St Andrew's Day - everything you need to know about Scotland's patron saint

Social Security Scotland has issued an important update for new and existing claimants of Scottish Child Payment. The devolved benefit is now worth £25 per week to parents and carers of children up to 16, worth £100 per month, per eligible child.

Scottish ministers have been urged to finally ban “cruel and unnecessary” snare traps after an expert group recommended the move on animal welfare grounds. Labour MSP Colin Smyth said snaring was a “barbaric” practice that needed to be “consigned to the history books”.

Ncuti Gatwa has shared a sneak peek of his first day on set as the new Doctor Who.

Christmas is just around the corner and if visiting Lapland isn't an option, families can visit Santa's reindeer right here in Scotland. Parents and children can enjoy the 'Christmas Experience' hosted by the Caingorm Reindeer Herd - Britain's only Reindeer reserve.

A thug once dubbed the most dangerous teenager in Scotland has been handed an extra 16 months in jail for stabbing two prison officers in a row over his dinner.

A road trip to the north east of Scotland by two Spanish friends came to an abrupt end when their van broke down in the Cairngorms amid -17C weather. Manuel Gutierrez, 35, and Beatriz Castejon, 30 started their venture along the east coast through Stonehaven and into Aberdeen on Friday (December 9).

Thousands of people in Shetland are facing a fourth day without power as engineers battle to restore supplies amid the threat of further snowfall and freezing temperatures. An extra 125 engineers were drafted in to help reconnect more than 2,800 homes which were left without power when heavy snow fell on cables earlier this week.

A brave six-year-old boy undergoing rigorous treatment for an aggressive brain tumour was the guest of honour at a major Santa Dash this weekend.

Two women have teamed up to send a 40ft lorry full of presents to children in Ukraine for Christmas.

Heartbreaking letters from children to Santa ask for a variety of things from 'clean clothes' to 'anything'. The recipients of the letters were left 'devastated' reading the kids' Christmas wishes, reports Birmingham Live.

Thursday, December 8 marks Christmas Jumper Day - a day where all fashion rules go out the window and tacky clothing is encouraged.

A bride has told how she was left feeling like "an inconvenience" at her own wedding after staff from the Scots venue head-counted guests at the door.

The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Across the UK, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

A free-range egg firm was shut down after it was found littered with dead hens which had been left in horrendous living conditions with no food or water.

Screen Scotland, a national funding body, today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights to the Edinburgh International Film Festival and has launched an appraisal period to explore the possibilities of hosting a film festival in Edinburgh in 2023.

A shortage of accommodation is expected to see Scotland take 2,000 fewer asylum seekers than originally proposed.

The Queen gave a brutal one word response when her son Prince Andrew told her about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, a new biography reports. The claims were made in an upcoming book called Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait by Gyles Brandreth, who was friends with Prince Philip.

Scots are being forced to "remortgage their homes" to pay for private healthcare due to massive waiting times for some NHS procedures, Anas Sarwar has said.