Ford Puma wins coveted 2020 Scottish Car of the Year title

winter weather sweeps across the country, driving with snow on your car could potentially land you in trouble with the law.Scotland has been hit with plummeting temperatures sparking a massive freeze, with weather warnings for ice issued for the coming weeks.While Scots have been urged to stay at home during the latest lockdown, there are still people needing to make essential journeys during the cold snap of weather.In the eyes of the law, you need to clear snow off your vehicle before you go

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animal welfare bosses have launched a search for the owners of a group of festive strays - including a ferret and a chicken. Animals were found roaming wild by the Scottish SPCA over the past few weeks.

referendums should only be held “once in a generation”. The Tory leader told the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme: “Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.

coronavirus, lockdowns, protests and stockpiling to celebrity deaths and staying at home, there's been a lot of chaos and change. But 2020 has also been a year of appreciating the things we take for granted, including family, friends and key workers who have powered on tirelessly during the pandemic.

George Parsonage are the Pride of Scotland.Both men have been honoured with a Special Recognition Award in our People’s Oscars for their selfless dedication to helping others in their time of need.In his 40 years as leader of the Glasgow Humane Society, George rescued more than 1500 people from the River Clyde, while Charandeep, along with his army of volunteers provided meals to 100,000 families during lockdown.Nicola Sturgeon has hailed Charandeep Singh, who is the driving force behind The

another major vote on the constitution as soon as next year "would be the wrong thing to do". With the SNP widely tipped to win a majority of MSPs at May's Holyrood elections, speculation is growing over when the Nationalists will launch a fresh bid to secure an IndyRef2.

link.Chairman of South Lanarkshire council’s community and enterprise resources committee, Councillor John Anderson, said: “Congratulations once again to Strathaven Park on a phenomenal achievement.“To have been so consistently recognised as not only the top park in the country, but also one of the top 10 in the UK, just shows the hard work that everyone puts in to make the park such an enjoyable place to visit.“I’d like to thank all of our staff for their hard work, especially during a global

nuisance calls can often be blocked using features already available on existing telephone contracts. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs Scotland's national consumer advice service, consumeradvice.scot, is launching the appeal to householders in an effort to reduce the number of those who fall victim to scam callers over Christmas.

Rod Stewart has revealed he lied to get out of paying big phone bills which he ran up listening to Scotland games.The thrifty rocker told how he would call his father Robert in  Scotland so he could hear commentary of the national team’s matches during the 70s.The singer would often struggle to find somewhere showing  them while he was touring the world – and his 90-minute international calls resulted in him being charged hundreds of pounds by hotels.Sir Rod said: “To get to the 1974 World Cup

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POLICE Scotland is running a major campaign to help the people of Monklands to protect themselves from fraud – one of the most commonly experienced crimes in the country.Cases of criminals exploiting vulnerable and unsuspecting people and persuading them to part with money or personal information are continuing to rise.During the six-week campaign, in partnership with Take Five to Stop Fraud, police officers will also warn that criminals are becoming more sophisticated and convincing in their

Edinburgh city centre to get in touch. Four males are being reported to the Procurator Fiscal after reports of a disturbance in St Andrew Square in the capital around 12.20pm last Thursday.

Isle of Lewis. The nine-year-old was struck by a blue Toyota Yaris on Monday afternoon.

hospitalised for over a year after contracting a disease while travelling, has made it home in time for Christmas. When Mekala Osbourne was diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia in Vietnam, she only given a five per cent chance of survival.

East Kilbride schoolgirl hopes to draw a line under a ‘gloomy’ 2020 after winning Nicola Sturgeon’s festive card competition.Sophie Blackett was one of 700 children across Scotland to submit artwork for the First Minister’s official Christmas card this year.Nicola Sturgeon was on the hunt for a design that “represents kindness” for the 2020 card.The 10-year-old's design celebrated the hard graft Scots citizens have put in to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus across the country.Her

Scottish stag to pose for a wee photo would be porridge oats.

Kaleem Aftab British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed.