New disability benefit replacing DLA from next month can be applied for online or by phone

IN YEARS gone by, it was the revered coal miners of Lanarkshire, Lothians and Fife who dug the coal that burned in power stations.

There are two huge laws coming into force in Scotland this month that every driver should know about.

Cops have launched an appeal to identify a young woman seen standing next to a Scots bus stop 'in what appeared to be her underwear'.

Adult Disability Payment (ADP) is a new benefit set to be delivered by Social Security Scotland that will replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Scottish claimants from next year.

Eagle-eyed Glaswegians can see their own city featured in a new Netflix rom-com starring Joanna Lumley.

Low income families across Scotland will benefit from a £160 uplift payment to be made before Christmas as part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty.

Iconic noughties girl-group Sugababes are set to perform at brand new festival Colourboxx next summer in Bellahouston Park.

A programme aimed at tackling GP recruitment in remote and rural areas is set to be rolled out in Dumfries and Galloway.

The Scottish Government has announced the new Child Disability Payment will open for new applications across the country from November 22, 2021 after the successful launch of a pilot scheme in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles council areas.

Franz Ferdinand have returned with new single ‘Billy Goodbye’, taken from their upcoming ‘best of’ collection ‘Hits To The Head’. Check out the new single below, and our video interview with frontman Alex Kapranos above.Having teased their return earlier this week, the Scottish indie veterans have stormed back with ‘Billy Goodbye’ – a raucous glam stomper that the band worked on with Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys).

New restrictions could be imposed in Scotland after the Health Secretary announced the NHS is "at capacity".

Tens of thousands of unpaid carers will receive a double payment of the Carer’s Allowance Supplement this December under new legislation passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament last month.

Enjoy a winter break in the ‘Scottish Lake District’ at the Balcary Bay Country House Hotel.

The Scottish Government has announced a £41million support package to help people struggling financially during the winter months.

Alister Jack has not ruled out a second referendum on independence happening in the future but said the UK Government's focus now was the climate crisis and covid recovery.

A total of 20 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

Planned strikes by bin workers in Glasgow during COP26 have been called off following a new national pay offer to council workers.