Scots prisons crisis with over-occupied cells and riot threats amid lack of staff

A seemingly insignificant first-half moment from Kieran Tierney showed how lessons had been learned from the Germany debacle.

Love Island winner Finn Tapp seems to have taken a swipe at his ex Paige Turley, just weeks after the pair nearly rekindled their romance. The couple, who won the winter edition of Love Island in 2020, were thought to be one of the strongest pairs from the show, even moving in together during lockdown and Finn, 24, getting a tattoo dedicated to Paige, 26.

There aren’t many places in the UK where you can experience opera inside a cave, see a hotel where Mary Queen of Scots reputedly stayed and drink the freshest mineral water available (although you might want to add an ice cube or two), yet you can do all of this in Buxton. You’d be forgiven if your mind first springs to the bottled water when you think of the town, but there’s so much more to this beautiful town on the edge of the Peak District.

Steve Clarke insists he and Austin MacPhee are fine after a touchline bust up in Munich.

An incoming Labour Government will hand the Scottish Office a £150m warchest to combat poverty.

An idyllic Scottish island is currently looking for people to relocate for work, with salaries of up to £128,000.

The waiting is almost over. Hundreds of thousands of Tartan Army have descended on Germany and millions more will watch around the globe as Scotland kick off Euro 2024 against the hosts in Munich's Allianz Arena.

When we meet Douglas Alexander in popular North Berwick cafe Cake, he’s waiting on a bacon roll.

Production is underway on the upcoming eighth and final season of Outlander!

Robby McCrorie has turned down a new contract at Rangers and a transfer request has been on the table since January.

Steve Clarke is considering sending out a striker SOS for young gun Tommy Conway.

Blossoms have shared details of a new album, ‘Gary’, and dropped the summery title track. Find out more details below.Announced today (June 3), the forthcoming LP will mark the fifth studio album from the English indie rock group, and the long-awaited follow-up to 2022’s ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’.It is set to arrive on September 20, and produced by the frequent collaborator James Skelly of The Coral, alongside Jungle’s Josh-Lloyd Watson.

Outlander fans are in for a treat – a brand new teaser just dropped for season seven!

Devoted fans of popular period drama Outlander, starring Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe, have had to wait a long time for new episodes after the first part of season seven finished in August 2023.The story, about Second World War nurse Claire Randall, who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland where she meets and falls in love with dashing Highlander Jamie Fraser, ended on a massive cliffhanger after the first eight episodes of that season aired and there was no news when the second batch of season seven’s remaining eight episodes would arrive. Fans were left wondering the fate of Claire, Jamie and Jamie’s nephew Ian, who decided to leave their new American home during the early days of the Revolutionary War to head back to Scotland.

As part of the “World Outlander Day” celebration, Starz has set the premiere for the second half of Outlander Season 7 for Friday, November 22. New episodes will drop weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, Starz streaming and on-demand. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8 PM ET/PT on Starz in the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz. The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22.

A teenager has been rushed to hospital after a crash between an e-bike and a car in Grangemouth.

It’s time for the third Britain’s Got Talent semi final on Wednesday 29 May, and one of the acts taking to the stage in the hopes of going through to the final on Sunday 2 June is Leightonjay Halliday from Douglas in Scotland.The 23 year old impressed judges Bruno Tonioli, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell with his water-soaked, emotional dance to Kodi Lee’s Changes with his original performance in the final round of auditions. In an interview with OK! a few hours before he was due back on stage for the live semi-final, Leightonjay revealed that when he was growing up he kept his dancing talents a secret from everyone to avoid being teased “I loved Grease when I was young because the dancing in that is respected and cool, whereas growing up in Scotland it was the complete opposite – as a dancer I wasn’t really respected or cool at all,” he explains.

With the General Election fast approaching, eagle-eyed observers may have noticed that Scotland has dropped from 59 constituencies to 57 after changes were made following a boundary review.

Edinburgh's Craigmillar Castle, a filming location for the popular series Outlander was crowned the city's top 'hidden gem' according to a study by Bokun, part of the Tripadvisor family.