Edinburgh Zoo team give giant baby cloud rat adorable Scottish name after public suggestions

Rangers ' striker Jermain Defoe has been spotted dining out at one of Edinburgh's most famous landmarks.

fitness guru Joe Wicks to his prized restaurant for a bite to eat.

Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie, revealed that their Eurasian elk, Cas, had been put to sleep after being found unresponsive one morning. She leaves behind a young calf, which she gave birth to in mid-May.

forced to close after heaving rain flooded the kitchen during service. Scotland has been smacked with flood alerts after forecasters issued a weather warning for thunderstorms as the wet spell enters its fourth day.

Aberdeen was forced to return to the Scots airport after declaring a mid-air emergency. The Eastern Airways plane from Aberdeen to Sumburgh in Shetland turned back about 15 minutes after taking off.

Old Boroughmuir High School, which is currently under construction, this afternoon.The incident happened earlier today and a spokesman confirmed they are treating the man's death as 'unexplained.'It's understood the Scottish Ambulance Service have also rushed to the former school, located on Warrender Park Crescent.According to local reports, emergency services were called to the school following a "sudden death".CALA Homes, the developers in charge of the site, confirmed they were aware of an

covid pandemic. The Tory Prime Minister wants to focus on getting as many people across the country vaccinated as possible in order to allow for a full economic recovery.

cyclist was hospitalised following a hit and run on an Edinburgh street. The incident occurred around 7.30 am on Wednesday August 4 on Mansfield Place in Edinburgh city centre.

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raped on a street in Edinburgh. Officers say the 29-year-old was the victim of a serious sexual assault at the junction of Broughton Street Lane and Union Street.

referendum could be held “if there is a settled will” for one.

UK Government will not stand in the way of an independence referendum forever, according to Boris Johnson’s most senior Scottish cabinet minister. Michael Gove – who heads Downing Street’s so-called Union Unit – said that if there is a “settled will” for a rerun of the 2014 vote, then “one will occur”.

Lanark mum-of-three, who has incurable Huntington’s disease, is on cloud nine after ticking off the most daring challenge on her bold bucket list so far.

Officers investigating the assault on a priest who was allegedly attacked while he prayed inside an Edinburgh church have arrested a man. The holy man was praying alone in St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in York Place, Edinburgh, at around 9.30am on Monday when the alleged incident took place.

officers has collided with a tour bus in Edinburgh. Dramatic pictures show the smash between the Police Scotland vehicle and the Majestic tours coach in the capital's city centre while sunglass-wearing cops look on.

Scots beach. Chilli was splashing around in the water at South Queensferry when she ran over a huge jellyfish.

NASA has warned an asteroid bigger than Edinburgh Castle is heading towards Earth's orbit this week. The space rock - which is larger than the popular Scottish landmark - will make a close approach to our planet and could be up to 220 metres wide.

paedophile hunters vigilante group gathered outside a property in EdinburghA video was shared online of a mob of protesters standing outside the house in Great Carleton Square last night.Police attended the address at around 9pm and arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with indecent communications.The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was accused by the group of speaking inappropriately to who he thought were 12 and 13 year old girls.The footage shows a huge crowd waiting for cops

a gun. Locals reported the man apparently armed with a firearm in the capital's Nicholson Square around 12.30pm on Sunday.