Sick vandals spray paint benches donated to local community in Forth Valley

Lulu is 'super excited' to be a guest judge on Series 3 of Drag Race UK - after revealing it kept her going through lockdown. Lulu, 72, has been chosen to join Nicola Coughlan, and Russell Tovey as a guest judge on the show.

Energy suppliers Utility Point and People's Energy have ceased trading, affecting around 570,000 domestic customers across Scotland and the rest of the UK. Utility Point supplies gas and electricity to about 220,000 domestic customers and People's Energy supplies about 350,000 domestic customers and 1,000 non-domestic customers.

Scottish Child Payment (SCP) was topping up incomes, but said “simply giving people money” is “not going to fully assist them”. Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the SCP, worth £520 a year to parents on low incomes for each child, is a game changer in the fight against poverty.

SAS Australia’s no-nonsense DS (Directing Staff).But despite his hardcore attitude and serious demeanour when it comes to putting the recruits through their paces, it turns out Matthew “Ollie” Ollerton has another side to him away from the cameras.WATCH: SAS Australia 2021Ollie has been married to his wife, Laura Gander, for around nine months now since the pair eloped to Scotland last December.They were forced to pull the plug on their elaborate 2020 Bond-themed nuptials due to the pandemic and

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterAlmost 700 young people in Forth Valley are still waiting for vital mental health treatment, according to new figures.The latest data from Public Health Scotland (PHS) has revealed that 695 people are still awaiting support from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) locally for the period up to June 30, with only 39 per cent of those having been waiting for 18 weeks or fewer.It represents a

iOS - Android In a bid to prevent people being hospitalised with flu and relieve pressure on the NHS, more people than ever – over four million – are being offered the free vaccine this year.Among the groups being offered are those aged 50 and over; children aged two to five years who are not yet at school; children over six months of age who are deemed ‘at risk’ with medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, heart and lung diseases, or autoimmune

TRNSMT punters will have to pay £6 for a pint of beer during the three-day festival this weekend. The Glasgow event organisers have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure a smooth set-up ahead of the gates opening from 11am on Friday.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

Scottish Labour leader wants Nicola Sturgeon to use her Programme for Government - which the SNP leader will announce this week - to dramatically scale up the Scottish Child Payment.

Still Game 's Ford Kiernan left the internet in stitches today after his rant about... goodness knows what? Posting on his Twitter page to his 131,000 followers, Ford who is best known for his role as Jack Jarvis in the Scots comedy show, was seen sitting in front of the camera talking gibberish.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterCrime figures revealed a rise in vandalism and assaults in Stirling and a fall in robberies and domestic abuse.The latest data released by Police Scotland deals with the first quarter of 2021 as the country began to emerge from the restrictive measures of the pandemic.The number of the most serious ‘group one’ crimes - which includes murder, robberies and incidents of domestic abuse

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterOfficers from Stirling are being primed to help police the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this year - with top cops warning that Stirling may see its own share of activity.The international summit, organised by the United Nations, takes place at the SEC in Glasgow from November 1-12 and is set to be the biggest conference ever hosted in the UK.At a meeting of

iOS - Android In neighbouring South Lanarkshire, 6155 families had 21,275 payments totalling £1.05m.So far, across Scotland 108,000 children have benefitted from the payment which provides eligible families with £10 per week.

iOS - Android And for the week ending August 22, this dropped to 65.5 per cent of 4290 attendances - compared to 75.1 per cent across Scotland. At Hairmyres in East Kilbride 64.1 per cent or patients were seen, admitted or discharged within four hours, with 453 waiting over four hours, 83 patients over eight hours and 17 over 12.

firearms expert caught with a sub-machine gun and a haul of other weapons hopes his involvement in a James Bond film will spare him jail. Simon Churchman was charged after police made the discovery at his then cottage in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway on March 27, 2018.

Ford Kiernan has his Twitter followers divided over the name of a beloved biscuit. Ford, who played Jack Jarvis on the hit show, told his followers he had been getting the name of Blue Riband biscuits wrong.

new benefit that will be delivered by Social Security Scotland and eventually replace Attendance Allowance for Scottish claimants. The new benefit will support older people, of State Pension age, who have a disability that means they need assistance with looking after themselves, or supervision to keep them safe.

raced to a Scots street this evening. A huge police response, including at least four vehicles and two vans, were filmed on Minto Crescent, in the Macedonia area of Glenrothes, Fife this evening.

Covid rates in the uK. The Cornish tourist board has warned people not to visit the area unless they have pre-booked holidays or take Covid tests before, during and after their stay.Experts are worried overcrowding in beach 'honeypots', with the region reporting 4,628 new cases in the seven days to August 21, according to Public Health England data.This is the equivalent of 804.1 per 100,000 people and is up sharply from 385.9 in the seven days to August 14.

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