Scots taxpayers shelled out £26million to Odeon to rent out cinemas as court rooms during Covid pandemic

Taxpayers have shelled out £8million on a ­troubled government scheme to fill historic railway bridge arches with tonnes of concrete. Some 50 bridges across the UK were infilled with crushed stone and foamed concrete between 2013 and 2021, it can be revealed.

A couple have been reunited with their missing dog after it spent four days on the run – thanks to pet detectives using a hi-tech drone. June and David Hamilton had picked up the 18-month-old Spanish rescue Jack Russell terrier less than two hours before it escaped from the garden of their home in Bothwell, Lanarkshire.

A mum who spent £250,000 on a derelict baronial castle is to star in a TV show on its transformation into a top wedding venue. Nicole Rudder bought her dream project – dilapidated Garrion Tower, in Lanarkshire – in secret and is now working on £5million plans to restore the relic.

A woman has been arrested following a three-car crash on a busy road in Edinburgh. The incident took place on West Granton Road in the north of the city at around 8.25pm yesterday.

An "amazing" dad took his own life after splitting up with his girlfriend during a weekend away in Blackpool, a coroner has ruled. Daryl McWilliam, from Kilmarnock, had travelled to the English seaside resort with his girlfriend of 12 months, Natalie Jones.

A Scots woman has been slapped with a lengthy supervision order and banned from owning animals after her horse died of malnutrition and another was found to be severely emaciated.

A killer once jailed over the slaying of a drug dealer has been caught with a stash of heroin after a raid by cops.

Pep Guardiola says he has only had one perfect pre-season at Manchester City, with this year's tour disrupted by four players who did not travel to the USA.

The inaugural DC Power Index Prize will honor Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova, Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards and National Institutes of Health bioethicist Christine Grady, among others, at a ceremony on Wednesday.

A Scots mum who hit out after a house was built so close to hers she could chap her neighbour's door from her window is now being sued for £75,000.

Tributes have been paid to Scots man who will be "dearly missed" after he died when his kayak capsized on a Scots river.

A brave young mum who was abused by her stepdad has launched a charity to help other sex abuse survivors overcome their trauma.

Thousands of Scots on Universal Credit could miss out on a cost-of-living payment due eligibility rules, an SNP MP has warned.

A frantic search is underway to trace a missing teenager who vanished this morning.

The body of a man has been discovered at a Scots beach.

A group of yobs left Scots garage owners furious after vandalising windows of their vehicles and filling them with foam.

A man has been charged after armed police and specialist negotiators were called to a property in Angus following an alleged disturbance. Emergency services were scrambled to an address on Little Nursery in Montrose shortly before 9pm on Sunday after receiving a 'concern for a person' call.

The eruption of the BA.5 variant of Covid-19 has led local officials to consider reinstating the county’s indoor mask mandate. Today, that revisit of the protocols was backed by Dr. Ashish Jha, President Biden’s Covid-19 coordinator, who was speaking to ABC’s “This Week” talk show.

CID and forensics officers have been spotted investigating following a serious sexual assault in a Scots park.