Scots Zoo shares adorable images of 'world's oldest' Lemur enjoying his 35th birthday with a cake

rescued after their boat sank off the east coast of Scotland. The alarm was raised at around 4.40am on Saturday when the vessel began taking on water around half a mile off Badbea in Caithness.The occupants were forced to bail into a life raft as their boat began to sink before swiftly becoming completely submerged.

coronavirus pandemic. Aimie Morrison has been hailed as 'inspirational' for her note to Highland health bosses, telling medics 'your work is paying off' and that there is 'light at the end of the tunnel'.

payment if starting a new job after a period of unemployment. The Job Start Payment is aimed at 16-24 year olds who have been on certain benefits for six months or more and totals £252.50, or £404 if the applicant has children.

trial. Edith Duncan was alleged to have taken the life of the Edinburgh three-year-old by dangerous driving.

fire crews, and the RNLI scrambled to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull after the fire took hold in the car deck of Calmac Ferries' MV Isle of Lewis. The boat was travelling between Oban and Castlebay before it was forced to stop when the blaze started from the fridge of a camper van.

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children. Scott Smollet, 45, was jailed on Friday 18 June for carrying out the offences in Aberdeenshire.

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) will place a herd of eight-foot-tall giraffe models across Edinburgh. It's part of a bid to help the city recover after lockdown and raise much needed funds for wildlife conservation.Set to arrive in Summer 2022, the RZSS stated that each sculpture will be designed and decorated by artists and communities to create the large-scale public art event.

whisky firm is set to unveil the world's oldest single malt this September - with the release of an 80-year-old Glenlivet.

Scots student campus just days before his 18th birthday. Lee Shewan, from Gairloch in the Highlands, was discovered within halls at Inverness College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.

cancer teen celebrated her 18th birthday with two offers to study nursing at university. We previously told how Kira Noble was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was 11.

horrific attack at her home because she had spent the evening with her female pal. Paisley Sheriff Court heard blood-splattered Ms Young ran screaming into the street to escape from the clutches of crazed McColl on February 20.