Low-income families urged to apply for one-off £267 child payment as applications open

Good evening and welcome to Saturday’s news briefing.

Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas next month, following on from the recent launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. More than 313, 600 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will start to transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) system to Social Security Scotland this summer, in a move predicted to be completed by the end of 2025.

The Courier has teamed up with Blair Drummond Safari Park to offer readers the chance to win a family pass for two adults and two children each week - and learn a bit more about their residents at the same time.

Douglas Mackinnon, director and exec producer of Amazon series Good Omens and Anansi Boys, has urged the upkeep of a “chain of productions” in Scotland, as landmark research finds the Scottish screen sector generated more than £500M ($613M) and created 10,000 jobs in 2019.

New analysis from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows that around 35,000 more families across the UK could have their benefits capped next April, leaving them with a growing gulf between their income and rising costs in living. In Scotland 4,000 households are affected by the arbitrary limit to benefit entitlements.

The Voice UK is heading to Scotland and they are looking for talented Glaswegians to take part in the newest series of the ITV show.The popular singing competition, which sees four judges spinning their chairs purely based on the contestant's voice, is planning another series of the contest show.

A popular Scots farmer has tragically died in hospital after being injured during an accident on the family farm.

A masked gang raided a family’s Aberdeen home and made off with their luxury motor.

The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee is coming to Glasgow next week as part of its inquiry into how health assessments for benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can be improved.

More than eight million households across the UK will receive a cash payment from July to ease the rising cost of living pressures, as the Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey sets out detailed plans today.

The Duchess of Cambridge carried on a royal tradition.

West Lothian Council is making funds available to help families buy school uniforms,

The family of missing Scots dad Shaun Banner have said they feel "completely lost" in a heartbreaking message as the search enters its seventh week.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a ‘day of action’ this month which will focus on encouraging people of State Pension age to check eligibility for a benefit worth on average, £1,900 each year but could be worth more than £3,000 in financial support and additional discounts.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their money stretch to cover the rising cost of living.

Holyrood will this week be urged to stop rural mums-to-be being forced to have babies at the roadside.

The 'distraught' family of a man who went missing in the Highlands four weeks have issued a desperate appeal.

A Scots family have been left heartbroken after watching their beloved dad deteriorate over nine-months after a devastating 'death sentence' diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND).