Nine beautiful sounding Scots words and their surprising meanings

the Chase gets a question on a world-famous Scots whisky town hilariously wrong. Keith, in Moray, is well-known by whisky lovers across the globe and is located in the heart of Speyside malt country.

Alliance for Independence to stand on next year's Scottish Parliament election. The Electoral Commission made the ruling in a major setback for the group which hoped to challenge for seats on Holyrood’s regional list ballot in May.

EastEnders fans made an unusual discovery at a Scottish hotspot this week of a 'memorial plaque' to remember a soap character who was murdered 16 years ago.Soap fans will remember the iconic moment Janine Butcher pushed her husband Barry Evans over a cliff in a Hogmanay special back in 2004 and EastEnders fans will never forgot the scene which went down in soap history.Last night, a Scots resident took to Facebook group 'Scotland by the Roadside' to share her discovery of a memorial plaque to

Fort William to hunt for a missing Springer Spaniel who was washed away in a river.  The adorable pooch had been enjoying a swim on Sunday, September 6, when the strong current dragged him downstream and over Steall Waterfall.

beauty spot in Fife. Emergency services raced to the scene at Hawkcraig Point, Aberdour, at around 12.35pm on Sunday, September 6.

cars have swarmed on a Scots beauty spot in scenes that have been branded 'madness' by locals. Vehicles have been pictured overflowing the car park at the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire today.

drug dealing has been jailed.Morag Yorston, from Dundee, was today locked up for five years and 11 months after pleading guilty to supplying heroin and cocaine and being involved in serious organised crime in July last year.Yorston failed to appear at the High Court in Glasgow for sentencing in September 2019.

missing airman Corrie McKeague has said that police have been unable to reassure her that bones found in bin bags in a Suffolk river are not her son's. Nicola Urquhart said she was "trying to keep a sensible head on" after the discovery of human remains in the River Stour in Sudbury on August 27.Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, around 16 miles north of Sudbury, on September 24 2016.

dog was found distressed and riddled with wounds from a pellet gun in Lanarkshire. The tan-coloured lurcher had 60 wounds on his body when he was found in Newhouse on August 19.

VisitScotland video during torrential rain and howling wind at a Highland beauty spot. Stuart Kenny decided to trave l up north with friends in a bid to get a relaxing break without risking any quarantine period.

Tourists have been slammed for hanging dirty face masks, thongs, socks and bras from trees at an ancient pilgrimage beauty spot in the Scottish Highlands.Pictures taken at the Munlochy Clootie Well in Ross and Cromarty have been branded branded "rank" after visitors tied their dirty laundry to branches in a bid to ward off sickness and bring them luck.Traditionally, Clootie Wells are places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas where strips of cloth and rags are left as part of an ancient healing

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Scots celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana have announced the birth of their baby son.Ramsay announced the news to his Instagram followers today, alongside a picture of the couple and their new little bundle of joy.Little Oscar James Ramsay is their fifth child and is little brother to Megan, 21, twins Holly and Jack, 19, and Matilda, 17.The chef's announcement was full of cheeky references

neighbour-from-hell attacked five police officers after they arrived to break up her asbo-breaching nine hour through the night party.Sarah Stewart, 23, reacted by tearing off their PPE and telling them she had coronavirus, as well as threatening to firebomb their families.Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Stewart for 27 months and told her: "It is quite clear that on the night in question you caused considerable difficulty to your upstairs neighbour when there was an asbo against you."You paid no

words is well-known.From Burns to Scott we've introduced the world to some it's best stories and verse.Tourist and fellow Scots alike tend to discover their favourite new word from our bonnie wee country.Though many of them may sound beautiful their meaning can often be surprising...Meaning: to cuddle or snuggle inYou might often hear a wee Scots granny telling everyone to coorie round so they can show you something.Meaning: bump, wrinkle or raised area (usually in clothing)Many Scottish kids