Six peated Scotch whiskies ideal for someone looking for a smoky dram

One of Scotland’s top ­universities is selling its £380,000-a-year principal’s plush official residence amid rumours of a financial crisis.

Scots experts working to combat online child sex abuse are set to get a "game changing" cash injection of £30million. Crime fighting body INTERPOL said the private funding deal will equip frontline police with skills and data to more quickly rescue children at risk of abuse and help catch more perpetrators.

Kate Middleton has been taking a break from the spotlight of late as she continues her journey back to health. And there are very few places in the UK where the Princess of Wales would be able to step out for a coffee and go unnoticed like a normal person but one small Scottish village nestled away in the countryside allows her to do just that.

A trio of brothers are preparing for a record-breaking row across the Pacific ocean - whilst aiming to raise £1 million.

A notorious bigamist wife forced one of her husbands into a psychiatric unit after convincing doctors he was mentally ill.

Holyrood bosses are investigating claims staffers for SNP MSPs used the taxpayer-funded postage system for the general election.

Secondary school pupils have been inspired to reach for the moon and launch their future careers as space explorers after meeting NASA scientists.

The Scottish Government is set to introduce a new devolved, annual heating payment this winter to help more than one million State Pensioners with higher energy bills during the colder months. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) will be administered and delivered by Social Security Scotland and replace Winter Fuel Payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The SNP could be left "significantly diminished" at Westminster with the party set for heavy losses at the general election, a new poll has found.

The latest statistics from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of January, some 192,575 people were in receipt of Adult Disability Payment (ADP). That figure includes 83,199 new applicants and 109,385 existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) case transfers from the Department for Work Pensions (DWP).

Brits are raving about a lesser-known island that's a paradise for birdwatchers.

Edinburgh played host to Question Time last night and several of Scotland's top politicians were on the panel.

Phillip Schofield is reportedly in talks for a television comeback.

Placebo have announced details of a second feature-length documentary, This Search For Meaning. Check out the trailer below.The project is an intimate and enlightening portrait of the band, which explores both the meaning and subject matter behind their songs, while also diving into their evolution as a group and as human beings.Created by Scottish award-winning filmmaker Oscar Sansom, the documentary won’t simply present a narrative about the origins of the band, it’ll instead take a deep dive into the legacy they created through their themes of surveillance, culture, scrutiny, sexuality, gender identity, addiction, trauma and more.It’ll also include informal conversations with both vocalist-guitarist Brian Molko and bassist–guitarist Stefan Olsdal, as well as contributions from artists who either admire or have been inspired by Placebo.

An idyllic Scottish island is currently looking for people to relocate for work, with salaries of up to £128,000.

A man was “seriously” assaulted in Perth city centre in the early hours of Saturday morning, June 8.

A brand new craft distillery in the Falkirk area has won permission to call the malt it will produce 'Mary Queen of Scotch' after initially being turned down by the Trade Marks Registry.

Taylor Swift dusted off a very old and very niche song for its first-ever live performance during her Eras Tour.

comes to Scotland and meets him, she'll forget all about that . And I can't say for sure that he's wrong. Like, has she seen Jamie Fraser?Swift is scheduled to take the Eras Tour to Scotland on June 7, and in a video taken on set and posted to Instagram, Heughan noted that most of was going to the show.

Whisky is Scotland's national drink and something many Scots - and others across the globe - enjoy supping. It can be an acquired taste and, of course, each whisky has its own characteristics.