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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced the 2023/24 timetable for new cost of living payments aimed at helping millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills.

The yearly list of '52 Places to Go' by The New York Times has been released and Scotland's Kilmartin Glen has made the cut.

Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane's ashes have been scattered at a few of his favourite spots in New York.

Oh, Monica! Oh, Bill! 2008’s Made of Honor proved to fans that your best friend can be your soulmate — even if the friendship happened by drunk luck.

Basic and New State Pension payments will increase this year by 10.1 per cent for some 12.5million older people across the UK, including 992,052 living in Scotland. The honouring of the Triple Lock rule was confirmed last month by the UK Government and means that older people are set for an income boost of up to £75 per month from April.

A community will gather to pay an emotional tribute to a “loved” scots dad who tragically died after falling off a bridge in New Zealand on Christmas Day. Duncan Gordon, 39, from Dunkeld, fell backwards from the bridge in Dunedin at around 8pm following a social gathering with friends.

Can you tell when some of your favorite TV stars are lying? Peacock’s newest reality competition, The Traitors, pits a cast made up of 20 reality television personalities and “regular people” against each other for a chance to win up to $250,000.

The start of a new year can be a fresh start for many people but for some families getting through Christmas during the cost of living crisis can put unimaginable strain on finances. Many benefits and wages were paid early due to the festive Bank Holidays which can put extra pressure on people to make their money stretch until the next scheduled pay date in January.

A machete attack on a convicted drug dealer near his home has sparked fears of a renewed gang war in Edinburgh.

NHS Tayside has said it is “extremely busy” dealing with substantial increases in cases of flu, Covid-19 and other viruses.

A Perth hotel that went up in flames on January 2, killing three people, was served with three health and safety warnings from the local council a fortnight before the fatal fire struck. The environmental health report claimed “guests do not feel safe within the hotel during the night”.

The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that by the end of October 2022, merely 3,500 people across Scotland were receiving Adult Disability Payment. The new disability benefit is replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for those aged under 65 on April 8, 2013.

An Ayrshire rock band has won The Weekender Awards 2022 'Music Video of the Year'.

Hoax calls wasted more than 1,700 hours of ambulance service staff time in the last eight years, according to new figures. A total of 1,710 hours of resource time were spent dealing with malicious calls between January 2014 and the end of September 2022.

A charity has warned that council tax arrears could soar this year after new data showed its clients need help clearing debts almost three times higher than the average bill amid the cost-of-living crisis. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) revealed that its clients owed a cumulative £12.7million to local authorities for unpaid tax bills between September 2021 and September 2022.

Thousands of revellers returned from all over the world to welcome in New Year at Scotland’s biggest street party. Over 40,000 people flooded into Edinburgh for the world-famous Hogmanay for the first time in three years.

Those who are planning to go out to see some New Year's fireworks might want to keep an umbrella to hand. This weekend will see in 2023, with Hogmanay taking place on Saturday, December 31, and New Year's Day taking place on Sunday, January 1.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently confirmed that Tax Credit payments will be changing for all benefit claimants in the new financial year which runs from April 6, 2023 to April 5, 2024. The annual rates and threshold increase will come into effect from April for everyone receiving Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits payments.

Hero Scottish Ambulance Service workers have been verbally and physically attacked more than 300 times in the last year, according to latest figures. Data from November 2021 to November 2022 shows that there were 160 physical and 148 verbal attacks by members of the public on staff, including crews and those who work in control rooms.