Scotland's rarest animals face being wiped out warns expert

Scots are bracing for snow across the country as up to eight inches of flurries could fall on Friday.

Trading Standards officers in Falkirk who are leading an innovative recycling scheme have been praised in the Scottish Parliament.

Social Security Scotland is celebrating one year of providing in-person support designed to help people access devolved benefits. The service is now available for free in all 32 local authorities across the country.

Scots are set to be lashed with rain as the Met Office has issued a fresh yellow rain warning for later this week.

A top doctor has warned "there is no way that the NHS in Scotland can survive" in its current form as he called for a national conversation on the future of the health service.

The Met Office have clarified whether Scotland will experience a rare burst of thundersnow as the country endures unsettled conditions.

The Met Office have issued two new weather warnings as snow and ice spell travel disruption for much of the country.

Shops could be banned from displaying vapes to protect young people from a “ticking time bomb”.

Parts of Scotland are expected to be hit with up to 10cm of snow on Christmas Day as the Met Office has issued a yellow warning.

Alan Cumming has issued a warning to fans after numerous fake social media profiles impersonated him.

Scots are to experience a 'White Christmas' this year as snow is forecast to fall on December 25.

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”.

Tory peer Michelle Mone’s businessman husband could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if found guilty of fraud charges in Spain. Billionaire Doug Barrowman has been charged with crimes including corporate tax evasion.

A demand for more funding for council across Scotland to tackle unprecedented budget problems has been publicly backed by Falkirk councillors, after they gave the COSLA Save Our Services campaign unanimous support.

A huge aquarium in the centre of Berlin burst on Friday, causing a wave of devastation in and around the Sea Life tourist attraction, German police said.

An amber weather warning for snow has been issued in parts of Scotland today as the freezing cold weather shows no signs of easing off.

An amber weather warning has been issued by the Met Office after heavy snow fell across Scotland's Central Belt overnight.

Parts of Scotland could be facing even more snow and ice before the end of the week, the Met Office has predicted.

Thousands of people in Shetland are facing a fourth day without power as engineers battle to restore supplies amid the threat of further snowfall and freezing temperatures. An extra 125 engineers were drafted in to help reconnect more than 2,800 homes which were left without power when heavy snow fell on cables earlier this week.

Scots have been warned that the recent freezing temperatures are likely to continue until the end of the week with power cuts likely to hit more homes.