Families urged to apply for £260 one-off Christmas payment before closing date this month

A new book is making some shocking claims about Queen Elizabeth II’s final years.

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'.

West Lothian firefighters dropped in to Inveralmond High School this week as part of their efforts to find the next generation of life savers.

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!

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to scrap plans to create a National Care Service amid uncertainty over how much it will cost.

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

A Dumbarton mum who lost her three-week-old son to cot death is hoping to raise awareness of the support available to parents after a successful fundraising Christmas Fayre.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that more than 24,900 families in Scotland benefited from UK Government funding towards childcare costs in September 2022. Overall, HMRC paid out £44.4 million in Tax-Free Childcare top-up payments to more than 401,300 families across the UK in September.

A little girl with one of the world’s rarest genetic conditions was misdiagnosed with cancer and suffered from a catalogue of failings at a troubled hospital.

Police are urging members of the public in the Isle of Lewis to check sheds and outbuildings for a missing woman from Ireland. Susan Forde has been missing for four weeks after travelling from the Republic of Ireland to Scotland in October.

A popular Dumbarton Christmas Fayre returns this Saturday, raising funds for the Scottish Cot Death Trust.

The Scottish Government recently announced that from November 14, all children currently in receipt of Scottish Child Payment will have it automatically increased from £20 to £25 per week. Applications for the devolved benefit will also be open to all eligible under-16s from that date - with payments backdated to the point of application.

A Scots family were left in hysterics after a randy monkey started pleasuring itself in front their children while on a day-out to Blair Drummond Safari Park.

The family of a Scottish man who has been missing since March have been informed over the discovery of a body in a disused quarry in Edinburgh, Police Scotland have confirmed.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in February 2022, nearly 12.5 millions people across the UK were receiving State Pension payments, including 1.1 million living abroad and 992,052 in Scotland.

Two men found dead at a property in Edinburgh on Tuesday, November 1, have been named as Desmond Rowlings, 66, and Derek Johnston, 37. Police today confirmed their identities after officers were called to the flat last week.

The family of a man who vanished overnight after last being seen near a hospital in Glasgow are ‘concerned for his welfare’, police have said.

Families of an estimated 145,000 children will benefit from extra support this winter to help with cost of living pressures, backed by Scottish Government investment of £18.9 million. First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced in October that Scottish Child Payment Bridging Payments in December will double from £130 to £260.