Price of pint could hit £7 and 'become the norm', warns Scots brewer

Just Stop Oil activists have splattered orange paint over Barclays headquarters in Aberdeen in protest over the corporation's investment in the fossil fuel industry.

People in Scotland can no longer make a new claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as it has been replaced by Adult Disability Payment, a similar but devolved benefit only available to people living north of the border. The new benefit is for adults over 16 and under State Pension age living with a disability, long-term illness or a physical or mental health condition.

The Scottish Child Payment website has crashed just hours after thousands more kids became eligible for the lifeline benefit.

The BBC and A24 are teaming for an adaptation of Douglas Stuart’s 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Snuggie Bain.

Adult Disability Payment is a new health benefit which is gradually replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefit will provide financial support to people aged between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will replace Carer’s Allowance by the end of next year, with a full national rollout planned for spring 2024, according to a new progress report on the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it has processed 3.2million cost of living payments worth a total of more than £1 billion in the last two days to those on qualifying means-tested benefits. An estimated eight million payments of £324 are expected to be made before the payment window closes on November 23.

The latest figures shared by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in February there were 22 million people across the UK claiming at least one benefit. That number includes nearly 12.5 million older people now in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.

A Scots family were left in hysterics after a randy monkey started pleasuring itself in front their children while on a day-out to Blair Drummond Safari Park.

More than nine million people will receive the second means-tested cost of living payment of £324 this month. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is making payments to those on qualifying benefits between now and November 23 while HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will deliver payments between November 23 and 30.

Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year which means Boxing Day is on a Monday, however, the bank holiday status for that date has been moved to Tuesday, December 27. This means that benefits and payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) which are due on those dates may be made earlier.

Families across Scotland are being urged to make sure they do not miss out on a double December Bridging Payment of £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.

Threave Rovers gaffer Vinnie Parker claims his side’s promotion hopes are still alive despite losing to West Park United on Saturday.

Scots cops have issued an appeal for information to trace a missing man from Lanarkshire who may have travelled as far afield as Glencoe.

Families of an estimated 145,000 children will benefit from extra support this winter to help with cost of living pressures, backed by Scottish Government investment of £18.9 million. First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced in October that Scottish Child Payment Bridging Payments in December will double from £130 to £260.

In a bid to tackle the rising cost of living, North Ayrshire Council will pay out £450,000 in aid to low income households.

The sudden death of a seven-month-old baby in Aberdeen is being treated as “unexplained” by police.

Motorists travelling to Edinburgh on the M90 in Fife are facing a 13-mile-long queue with a 60-minute delay over the Queensferry Crossing.

A Scots woman was one of two climate activists arrested after allegedly vandalising a high-end jewellers in London yesterday, it has been revealed. The pair were down south at the protest organised by Just Stop Oil when they allegdly targeted the Rolex premises just before 9am.