Landowner calls out South Ayrshire Council over 'flawed' housing policy

A drug-detecting dog called Boo became the hero of the hour after sniffing out around £1500 of fake tobacco during a search operation of Perth shops.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age who need help with daily living tasks or moving around as a result of a long-term illness, disability or mental or physical health condition.

An Ayrshire teen has raised over £600 for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) last month.

Council planners will not stand in the way of plans to change the name of a Linlithgow pub over racism fears.

On April 3, 1978 Hollywood star Vanessa Redgrave walked off the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles having won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the wartime drama Julia. Just three months later she stood in the far-less glamourous surroundings of Manchester town hall awaiting the announcement of a very different kind of vote.

Team England cyclist Matt Walls was involved in a shocking incident at the Commonwealth Games with the rider going over the barrier and into the crowd, leaving a fan injured.

Traffic is tailing back the length of the Tay Road Bridge following a collision involving multiple vehicles.

Schools could stay shut after the summer holidays and rubbish could pile high after council staff voted for strike action amid a pay dispute. Workers in the Unison trade union voted to reject a “measly” two per cent pay offer by local authority bosses.

Lulu has called for her home city of Glasgow to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.The Scottish singer represented the UK at the 1969 edition of the annual competition with her track ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’, and was voted one of four joint winners that year.Speaking on last night’s episode of Newsnight (via BBC News), Lulu said Eurovision 2023 should be held in Glasgow after it was confirmed that the UK will hold the contest on behalf of this year’s winners, Ukraine.“It has to be Glasgow because that’s where I come from,” she told the BBC Two programme yesterday (July 25).“They’re so politically savvy, they’re the most fabulous hosts, they absolutely are music mad. I think it would be just the most fabulous thing, and I would be there.

The Scottish Government has announced an investment of up to £300,000 will help support money and welfare advice services in some of Scotland’s most remote locations. From the autumn, GP practices in 20 rural and 10 island communities will be able to refer patients directly to an in-house welfare rights officer for advice on increasing income, social security eligibility, debt resolution, housing and employability issues.

East Ayrshire Labour have backed council workers in their bid to secure a better pay settlement.

A man has been charged after armed police and specialist negotiators were called to a property in Angus following an alleged disturbance. Emergency services were scrambled to an address on Little Nursery in Montrose shortly before 9pm on Sunday after receiving a 'concern for a person' call.

Fugitive sex offender Nicholas Rossi is to be interviewed in prison by detectives over an allegation of rape in Essex.

A woman was left mortified while planning to go out on a date - after the guy accidentally sent her a message meant for his friend.

Zack Sharf David Harbour was trained in “classical American method acting,” but he no longer believes in the process or uses it during filming. While he’s best known these days for playing Jim Hopper on Netflix’s blockbuster series “Stranger Things,” Harbour got his start in the theater and in film courtesy of character actor roles in the likes of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Revolutionary Road.”“When I was younger — it’s so embarrassing — but I remember playing that famous Scottish King,” Harbour told GQ magazine.