Scots gutter cleaner kept teenage girl captive and suffocated her with bedsheets

Scotland has welcomed the first babies born in 2024 - with one family receiving their little bundle of joy just minutes into the New Year.

Almost three million Scots have cut back spending on food and groceries as a result of increasing energy costs, according to advice charity Citizens Advice Scotland.

It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on BBC Two. The show, which has aired for the past 30 years, has become a time-honoured tradition for many people as part of their end-of-year celebrations.

Jools Holland‘s traditional New Year’s Eve show on BBC2 has been announced.Jools’ Annual Hootenanny will see the likes of Rod Stewart, Joss Stone, Olivia Dean, Paul Jones, P.P. Arnold, RAYE, Sugababes and The Mary Wallopers seeing in 2024.Other guests include Boogie Woogie Queen, Ruby Turner and as always, the Pipes & Drums of the 1st Battalion Scot Guards will feature, as the hour strikes midnight.Details of which songs the artists will perform on the night are yet to be announced.This year’s show will air from 11.30pm GMT on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this Sunday (December 31).

He is the current Sound of Scotland and Ayrshire rapper Bemz will be taking his Scottish Music Award to the world with a special gig in Edinburgh.

Scots have been urged to seek support if they are struggling with their energy bills - ahead of a new price hike coming into force on New Year's Day.

The eagerly-anticipated second series of The Traitors begins on BBC One on January 3, with 22 contestants battling it out at a Scottish castle in the psychological game show that gripped viewers last year.

A bus driver who killed a vulnerable pensioner after he ran her over avoided jail today. George McInally, 64, hit pedestrian Roseanne McLaughlan, 71, at Glasgow's Buchanan bus station on October 7, 2021.

Michael Beale's theory that Scottish Premiership strikers weren't good enough to be on his summer wishlist has been brutally shot down by Andy Walker - who claims that there were FOUR last season good enough to don the Blues shirt.

A Tillicoultry gutter cleaner who subjected a university student to months of torment, finally holding her captive in his flat and twice suffocating her with bedclothes until she passed out, has been jailed for over a year.

Dame Esther Rantzen says if her lung cancer does not improve with treatment, she is considering the option of assisted dying.

Laura Anderson and her ex-partner Gary Lucy reunited to make special memories with their daughter with a trip to see Santa.

A new qualification offering young people an alternative route to university without debt will be launched in Greater Manchester in September next year, the Mayor has confirmed.

A Scots teenager has died in a horror two vehicle crash in Ayrshire.

Gary Lucy has sent out a stern warning regarding his baby daughter Bonnie Rose.

A plea will be made this week for all councillors to unite and demand more support from the Scottish Government to fund police and fire services in Dumfries and Galloway.

Nine people have died in Scotland in the last six months due to a deadly new street drug believed to be 100 times stronger than heroin.

It's hard to believe that Lulu turned 75 last month as her youthful looks would tell you otherwise.

It was the show that got everyone talking when it first launched last year and now the BBC have given the first look at series two of The Traitors.

The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Scotland have urged the UK Government to restrict the sale of fireworks after chaos on Bonfire Night.