Rab C Nesbitt still stands test of time 32 years after cult Scottish comedy hit TV screens

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Scottish Twitter users have shared their shock after discovering that the word 'outwith' is only used in Scotland.A flurry of posts saw users discover the term is only native to our bonnie lands, and not used further afield.

Glasgow man was left furious after discovering 'scumbag' thieves had robbed his house before making off with his late wife's jewellery.Steven Cowan, 33, returned to his Darnley home last Saturday night at around 10.30pm to find two men ransacking the property he shared with his wife Nicole, who died in May after a long battle with cancer.Steven said the 'rats' had broke down the front door using a crowbar and were raiding the place as he pulled into his driveway.The suspects had already been

Gabriel Pogrund, was sent to Labour MP Stella Creasy to outline how Serco's involvement has been delivered successully.

Renfrewshire home.

Andrew Hampp As a kid growing up in Scotland, 25-year-old indie-pop singer/songwriter Joesef got his first exposure to some of his favorite bands through playing Electronic Arts’ “FIFA” video games with his brothers: everyone from Bombay Bicycle Club to the Kooks to Kings of Leon, whose early series of sync placements in the mid to late aughts were one of the franchise’s first major marks on the music industry. “I have “Sex on Fire” ingrained in my brain through ‘FIFA,’” Joesef says.

raided a Scots butcher's shop before making off with a safe with thousands of pounds. Three men in dark clothing took part in the terrifying late night raid at the James Chapman store on Glasgow Road, Wishaw last night.

Channel 4 is bringing back iconic interior design show Changing Rooms. As we reported last week, Scots host Carol Smillie will be replaced by Davina McCall when the reboot hits screens.

RAF Lossiemouth in  .The plane - named the City of Elgin - parked outside a new £132 million facility which houses the pilots, engineers and personnel who will operate the high-tech submarine hunters.Nine Poseidon MRA1 aircraft have been ordered, the first of which landed on UK soil for the first time in February 2020.Since then, crews have been securing the seas on operational missions.Group Captain Chris Layden, station commander of RAF Lossiemouth, said: "Today is a proud moment for Team

NHS bowel screening will resume in Scotland on Monday after a seven-month pause. Kits will resume being posted out from Monday, and anyone who was sent equipment before the pandemic-induced halt in March is asked to complete and return them, the Scottish Government said.

lockdown is still possible and must be avoided “at all costs”, a leading UK scientist warned. Professor Peter Horby said every effort has to be made now to stop a return to the harsh restrictions imposed in March.

Hibs to victory then tipped him to be the next Easter Road star to get an international call-up. The Premiership high-flyers came from a goal down at half-time to beat the League Two champs with the help of Nisbet’s stunning volley.

UFO sightings will be sealed from the public for another 50 years. The file is said to contain colour pictures showing what appears to be a 100ft spacecraft hovering over Calvine, Perthshire, in 1990.

ZDF Enterprises, the highly active international production and sales arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has sealed a major multi-territory deal with Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel on “Dead Still,” continuing the macabre dramedic mystery series’ rollout in much of the world.Backed by U.S.

cancer after complaining of symptoms for five years. Kay Richards, 40, claims she was made to believe her symptoms, including body aches, weight loss and a persistent sore throat, were due to severe health anxiety and depression and was referred for counselling by her doctor at the Charleston Surgery in Paisley.

Turkey on counterfeit cash and drug charges after he gave a taxi driver a dodgy £20 note.David Thompson was marched into court in handcuffs in front of his wife and children after a fake English £20 note paid to a taxi driver led police to a £3540 haul.Marmaris police released footage of their search at a five-star hotel in the Sitelar district and images of the stash of £20 notes, which were found behind a painting.Cannabis is also alleged to have been found in ­Thompson’s hotel room.Turkish

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.River City finally returned to screens this week - and fans are over the moon.There was not a dry eye in the house of any viewers who caught the much-loved series’ first transmission in months on the BBC Scotland channel last night.And tonight, even more of the loyal Shieldinch massive will tune in to BBC Scotland to see what’s been going on in their favourite fictional Glasgow suburb since lockdown halted

singer songwriter is proving an online hit - with his side-splitting Scottish reworking of Will Smith’s Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme tune. Guitarist Marc McGregor came up with the idea to cover the 90s hit show’s opening while playing TV themes on Tiktok.

coronavirus continued on his rounds after developing symptoms.The doctor, who can’t be named for legal reasons, is understood to be a locum physician.