Heart-stopping moment daredevil caught swimming down River Don after bursting its banks in flood

A Scots woman has posted about her emotional reunion with family after a four-year trip abroad. Madison Frain surprised her relatives after returning home for Christmas from Australia, reports Edinburgh Live.

Glasgow International Airport has been locked down amid reports of a 'suspicious package'.

The devastated daughter of a pensioner swept away in an Aberdeenshire river has told how her family “are lost without her”. Hazel Nairn was last seen in the water in the River Don, near Monymusk, after getting into difficulty while reportedly trying to rescue her pet dog amid torrential rain.

The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Across the UK, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

The Scottish Government has announced that almost £60 million has been distributed to thousands of families with disabled children in the first year of a new devolved disability benefit. The latest official figures from Social Security Scotland show the families of nearly 44,000 children and young people were receiving Child Disability Payment in September this year.

Every council finance director in the country has warned the Scottish Government services may be stopped over a £1bn funding crisis.

Figures shared by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in February there were 22 million people across the UK claiming at least one benefit. That number includes nearly 12.5 million older people now in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a gang of car thieves were spotted lurking near a West Lothian house shortly before it was raided.

One person has been taken to hospital following a 'house fire' in Inverness.

Police searching for a Scots mum have recovered the body of her dog she was reported;y trying to save before she was swept away in a river.

This is the emotional moment a Scots couple got engaged during Westlife's recent gig at the Glasgow OVO Hydro on Sunday evening.

A search has been launched to trace a missing Scots woman last seen on Monday morning.

Searches are continuing for a Scots mum who was swept away in a swollen river as she tried to save her beloved dog during stormy weather.

Off-duty police officer David Marr threw himself at a thug clutching a petrol can who was threatening to burn down a restaurant – then joked that he wouldn’t let it ruin his lunch.

A Place in the Sun star Danni Menzies has showed off her facial scars for the first time since she was knocked down by a stolen moped.

Flood-hit streets have been swept by Scots cops as part of an exercise with the Coastguard while extreme weather continues to bring chaos and halt travel across the country.

Searches for a woman reportedly swept into a Scots river as she tried to rescue a dog have been resumed this morning.

Police searching for a woman reportedly swept into a Scots river as she tried to rescue a dog have stood down their search on Friday.

Emergency services have launched a large-scale search for a person who is believed to have been swept away in a Scots river during severe weather.

River City fans have been left in stitches as producers shared some of the stars' most hilarious bloopers while filming.