Dumbarton family's Christmas Fayre raises more than £1000 for Cot Death Trust

Oscar-winning Hollywood star Kate Winslet has said she was “absolutely destroyed” by the plight of a Tillicoultry family caring for a severely disabled teenager.

A Scots woman has posted about her emotional reunion with family after a four-year trip abroad. Madison Frain surprised her relatives after returning home for Christmas from Australia, reports Edinburgh Live.

The devastated daughter of a pensioner swept away in an Aberdeenshire river has told how her family “are lost without her”. Hazel Nairn was last seen in the water in the River Don, near Monymusk, after getting into difficulty while reportedly trying to rescue her pet dog amid torrential rain.

Edinburgh Christmas market goers have been left fuming after being forced to wait in 'Disneyland-like' queues to get inside.

A Christmas dinner - for many - cannot be beaten when it comes to ultimate meals.

Thousands of families with disabled children across the country have received almost £60million during the first year of a new Scottish benefit.

The family of a Scots gran who was left with a bloody head wound after a fall in hospital have raised concerns over her care. Beatrice McNarey, who has dementia, was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after breaking her hip at her Glasgow home in September.

A woman has told how newly-launched choirs in Dumbarton and Helensburgh are improving members’ mental health.

The parents of Katie Allan have slammed the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) after it emerged suicide rates have increased by 42 per cent since the introduction of a preventative scheme.

Parents and carers across Scotland with children up to the age of 16 can now apply for the Scottish Child Payment after a change to the eligibility rules on November 14. The weekly payment rate has also increased from £20 to £25, giving parents £100 per month per eligible child.

People have been asked to avoid Findhorn Bay in Moray after 22 pink-footed geese and an “unusual” number of gulls were found dead of suspected bird flu.

Families across Scotland are being urged to make sure they do not miss out on a double December Bridging Payment worth £260. The one-off payment will be made ahead of the Christmas holidays to the families of children registered to receive Free School Meals on the basis of low income.

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a young Glasgow man who died suddenly last week.

A Bonhill taxi driver has launched a new mens’ mental health group to meet a growing need for support and help those stuggling with the emotional turmoil of the cost-of-living crisis.

A man has appeared in court charged with four attempted murders after a ‘disturbance’ which saw a motorhome allegedly rammed by a tipper truck moments after a 'machete fight'.

As we get that bit closer to December, many shoppers might be beginning to wonder what days their local supermarket will be open this year.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a ‘disturbance’ in Airdrie which saw a motorhome allegedly rammed by a tipper truck moments after a 'machete fight'.

Happy faces were everywhere on Saturday as the Perth Christmas Lights Switch On event went off with a bang!

A missing neurosurgeon has been discovered dead in a Scots loch.

A Dumbarton man has raised £2340 so far for Parkinson’s UK after completing the New York Marathon last week.