Schoolgirl crowned Scotland's Next Top Supermodel after national search

The UK Government recently announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023/24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will start to 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 ongoing cost of living crisis has made 2022 a challenging year for millions of households across Scotland. Soaring energy bills along with higher food and fuel prices brought about by record-breaking inflation means budgets are continually being pushed to breaking point.

A travel blog has shared its list of the '10 coolest places to live in the UK' and Edinburgh is among the cities included.

A restaurant in Argyll & Bute has been named one of the best destination restaurants with views in the UK.

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.

Nurses and midwives in Perth and Kinross will join strikes across Scotland next year after members of the Royal College of Nursing “overwhelmingly” rejected the latest pay offer for NHS workers.

The Tratiors star Amanda Lovette has thanked fans for their messages of support after she was brutally thrown 'under a bus' and 'murdered' during Tuesday night's episode.

A Scottish schoolgirl penned a heartwarming job application to a shop near her home - despite being just eight years old.

The most expensive streets to live on in Scotland have been revealed - and all of the top 10 are located in Edinburgh.

A talented schoolgirl singer wowed Christmas shoppers at St Enoch Square in Glasgow when she took a busker's microphone and began belting out tunes.

A physics teacher whose Only Fans porn page forced her to resign from work has allegedly been banned from her office Christmas party.

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

A grieving Ayrshire dad has taken the next step in his fight to introduce Grace's Law which would help jail drug dealers that cause death.

Crime writer Ann Cleeves lost a laptop containing the draft of her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland before its squashed remains were found.

A fuming mum has told of how her daughter's dream trip to meet Santa in Lapland turned into a nightmare after families were left stranded in Edinburgh. A day filled with festive fun was soon ruined when passengers on a flight to Humberside Airport, Lincolnshire, were diverted over 300 miles to the Scottish capital.

A thug once dubbed the most dangerous teenager in Scotland has been handed an extra 16 months in jail for stabbing two prison officers in a row over his dinner.

A body has been found on a Scots beach amid the search for a missing woman.

Parts of Scotland are facing freezing cold temperatures, icy pavements and snow today, as last week's cold snap shows no signs of slowing down.