Scottish Government announces extra £5m for students facing financial difficulty this winter

Scot Squad creator Joe Hullait told fans it's a "great irony" that Piers Morgan shared one of his comedy sketches on Twitter. Good Morning Britain host Piers showed his approval for a scene from the new series about causing offence in the modern world, featuring Jack Docherty as Chief Cameron Miekelson.

Raasay distillery are offering whisky fans the chance to score a dream job - and come and work with them on one of Scotland 's most idyllic islands.

breaking parliamentary rules. It was revealed over the weekend that a former prosecutor is considering widening his probe into whether Sturgeon breached the ministerial code over the Salmond case.

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Hurt Locker hero who once dodged death in an Afghan bomb blast has died at the age of 39.Army legend David Timmins lost an eye and suffered massive internal injuries in an explosion in Afghanistan during Operation Panther’s Claw in July 2009.The Royal Logistic Corps Corporal showed incredible bravery when he helped save badly injured Sapper Matthew Weston.The decorated war hero saved scores of lives in his career, defusing deadly IEDs as a member of crack squad Explosive Device Disposal Team 5,

Rangers, Aberdeen and the rest of the Premiership join the competition at this stage as the tournament really gets down to business. And it's a Scottish Cup with a difference as all ties will be decided on the day with traditional replays scrapped amid a jam-packed fixture schedule due to the pandemic.

Netflix star Anya Taylor-Joy sent fans into a frenzy after speaking with a subtle Scottish accent on the Graham Norton Show. The 24-year-old Queen’s Gambit actress appeared on Friday night’s episode to speak about the show’s worldwide success after scoring 62 million views since being released.

Scottish Parliament planned for next week. Officers from Police Scotland say that under the current Level 4 restrictions, such gatherings are not permitted to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

breakdown cover specialists MotorEasy revealed Glasgow was the worst city in the UK for winter driving smashes. With 2012 incidents occurring in flooded, snowy or icy conditions between December and March from 2015 to 2019, that accounted for 38 per cent of all road accidents city-wide in the winter months.And Edinburgh was joint third in terms of the proportion of winter incidents, with a figure of 27.6 per cent, or 1285 crashes.

lockdown measures.

Lockerbie bombing in 1988 – Scottish communities minister Malcolm Chisholm held a number of meetings with the Muslim community to discuss their concerns.

Easter Sunday.Eagle-eyed shoppers have spotted eggs in stores and supermarkets across the country, with the holiday itself still more than three months away.Several pics of the chocolate treats have been posted on social media this week, with Scots spotting them in B&M and The Range.As well as being stocked on shelves of a B&M in Glasgow, they were seen being sold in The Range in Livingston.They have also been seen on sale in Co-op, Morrisons and Tesco stores down south.And Aldi is selling hot

Covid-19 crisis.Leonard argued arrears on household bills and council tax among low-income Scots should be suspended until the Holyrood election in May.He wants the UK government to regulate pay day loan companies and waive interest payments.Leonard said: "Christmas and the new year are always periods that lead to a surge in debt for poorer and hard-pressed families."Nine months of Covid hardship will inevitably make this burden so much worse for households."A huge personal debt crisis is being

NHS Lanarkshire’s director of public health has written to all care homes in Monklands to advise them on changes to visiting.The correspondence follows the news that the area will join the rest of mainland Scotland into level four coronavirus restrictions for at least a three-week period on Boxing Day.In terms of the current position pertaining to level four, the highest protection level, guidance from the Scottish Government states that: “For areas in level four, only essential visits are

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPlans to build a new £14.5 million school in Irvine moved a stage further this week.North Ayrshire Council want to build a primary school and early years centre which will serve the Montgomerie Park and Knadgerhill areas of the town.And on Friday the council found out it had been successful in a funding bid that will help develop their plans.Plans for a new non-denominational school – to satisfy an

schools will remain closed for a longer period due to concerns over a new strain of coronavirus.

Neil Lennon has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Sunday's clash against Hearts. The Hoops manager is adamant that sentiment won't come into his thinking when he names his team ahead of speculation captain Scott Brown could return to the side for the trip to Hampden.

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government also announced that 845 new cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight.