Scots schoolgirl to compete at Crufts with granny's rescue dog

Two women have teamed up to send a 40ft lorry full of presents to children in Ukraine for Christmas.

A hairdresser feared losing her home and business after an energy firm demanded she pay a £72,000 bill.

A barber who called his salon Prov-City after the US city he grew up in has been subjected to an eight-month campaign of sectarian abuse. Graffiti has been daubed on the door of Stuart Pelletier’s salon and stones thrown at the ­window, and he has been subjected to abuse by strangers, who believe he is an IRA sympathiser, shouting: “C’mon the Provos.”

Two former health secretaries have joined forces to call on the Scottish Government to ban zero hours contracts as part of their proposed new National Care Service.

The body of a man found in a park in Glasgow has been identified as missing Thomas Houston.

An HGV lorry has jackknifed on the A702, causing the road to be shut down to motorists.

Police have launched an investigation after the body of a man was discovered in a park on the outskirts of Glasgow next to a busy motorway.

A woman and two children were taken to hospital after a car crash on a Scots motorway.

A Scottish businessman has recorded a tongue-in-cheek Christmas song about the cost of living crisis as he tries to put a positive spin on the tricky times faced by many during the festive period.

Almost half of Scots have had to reduce household spending to try to cope with rising energy bills, research has revealed, with almost one in 10 having made the "heart-breaking" decision to cut back on children's activities.

A young boy who was left deaf in one ear after being hit by a car as a small child has wowed crowds at Scotland's busiest train station with his amazing piano skills.

A Scots school girl who caught Strep A was left fighting for her life in hospital after her GP failed to spot the symptoms - twice. Ellie Young began experiencing a sore throat and vomiting at the end of October and was given a telephone consultation by her local doctor's surgery Oak Lodge Medical Practice.

A woman from Dundee who disappeared over a week ago was last seen in Glasgow city centre, police have said.

Animal protection officers are investigating after a helpless dog was tied up outside a park in near-freezing temperatures and left by its cruel owner.

A Border Collie was allegedly accidentally poisoned after anaesthetic was injected into her bloodstream at a vets in Airdrie after a syringe mix-up.

Tributes are pouring in for an award-winning search and rescue dog that has sadly passed away. Thirteen-year-old springer spaniel Diesel, who works for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, has spent time rescuing people after earthquakes in New Zealand and Nepal.

The devastated daughter of a pensioner swept away in an Aberdeenshire river has told how her family “are lost without her”. Hazel Nairn was last seen in the water in the River Don, near Monymusk, after getting into difficulty while reportedly trying to rescue her pet dog amid torrential rain.

A van was found engulfed in flames in a residential street near Dalkeith. Fire crews were called to McKinnon Drivein Midlothian after the burning Ford Transit was reported at 9.35pm on Saturday, December 3.

A mum has been left heartbroken after her dog died in her arms after being run over in Edinburgh. Laura Kilgallon, 40, had been out walking her beloved eight-year-old Shih Tzu, Woody, when a motor, believed to be a private hire taxi, struck the pooch.

A balding dog has been found cruelly abandoned at a Scots farm almost 100 miles away from its home address.