Seven stays and parties to make the festive season special

A Ryanair flight bound for Scotland had a near miss with another flight over a Spanish city at the weekend.

Scotland is to be pelted with torrential rain this evening as forecasters issue a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms.

A man has been arrested over an alleged attack at a Belladrum campsite after a festivalgoer's jaw was left broken.

After a quiet few months, it appears Nessie is back. A local resident has become the fifth person to have an official Loch Ness Monster sighting this year after spotting something moving against the current for over seven minutes.

There are times when Hulu’s 8-episode series “Wedding Season,” premiering on September 8th, plays like a relatively straightforward romantic comedy about two beautiful people who end up crossing paths during a crowded Scottish season of nuptials among mutual friends. However, it’s also a vicious thriller with a pretty high body count that has the tendency to explode in action sequences like it’s suddenly shifted into spy movie territory.

A Scots aristocrat has been cleared of sexually assaulting a guest at a birthday bash held at his family’s 22-bedroom mansion after a not proven verdict.

A baby has tragically died after being stuck by a large hailstone during a violent storm. The 20-month-old girl was with her parents when she was hit by the four-inch wide ball of ice in the Spanish town of La Bisbal d'Emporda on Tuesday.

Succession star Brian Cox has said Logan Roy, the arch-villain he plays in the HBO/Sky epic, would “hate me,” but claimed he “loves” and “respects the character.”

The BBC has commissioned a Catherine Tate comedy, Scottish drama Mayflies starring Line of Duty star Martin Compston, show from BAFTA winners Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson, and fourth season of Man like Mobeen.

Outlander star Sam Heughan has delighted fans by joining TikTok as he documents his most recent trip to Mexico, including getting lost in the country.

An Edinburgh pub has issued a sharp response to a bad review from an unhappy tourist who insulted its staff. The Virginia native stated that their wedding party of 12 had been denied seating at the Rose Street Brewery, Edinburgh Live reports..

Pop Idol star Darius Danesh died at the age of 41, his family announced on August 16, five days after the singer was found in his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota.

A Scots woman has allegedly been sexually assaulted at a tattoo parlour in Ibiza.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusically speaking, Norway is too often unfairly overshadowed by its neighbors, the overachieving Sweden — which has mastered the art of speaking modestly while flexing outrageously —  on the east, and the eccentric Iceland and Scotland to the west. But with a population of just under 5.5 million, the comparatively understated country punches far above its weight in both the world’s music scene and its economy, and its booming talent was on ample display at the latest installment of the long-running Oya Festival in Oslo last week.While there were plenty of Anglo and American acts — ranging from headliners Gorillaz, Florence + the Machine and Nick Cave to H.E.R., Little Simz, Freddie Gibbs, Remi Wolf and Perfume Genius — equally if not more compelling was the diverse array of home-grown talent.

An Oscar statue goes missing in Hassan Nazer’s amiable feature Winners, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Coldplay have made it home.

The son of a Tory donor who hosted Boris Johnson’s wedding party was handed an £11.2million UK Government grant to build hydrogen buses. Jo Bamford’s Wrightbus was given the cash to pioneer the “green” fuel cell vehicles in March 2021.

Paul Mescal shows off his mustache at the premiere of his latest film, Aftersun, during the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival held at OMNI Centre on Friday (August 12) in Edinburgh, Scotland.