Huge colony of bright and colourful shellfish discovered by divers off Scots coast

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSeven people died from coronavirus in Scotland over the Christmas period, new figures show.

direct to your inboxIt is no big secret that high street retailers battling to stay open have been facing significant pressures over the last decade. But today, amid a global pandemic caused by a virus that was barely on the public’s radar this time last year, the future of the UK high street has never looked more uncertain. On March 23, non-essential shops were forced to close their doors to customers in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, which, by that time, had taken the lives of

Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King jr and Mahatma Ghandi. He wrote: "People who did not ask for a referendum from their oppressors before they demanded freedom." His comment was taken by SNP figures as a clear link to the UK Government’s repeated refusal to allow a second referendum on Scottish independence.

We couldn’t imagine anyone else as Bridget Jones at this point, but Hugh Grant admitted he wasn’t sold on casting Renée Zellweger for the role.

“The Undoing” actor who played caddish Daniel Cleaver alongside Texas-born Zellweger in the hugely popular flick admitted that he was initially skeptical of the unusual casting.“There was a whole scandal about why isn’t this a British actress?” Grant said in a new BBC2 documentary, “Being Bridget Jones.”“I didn’t know Renée Zellweger, and a Texan playing a British character? It did seem like a stretch,” he confessed.Grant revealed that the two-time Oscar winner’s first attempt at a British

Scottish Premiership and this next run is set to be a serious test of Rangers' mettle. The next few weeks sees Steven Gerrard 's men host Hibs and Celtic before a tough away day double-header at Aberdeen and Motherwell.

Being Bridget Jones, now streaming on BBC iPlayer.“I didn’t know Renée Zellweger, and a Texan playing a British character, it did seem like a stretch,” Grant continued.The actor added that Zellweger’s first attempt was “good” but also sounded like Princess Margaret, which he described as “startling”.“She was told to kind of, well she thought she better loosen it up a bit,” he added. “Then she came in and it was Princess Margaret having had a stroke.

direct to your inboxPolice and drivers have clashed at the Port of Dover as tensions run high over delays to reopening the border.A small group of drivers tried to push through police lines this morning.It comes as the French government has said anyone wanting to return across the Channel will have to show proof of a negative coronavirus test taken within the past 72 hours.There has been two days of chaos at Dover after France denied entry to accompanied freight traffic from the UK following a

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall went for a summery feel for their 2020 Christmas card.

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall have shared their Christmas Card for the 2020 holiday season.

coronavirus pandemic  has forced thousands of Scots out of work leading to record redundancy figures, new data has revealed. Around 30,000 people in the country  lost their jobs  in the three months to October - up from 5,000 between May and July, numbers from the Office for National Statistics have shown.

horror crash on a Scots road. Kieran Knox from the Fallin area near Stirling was killed after his car crashed off the road on the A9 near Dunblane on Saturday.

Laura Anderson has thanked the Love Island Scot for raising awareness of breast cancer after she discovered a cyst. Laura shared a message from the fan on Instagram who told her that she decided to get checked by her doctor after seeing the 31-year-old's picture for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

A self-imposed Sunday deadline for a Brexit deal has been extended by the United Kingdom and European Union, continuing the crucial discussions on trade. Both sides, though, warned that they were unlikely to reach an agreement.