New £130m Eden Project Dundee given green light by councillors

Scots will be able to hop on a new EasyJet route in November when the budget airline launches its flights to Derry.

New laws which prevent killers from acting as executors for their victims' estates will prevent "added anguish" for families, a minister has said.

Attacks on Scotland’s frontline police officers are at an all-time high, with almost one in three falling victim to violence from the public.

Detectives are to investigate new claims over the identity of Bible John.

Manchester United are closing in on their next wonderkid signing - with 15-year-old Camron Mpofu expected to join the club from Reading.

The Scottish Government is set to introduce a new devolved, annual heating payment this winter to help more than one million State Pensioners with higher energy bills during the colder months. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) will be administered and delivered by Social Security Scotland and replace Winter Fuel Payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

New figures have “destroyed” Tory arguments against the Labour policy of introducing VAT on private school fees.

Jamie Dornan delighted staff at a Scots hotel as he stayed there whilst filming his new Netflix drama.

The latest statistics from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of January, some 192,575 people were in receipt of Adult Disability Payment (ADP). That figure includes 83,199 new applicants and 109,385 existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) case transfers from the Department for Work Pensions (DWP).

More unpaid carers across Scotland will be able to apply for a new devolved benefit from next week when it launches in three additional council areas. Carer Support Payment is currently available to new claimants living in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles, however, it will rollout in North and South Lanarkshire and Angus on Monday, June 24.

Placebo have announced details of a second feature-length documentary, This Search For Meaning. Check out the trailer below.The project is an intimate and enlightening portrait of the band, which explores both the meaning and subject matter behind their songs, while also diving into their evolution as a group and as human beings.Created by Scottish award-winning filmmaker Oscar Sansom, the documentary won’t simply present a narrative about the origins of the band, it’ll instead take a deep dive into the legacy they created through their themes of surveillance, culture, scrutiny, sexuality, gender identity, addiction, trauma and more.It’ll also include informal conversations with both vocalist-guitarist Brian Molko and bassist–guitarist Stefan Olsdal, as well as contributions from artists who either admire or have been inspired by Placebo.

Taylor Swift is taking a well-deserved break from her Eras Tour, swapping the stage for a night out in London.The pop princess, who has been wowing crowds in Edinburgh, decided to let her hair down in the capital on Tuesday night.The "Love Story" singer, currently in a relationship with American Footballer Travis Kelce, believed to be staying at a plush £3.3million farmhouse cottage in the Cotswolds between gigs, traded the tranquil countryside for the bustling city. She was spotted heading to Casa Cruz in trendy Notting Hill with a group of celebrity friends, including a pal of her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.

The State Pension now provides a regular income for nearly 12.7 million older people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. The payment is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age - now 66 for both men and women - and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance contributions.

A brand new craft distillery in the Falkirk area has won permission to call the malt it will produce 'Mary Queen of Scotch' after initially being turned down by the Trade Marks Registry.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show UK inflation fell to the lowest level in nearly three years in April. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate slowed to 2.3 per cent, down from 3.2 per cent in March and is now the lowest level since July 2021 when inflation was recorded at 2 per cent, which is the Bank of England’s target level.

Cloaked celebrities return to the legendary Scottish castle for a game of detection, backstabbing as The Traitors returns for a brand-new series.The second American season of the show will air on BBC Three next week - beginning on Wednesday 12 June. Alan Cumming will take Claudia Winkleman’s place as host and will welcome 22 contestants to compete in games and gruelling roundtables all in the hope of winning a cash prize. As it’s the US series, most of the celebrities won’t be well-known to a UK audience.

The Scottish Maritime Museum dives below the grit and grind of shipbuilding to reveal the social life which helped maintain morale in the shipyards in the Summer Exhibition.

The Scottish high street is set to lose both a New Look and M&S, as both retailers are included in a list of stores set to close over the coming weeks.

Blossoms have shared details of a new album, ‘Gary’, and dropped the summery title track. Find out more details below.Announced today (June 3), the forthcoming LP will mark the fifth studio album from the English indie rock group, and the long-awaited follow-up to 2022’s ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’.It is set to arrive on September 20, and produced by the frequent collaborator James Skelly of The Coral, alongside Jungle’s Josh-Lloyd Watson.

Labour has committed to renewing the nuclear deterrent based on the Clyde.