Sainsbury's will not challenge Scots who enter stores without a face covering

Biffy Clyro but Scottish rock star Simon Neil recently revealed a new ambition - to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Neil, who founded the band with twin brothers Ben and James Johnston, pointed out that he regularly watches the competition and is a huge fan, revealing it led to one of the best nights of his life.He said: "Eighteen years ago a friend and I took some acid and watched Eurovision, and it was one of the greatest nights of my life.

Livingston begin their Scottish Premiership campaign away to St Mirren tomorrow and while neither club is completely unfamiliar with the other given the amount of times they’ve locked horns over the past few seasons, Holt admits there’s nothing much the opposition can do should either of them decide to spring a surprise. "We all know how most of the teams play and they know how we play,” he said.

Baronial mansion with fairy tale turrets and ivy-covered walls has gone on the market near St Andrews.

Spain who don't self-quarantine will face fines of up to £480. The measure could catch out returning tourists who travelled to Spain in the short window when quarantine was lifted.

fish supper than a fancy man' has gone viral with her hilarious online videos and words of wisdom.Elizabeth Welsh, known as Lizzie, from the Maryhill area of Glasgow, had Scots in stitches in a video involving a bottle of Smirnoff vodka and 'getting her t**s out' on camera.Despite a daily brave battle with skin cancer, lockdown hasn't slowed the 94-year-old down, whose humour is stealing the limelight from her performing relatives.Doting grandson, Gee Ritchie takes on the role of drag queen,

Perth’s Christmas light switch-on and other Winter Festival events will take place this year.Councillors are expected to make a decision on whether to pull the plug on the annual celebration at a meeting next month.And council leader Murray Lyle has admitted it would be “challenging” to run the events as they usually doCall for urgent action on road named one of the most dangerous in Scotland The news follows the decision in Edinburgh to cancel its traditional Hogmanay street party, with

Kilmarnock’s Netherton Street and Rigg Street in Stewarton. The company wants to build the facilities in the car parks at both stores.Customers would feed the empty drinks containers into the machines and get money back.It is part of the retail operator’s plans to gear up for Scotland’s deposit return scheme.

pet owners face eye-watering bills after their furry friends cause a combined total of £1.2bn worth of damage to their property every year.Researchers have found that dogs are the worst culprits after wolfing down £860m worth of goods across the UK.Cats come in as the second most destructive pet according to the survey and damage £340m worth of belongings.While rabbits also leave their owners hopping mad by destroying property worth £57m, the The Mirror reports.Even rodents are in a scurry to

Scottish gin distillery is proving a big hit with fans after releasing their own branded face masks - emblazoned with the phrase: "Only removing for gin and sarcasm".

summer holiday will have to wear face masks everywhere they go and face quarantine when they return home.Passengers arriving in Palma, Majorca, were faced with the prospect of fines for non- compliance with coronavirus rules.People will need to fill in a visitor locater form before their arrival in Scotland and if they fail to quarantine for two weeks, they can be fined £480.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Covid cases entering Scotland from abroad was “one of our biggest risk factors”.Spain

Paisley optician has revealed how glasses wearers can keep their specs clear when using a face mask. Coverings have become more widespread in Scotland now after the Scottish Government made it a legal requirement to wear them around the shops last week.

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

dad-of-two who was facing trial for attempting to abduct a six-year-old boy. Craig Derrick, 31, Brian Laing, 27, and David Till, 33, attacked Darren Brownlie in a cell at Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, on January 6, 2020.

Johnny Beattie was one of the pillars of Scottish entertainment. He, along with fellow Glaswegians Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan and Stanley Baxter, were the blueprint of post war Scottish comedy.

coronavirus.Norma and John Wiggins, from Hamilton, escaped the deluge of storm Dennis in February for an extended break in Tenerife but were left confined to their room when sand from the Sahara desert engulfed the Canary Islands, grounding hundreds of flights.And just four weeks later they found themselves stranded in their Tenerife apartment once again by the coronavirus lockdown.Their trip was originally supposed to last six weeks, but the retired couple only made it back to Scotland

coronavirus spread throughout the country, new emails have shown. Staff at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) knew a large number of their FFP3 masks for pandemic supplies were out of date just as the first cases were confirmed.

jail today.Aleem Azam, 49,  thought he was in contact with a teenage girl, but in fact he was snared by a police decoy.Azam claimed he wanted to have sex with her and boasted that 'everything still worked' in his body.He was eventually snared with 18 indecent images of children.Azam pleaded guilty to sending sexual communications to the decoy as well as having the indecent images.Azam, of the city's Shawlands, was put on a community payback order with three years supervision by Sheriff Andrew

Nicola Sturgeon ' event to mark the First Minister's 50th birthday. Organisers are asking people across the country to join the celebration from their doorsteps at 8pm next Sunday, July 19.