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Rangers new boy Jon McLaughlin.The keeper, who is currently away with the Scottish national team, has played his part in Steven Gerrard’s side starting their Premiership campaign with an impressive, six shutouts.McLaughlin, who came in from Sunderland in the summer, has played all the games apart from the opening day win at Aberdeen, after Allan McGregor suffered injury.His former boss Craig Levein is not surprised with the impact McLaughlin has made because the season he had him at Hearts he

mum sought a second opinion.On June 1, doctors told Karen and Andrew Stirrat that their four-year-old son Caleb only had months left to live when his atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) returned weeks after he had been given the all clear.Refusing to give up hope, the devastated Clydebank family searched for treatment for their son.Within days they found an oncologist in Manchester who agreed to put Caleb on a clinical trial - after the growth was removed.Glasgow Royal Hospital for Children

More than 3,100 restaurants in Scotland signed up for UK Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme - meaning eateries were buzzing again for the first time in months.Ruth Sutherland (below), who runs the Carfraemill Hotel in the Lammermuir Hills, says the introduction of the promotion saw demand 'quadruple'.The UK Government has given firms across Scotland vital support to protect jobs and help them weather the storm of the Covid-19 crisis.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Plans have been unveiled for a brand new whisky hotel that comes complete with a whisky fountain and free dram on check-in.The $35m 134-room hotel will be an ode to the famous Scottish and American spirit and is set to open in LA in 2022.Famous entrepreneur and restaurateur Adolfo Suaya announced the project, which he is calling the Whisky Hotel.The boutique hotel

indyref2 if the SNP win the next election.Adam Morris said Boris Johnson's administration would "at some point" have to "listen".The Scottish Tories increased their vote share after the referendum on the basis of mounting a vigorous defence of the Union.When Davidson was leader, the Conservatives replaced Labour as Holyrood’s largest opposition party and they picked up seats at the 2017 general election.However, they fell back again at December's general election and they are on their third

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPolice say a fire within an Ayr multi storey car park last night was started deliberately.Thick black smoke was seen billowing across the the town at around 7.40pm as the blaze tore through the facility owned by TK Maxx.Now cops have confirmed they are investigating.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 7.40pm on Monday, 31 August, police were called to the River Street area of Ayr following

ire crews raced to tackle a blaze in Dunfermline last night. Two fire engines were deployed to Whitemyre Court, in the Rumbling area of the Fife town, at around 10pm after reports of a shed on fire.

beautiful holiday cottages in the Scottish Borders is on the hunt for a couple who will move there to live and work - and get paid £35,000. Lucky applicants of the one-of-a-kind job opportunity will get to stay in a two-bedroom cottage with bills paid for and can even bring their pet.

horrific cruelty at a former remand home.His nightmare ordeal included a sick sex attack by a woman guard after being sent to Calder House in Blantyre aged 11 for a minor misdemeanor he denies to this day.Yet after reporting his horrors to the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, he was left furious as the home forms no part of the hearing.Now 62, he said: “I’ve repeatedly asked the abuse inquiry why they’ve not got it on their list but they just fob me off.“They’re not investigating and we’re

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Scots celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana have announced the birth of their baby son.Ramsay announced the news to his Instagram followers today, alongside a picture of the couple and their new little bundle of joy.Little Oscar James Ramsay is their fifth child and is little brother to Megan, 21, twins Holly and Jack, 19, and Matilda, 17.The chef's announcement was full of cheeky references

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA top union official has called for a fair pay deal after NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff “put everything in” during the pandemic.Kevin McGregor reckons NHS employees have been “fobbed off” over wage requests.The Unison trade union representative has been calling on the Scottish Government to reopen NHS wage talks this year as part of national campaign Pay Up Now.Health secretary Jeane Freeman had a

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterFraudsters offering scam holidays at Ayr's Craig Tara Holiday Park have sparked a police alert.It follows reports of fake lettings being flogged to the public at the popular park.We revealed yesterday how one Scots mum spent £250 on a non-existent caravan break for her disabled mum.Cops are now warning the public to be on their guard amid a rise in "fake online adverts" offering rentals that do

Gerard Butler has reportedly split from his girlfriend Morgan Brown after nearly seven years together. The Scots actor, 50, was first linked to the 49-year-old interior designer back in 2014 and they had an on/off romance in the following years - splitting and getting back together several times.