Scots travel chaos as snow and ice shuts Queensferry Crossing and blocks Scotland's roads

Pride of Scotland surprise for the hero schoolboy.The 11-year-old, who saved his grandad’s life, met the presenter and magician at a London hotel and was awestruck when he magicked up a golden ticket inviting him to a VIP gaming experience.Stephen then led the youngster – who pulled his grandpa John Howe, 63, from a fast-flowing river after he suffered a bleed on the brain – to a room where he got to play a video game with his idol, YouTube gaming sensation Daz Black, aka Daz Games.Greg, from

school. John McInnes described seeing a 'sparking' red cloud and then an object in the air that disappeared 'in the blink of an eye' over Airdrie, Lanarkshire yesterday.

receiving their bonus from February 2021 and payments to social care staff will start in March 2021. Payments will be made to health and social care staff through their normal payroll system.

Christmas was over the moon after kind-hearted council workers gifted him with his own rubbish truck. Little Ollie McEwan had asked Santa Claus to bring him a refuse worker, a green ball and a stone in his heartwarming present list which he later sent off to the North Pole.  The two-year-old had recently struck up a relationship with the Falkirk Council bin men who lift rubbish from his home in Bo’ness over the last three months.

Stella Tennant has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family has confirmed.The aristocratic supermodel, who lived in the Scottish Borders and went to school in St Andrews, died five days after her 50th birthday on December 17.The granddaughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire, Andrew Cavendish, and Deborah Mitford, she rose to fame in the 1990s, walking the runway for designers including Versace and Alexander McQueen.The model was well-known for her androgynous looks and was a darling of the 90s

Social distance concerns were raised after Edinburgh-bound Scots were crammed onto an overcrowded bus after an issue with an EasyJet plane. After arriving at Bristol airport for an essential work trip on Monday, Colette Walters and her colleague Cieran Fisher were set to fly to the capital at 7am.

white Christmas after a weather warning for snow and ice was announced. Wintry showers are expected in the north of the country after the Met Office issued the yellow warning for snow and ice overnight and into Christmas Eve.

boy is inspiring others with his battle back to fitness after suffering a horror stomach condition. Brave Darragh Shaw underwent multiple operations after he was born with his bowel outside his body.

direct to your inbox The Christmas bubble rules have been dramatically tightened across all parts of the UK. The previous five-day travel window has now been scrapped, with people now only allowed to meet with their selected households on December 25.

Santa’s Grotto at a Scots hotel resort have tested positive for coronavirus sparking a warning to visitors. Hotel guests and members of the public who took part in ‘festive activities’ at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort since December 11 are being warned to be alert for virus symptoms.

banning all travel and freight from the UK.

direct to your inbox For five days over the festive period, the coronavirus restrictions across the UK will change to allow people to meet others over Christmas. Many will be hoping to be able to visit friends and family outside of their local area during the festivities - especially as the festive season draws ever closer.

Health chiefs have launched a new blitz to combat so-called ‘ Long Covid ’ in Scotland.

lockdown parking row turned violent.Craig McCarroll, 29, stabbed Thomas Nelson, 24, to death in April over a dispute described in court as “ridiculously trivial”.The pair lived next door to each other in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, and had been friends.But they fell out when people visiting Thomas’s home began leaving their vehicles next to McCarroll’s house.In the hours before the killing, McCarroll made “derogatory” remarks about Thomas and “repeatedly threatened violence” towards him.It appeared

motorists on a major Scots road today. The bovine beast was spotted by stunned drivers walking alongside the M8 at Harthill.

jailed for breaching coronavirus rules after he took the four-and-a-half hour trip to visit his girlfriend. McLaughlan, from North Ayrshire, made the crossing despite having never driven a water scooter before, the BBC reports.

police - because it is not “essential travel”. The Scout Scotland Santa Run in Stewarton, which has been running for decades, was halted after officers said the sleigh ride through the town breached lockdown rules.

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal tour which today kicked off in Scotland during lockdown. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station on Monday morning as they began their whistle-stop tour of the UK, aimed to thank frontline workers of the pandemic.