom returned a positive result. That meant 126 patients were discharged to care homes without being tested.Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon has since written to the health board to find out which care homes were affected – but the request was refused as being “manifestly unreasonable”.

child poverty in Scotland has been exposed in scandalous new figures showing a rise almost everywhere in the past five years. Only one council area managed to improve - by just less than one percent - while the rest of the country saw young people fall further behind.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Today marks the 104th year that the Erskine charity has been caring for veterans.The first wounded veterans admitted to the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers arrived on October 10, 1916.A total of 13 patients came through the doors of the pioneering hospital when it opened over a century ago. They came from throughout Scotland to the newly opened hospital, to be fitted with

Scotland today as customers flocked to get cut-price deals. The mega-store, on Edinburgh's Granton Road, has undergone an enormous extension after originally opening in 1995 in a bid to meet growing shopper demand.