Doune Castle, the Scottish stronghold that became Outlander's Castle Leoch

UFO sightings will be sealed from the public for another 50 years. The file is said to contain colour pictures showing what appears to be a 100ft spacecraft hovering over Calvine, Perthshire, in 1990.

racist thug who petrol-bombed a mosque has admitted slashing an African terror chief behind bars. Thomas Conington, 32, launched an attack on African warlord Ahmed Al-Faq Almadhi, 44, in HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire.

Richard Osman thanked Glasgow for a "lovely time" on a whistle-stop book signing tour this morning. The Pointless host, author and comedian headed up to Scotland's biggest city last night for some work at a raft of Waterstones stores.

The shortlist for this year’s Scottish Album Of The Year Award has been announced, selecting the ten best Scottish albums of the last year.

tourism spots in the top 500.According to Lonely Planet, 34 of the world’s best travel experiences can be found in the UK, with nine of them in Scotland.The second edition of the bestselling book, which is available to buy now contains the 'definitive wish-list of the 500 most thrilling travel experiences, ranked in order of brilliance'.Petra in Jordan was listed as the top place to experience in the world.Almost half of the dream recommendations outdoors or wildlife experiences, reflecting the

immigration have been rejected by a UK minster – who insisted the Scottish Government is pursuing the issue to "suit its agenda of separatism". Immigration minister Kevin Foster made the provocative claim as he warned devolving powers on immigration could create "confusion" within the UK.

trade union has warned that 147 jobs could be lost at a foundry specialising in railway parts if it loses out on a contract to an overseas firm. Unite said the entire Progress Rail Services plant in South Queensferry could be shut by the end of the year, in what it claimed would be another "massive blow" to manufacturing jobs in Scotland.

fossil fuels in Scotland. The protesters timed the stunt shortly before Nicola Sturgeon was due to lead First Minister’s Questions.

north Atlantic have been spotted frollicking near a Royal Navy Trident nuclear weapons base. Three northern bottlenose whales have been seen in Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute, where they have spent the past five days.

map reveals the nine Scottish regions projected to become coronavirus hotspots within a fortnight, putting them at risk of local lockdowns.Imperial College London's interactive maps show clusters of red zones in each UK nation, as of Friday, as tough new measures are imposed across Scotland to curb the spread of Covid-19.But the picture looks much worse two weeks from now, with more hotspots emerging across the cuntry.A projection for 4th October shows Scottish areas already subject to local

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showing off the Inner and Outer Hebrides as you've never seen them before. The Hebridean Air Services account (@Hebrideanair) is a treasure trove of unbelievable photographs of some of Scotland's best known islands - all taken from a bird's eye view.

Douglas Ross plans to spend £550million on 3,000 more teachers for Scotland if his party gains power at the next Holyrood election.

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The longlist for this year’s Scottish Album Of The Year Award has been announced. It’s a strong list, with artists including Anna Meredith, Blanck Mass, Erland Cooper and Shhe.

Scottish Labour to move on from recent divisions by urging colleagues to “pull together”. He backed Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard and also praised an MP who had considered quitting the party last year.

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Luke Mabbott and Lucie Donlan are looking more loved-up than ever after going public with their romance in July and, following a romantic road trip across Scotland, have even teased that they’re starting a “little family”.The Love Island stars have documented their staycation for fans on social media and recently shared a video of Luke petting an adorable Labrador while Lucie held a chicken (random).In the video, which Luke captioned, “Our weird little family,” the Justin Bieber lookalike tells