Parents urged not to put duvet on babies this winter due to 'fatal risk'

Thousands of unpaid carers across Scotland received an extra payment of £245.70 on Friday, December 9. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is a devolved benefit paid twice a year to those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance on certain qualifying dates.

The Lyons crime clan has been hit by the death of a senior family member.

Scottish ministers have been urged to finally ban “cruel and unnecessary” snare traps after an expert group recommended the move on animal welfare grounds. Labour MSP Colin Smyth said snaring was a “barbaric” practice that needed to be “consigned to the history books”.

Still friends. Prince William attended the wedding of his first serious girlfriend, Rose Farquhar, to George Gemmell on Saturday, December 17.

Ncuti Gatwa has shared a sneak peek of his first day on set as the new Doctor Who.

Martin Lewis wants shoppers to head to their local supermarket before Christmas and make the most of their cheap vegetables.

Jeremy Clarkson has come under fire over a rant about Meghan Markle in his column in which he said he hates her more than serial killer Rose West.

A North Face hoodie for teenagers is being urgently recalled due to a "risk of strangulation".

Almost half of Scots have had to reduce household spending to try to cope with rising energy bills, research has revealed, with almost one in 10 having made the "heart-breaking" decision to cut back on children's activities.

Christmas is just around the corner and for many households this will be a different sort of festive season as people try to cope with the ongoing cost of living crisis. Finances of even the most stringent of savers are being squeezed even tighter due to rising energy costs, soaring food prices and ever-increasing inflation.

It feels like Love Island was only just on our TVs, but now the winter series will be on our screens in just a matter of weeks.

Roll up, roll up, Insiders. The Deadline International team have once again been travelling the world to bring you the latest news and analysis from the global film and TV biz, with Mel and Zac both in the Middle East. Max and I actually found the TV world descending on London for once, so we didn’t have to go so far for access. Read on.

David Tennant’s transformation into the poisoned Russian Alexander Litvinenko was so good that he even fooled himself.

The Scottish Government has announced that almost £60 million has been distributed to thousands of families with disabled children in the first year of a new devolved disability benefit. The latest official figures from Social Security Scotland show the families of nearly 44,000 children and young people were receiving Child Disability Payment in September this year.

A leading mental health charity has called on the Scottish Government to provide more support to colleges after a survey found “alarming” levels of depression and food poverty among students .

Millions of Scottish people will be celebrating St Andrew's Day today.

A shortage of accommodation is expected to see Scotland take 2,000 fewer asylum seekers than originally proposed.

Families across Scotland are being urged to make sure they do not miss out on a double December Bridging Payment worth £260. The one-off payment will be made ahead of the Christmas holidays to the families of children registered to receive Free School Meals on the basis of low income.

West Lothian firefighters dropped in to Inveralmond High School this week as part of their efforts to find the next generation of life savers.

NHS Grampian is taking part in a trial to help vulnerable people heat their homes.