Senior Falkirk doctor says hospital staff facing 'a perfect storm of pressures'

“Normal People” heartthrob Paul Mescal has quickly parlayed his breakout popularity on TV into a burgeoning film career. After appearing in last year’s “The Lost Daughter” from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhall, he’s now the star of another feature debut from a female filmmaker on the rise.

Imagine a beautiful herb garden with over 600 varieties of herbs and over 2000 juniper bushes – this is the starting point for Eidyn Gin, a partnership between Aldi and The Old Curiosity Distillery.

A long-running planning application to create a permanent pitch for a gypsy/traveller site near Falkirk has been delayed again after confusion over ownership of the land.

A three-month long creative project in Camelon and the surrounding canal side communities will come to a close at the Falkirk Wheel this Friday.

Room for reconciliation. The seating chart at Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral was not a snub at Prince Harry from King Charles III, royal historian Gareth Russell exclusively tells Us Weekly.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to renew a memorial for the men who lost their lives in one of Scotland's worst mining accidents almost a century ago. Forty men were killed when water flooded No 23 Pit, in the Braes village of Redding, near Falkirk, on Tuesday, September 25, 1923.

A stunning house designed in the style of a traditional Scottish fortified keep has just gone on the market in Fife. Pirwindy Keep, located close to the village of Lower Largo, has a unique design that makes it stand out.

A 41 year-old man has been arrested and charged after a flat was allegedly torched in Ayrshire. The alleged early-hours attempted murder bid took place on Russell Drive in Ayr at around 4.30am on Saturday, September 10.

A former SNP adviser who was suspended for suggesting Priti Patel should be "sent back to Uganda" is set to be readmitted to the party. Tim Rideout, a former member of the SNP 's policy development committee, has agreed to undergo an anti-racism course following comments he made on social media in March this year.

The heartbroken family of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines have paid tribute to him on the eighth anniversary of his death.

Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan has praised Princess Anne for her selflessness following the death of her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. The former Britain’s Got Talent judge, 57, shared a tribute to the late monarch’s only daughter on Twitter, posting a photo of the Princess Royal in a car behind the hearse carrying her mother's coffin on Sunday afternoon. Praising her grace and decorum, the former Good Morning Britain presenter wrote: “Princess Anne is being driven in a car behind her mother’s hearse for six hours from Balmoral to Edinburgh, grief etched on her face.

With new roles come new responsibilities. Upon ascending the throne, King Charles III officially bestowed Prince William and Duchess Kate with the royal titles of Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales, respectively — honors that the world associates with Charles and the late Princess Diana.

Queen Elizabeth II spent her last summer at her Highland estate Balmoral, where she spent the final weeks of her life in happiness surrounded by friends and family. Balmoral was said to be the late Queen’s favourite home and is where she and husband the late Prince Philip were at their happiest. It’s thought that the Highland estate offered great comfort to the Monarch following her husband’s passing in 2021.

The Queen died with Charles and Anne at her bedside at Balmoral, it is believed.

Meghan Markle did not appear alongside her husband, Prince Harry, as he made his way to Balmoral Castle, following the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death. According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, an invitation to join the family at the estate was not extended to Meghan.  “It's understood that the family wanted Prince Harry to be there, even though he was unable to get to Balmoral in time to see his grandmother,” Nicholl tells ET. “But Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was not, we understand, invited to join the family," Nicholl adds.

The Queen is currently at her Scottish residence of Balmoral where she is ‘under medical supervision’. Her Majesty, 96, took the decision to stay on at her summer residence this year and it was where she was to greet the new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has been photographed leaving her home to pick up her three children from school amid growing concerns over the Queen’s health. She has been seen driving from her home in Windsor to collect her kids from Lambrook school, near Ascot.

Liz Truss has promised an energy support package, tax cuts and more cash for the NHS in her maiden speech as Prime Minister.

Lorraine Kelly and her husband Steve Smith celebrate 30 years of marriage today and the Scots presenter shared a throwback wedding snap to mark the occasion.