Excitement as species of butterfly spotted at reserve for the first time

Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire recorded an unusual turn of events recently when one of this year’s osprey chicks flew away before her mother. LR1, the older female chick of the two that survived this year, was described as “bold and boisterous” by the Scottish Wildlife Trust staff that observed her development at the reserve near Dunkeld.

Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletterNEW Doctor Who star Karen Gillan recommended her young cousin for a key role - before she had even met her.The Scots actress, who plays the Doctor's assistant Amy Pond in the new series of the BBC1 drama, put 10-year-old Caitlin Blackwood forward to play a younger version of her own character.The pair only met for the first time on set but have become firm friends and were reunited in 22-year-old

Liam Gallagher celebrated his first major gig of the year by going on a 48-hour bender and stuffing his face with crisps. The rocker put on an epic freebie for NHS workers at London’s O2 Arena where he told the crowd they were a "sophisticated" bunch.The cheeky scamp added: "Seriously brainy.

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Greens will co-operate at Holyrood on key areas like the environment and economic development. Both parties have pledged to hold a referendum after the covid pandemic has passed - but no date has been set.

Greenock street this morning after a man was spotted allegedly carrying a machete. Emergency services raced to Newton Street around 10.40am today after a man was reported to have been seen with the bladed weapon.

falling from scaffolding in Aberdeenshire. George Forbes, 77, passed away after falling at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Peterhead at around 3pm on Wednesday, August 18.Emergency services scrambled to the scene but the pensioner could not be saved.

sunny spells this week, it's set to end overcast and wet but temperatures will stay in double figures before rising next week. Scots are to bask in highs of 22C in Glasgow by next Tuesday, while Edinburgh will see temperatures reach 19 degrees and Aberdeen will be cooler at 17C.

bin lorry caught on fire on a Scots street before quick-thinking staff spotted the smoke to put it out. The dramatic incident on Monday morning happened while crews were collecting rubbish in the Tulloch area of Perth and Kinross.

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Aberdeen.Police are keen to speak to Mark Barrott after his wife Eileen Barrott, 50, was found badly injured at the couple’s home in Naburn Fold, Whinmoor, on Sunday.She was then pronounced dead at the scene and police are treating her death as murder.Now 54-year-old Barrott is believed to have travelled to Scotland from Leeds after Eileen's death.He travelled to Edinburgh from Leeds by train but investigations have found he then caught a train to Aberdeen.He was last sighted on CCTV in Huntly

iOS - Android It was the second consecutive week in which case numbers have increased in the region and the eighth in a row in which more than 1000 positive tests have been recorded.Last Monday the Scottish Government lifted the majority of the remaining coronavirus regulations.Last week, Lanarkshire had the second highest rate of new cases in Scotland after 229.6 cases were recorded for every 100,000 residents in the county.Across Scotland, only Dumfries and Galloway (251.5) had a higher rate

Martin Compston has confessed he loved that his wife had 'no scooby' who he was when the couple first met. The Line of Duty star, 37, met actress Tianna Flynn, 34, in 2013 at a hotel bar in Los Angeles and the pair tied the knot in his hometown of Greenock in 2016.

Scots island for almost 40 years have tragically died. We previously told how a breeding pair of the birds of prey had returned to Orkney after an absence of almost four decades.

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

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racism, identity and the history of the slave trade. Edinburgh -born Eunice Olumide tells her story in a BBC film that will be shared as a learning resource in schools.

Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla have arrived in Scotland as they relocate in order to keep the Queen company this month.The Queen moved to her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands on July 23 for the first time as a widow, following the death of her husband Prince Philip in April.The late Duke of Edinburgh would always join his wife at the royal residence for the summer, with other family members coming to stay for a few weeks at a time, but this year Her Majesty will be alone.