Scots can get £1,500 to quit Instagram for three months in social experiment

car finance firm Zuto found searches for motoring maintenance tutorial videos rose by 473 per cent across major social channels and search engines in the first few months of the year.

kids and even broke pupils bones, according to former pupils. Former students are lifting the lid on the horrors they claim to have faced as children at Morrison's Academy in Crieff, Perthshire.

Proudlock changed his name to 'ProudScot' for a brilliant Scottish words challenge set by his model wife Emma Louise Connelly.

children with cancer to scare parents into paying for private treatment has been raking in cash training other medics while a decision on his future has been delayed. Dr Mina Chowdhury was found to have frightened three sets of parents into paying for private scans and tests at his Glasgow firm Meras Healthcare at a tribunal 17 months ago.

Police have launched a manhunt after a man was spotted acting suspiciously outside a Scots school. The suspect, who is believed to be in his late 60s, was wearing glasses and a cap and was clad in a black rain coat, aroused suspicions with his behaviour on Friday afternoon.

crash in North Lanarkshire. We told how the smash took place at Kenilworth Avenue in Wishaw town centre, near the junction with Lammermoor Terrace, at around 6.45am on Thursday.

weather has hit the rails in the last few days - with Scots experiencing heavy rain, high winds and even hail and snowfall in some parts. But it is still early days in the year, with the summer officially set to begin next month.

Edinburgh bus missed her baby’s head by an inch.

Drag Race UK winner Lawrence Chaney has hinted that fans be patient after revealing she is set to appear on Celebrity Juice . The Helensburgh star, who wowed RuPaul and the judges with her style and charisma, recently opened the Silverburn shopping centre and has been touted for big things.

CalMac for £97 million, with an initial completion date set for 2018. But the vessels, referred to as 801 and 802, are not now expected to be completed until 2022 and 2023 respectively, with the cost having almost doubled.

Officers executed a search warrant at the property on Caledonia Road in Ayr on Wednesday, April 28. A quantity of Class A controlled drugs, believed to be cocaine, was recovered with a potential street value of approximately £10,500.

Daily Record’s new competition. We are giving shoppers the chance to win a shedload of Love2Shop vouchers as non-essential retail reopens in Scotland for the first time this year.

Oxfam has issued an urgent appeal for volunteers to help its high street shops deal with an anticipated deluge of donations. The charity is preparing to welcome back customers to 41 stores across Scotland on Monday, following Nicola Sturgeon's announcement allowing non-essential shops to reopen.

refunded him more than £2,500.Retired marine engineer Bill Glasson said he got the shock of his life when he was hit with three electricity bills for more than £22,000 each within the space of a week.Despite numerous attempts to address the matter with the company and find out what was happening, the frustrated 85-year-old said he was “getting nowhere” and was “stressed up to his eyeballs”.But after the Standard stepped in, Scottish Power backtracked and admitted Bill and wife Margaret, 81, had

police crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a Scots town. Some 15 charges were brought as officers found people allegedly drinking in public, alleged drug possession, resisting arrest and assaulting police over the weekend in Stirling.

Nick Nairn says Scottish hospitality has received a new blow from the latest government plans.Nick, who already faced a traumatic lockdown after his Cook School was flooded, said the new social distancing regulations could sound the death knell for some businesses in the trade.He said: "Everyone in Scottish hospitality planning to open on 26th needs to read @scotgov draft regs on distancing.

sunniest week of the year so far, according to forecasters, with temperatures set to hit 21C by the end of the month.