Strictly's Hamza issues Lyme Disease warning to people heading to the Highlands this summer

Naman Ramachandran U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched broadcast standards investigations into TalkTV, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and GB News after receiving complaints. The issue of politicians who also serve as newsreaders being in potential breach of Ofcom’s impartiality rules has cropped up in recent months. In April, Ofcom launched an investigation into GB News over an interview given by chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt to Esther McVey and Philip Davies on March 11 on the “Saturday Morning with Esther and Philip” news program. All three politicians are members of parliament representing the ruling Conservative party. The investigation is ongoing.

The popular GWCT Scottish Game Fair returns to the grounds of Scone Palace this weekend.

A Scots dog owner has been left heartbroken after her French bulldog tragically died from heatstroke. Chloe Lamond’s pets - Hugo and Mercedes - were taken out in the scorching sun by a dog walker when they both began to fall unwell.

Gardening expert Monty Don has advised people on how to reduce water waste whilst tending to their plants outside.

Outlander has returned to our screens for the highly anticipated season seven, and best-selling author for first bringing the franchise to life, Diana Gabaldon, has opened up on her love for Scotland where the show is based in a new interview.

A baby deer has died after a person attempting to 'rescue it' fed it the wrong kind of milk instead of handing it over to animal welfare.

The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is recuperating with family after undergoing an operation following a breast cancer diagnosis.

A warning has been issued as an upcoming heatwave could see temperatures soar to 40C next month.

Brexit is costing Scotland a staggering £3 billion each year in lost public revenues, a senior SNP minister has warned.

The latest figures from the Scottish Government show there are estimated to be around 850,000 people with hearing loss in Scotland and of those, 70 per cent are over 70. It is projected that figures could double over the next 20 years, with a delay of up to 10 years before people address their hearing loss.

King Charles is celebrating Father’s Day 2023 with a sweet throwback photo featuring both of his sons.

It may look like a ‘scruffy, overgrown piece of land’ but locals say Stockport County’s plans to turn it into a car park would destroy a ‘haven’ for wildlife left undisturbed for decades. The resurgent club - which narrowly missed out on promotion to the third tier of English football last season - has a seven-year plan to redevelop its Edgeley Park home, as it eyes a return to the game’s big time.It comes after The Hatters secured a 250-year lease from the council for the ground, part of which was occupied by the old Sykes Bleach Works. The proposals include using land behind the ‘pop side’ of the ground as a 60-space car park for staff, players and officials - albeit with a ‘considerable area’ set aside for landscaping and ecology.A planning appliction is expected later this year - but local nature lovers are urging the club to think again. They say the football pitch-sized plot is the only area suitable for wildlife in the whole of Edgeley - bar two pieces of land at the sewage works - hosting a variety of potentially vital flora and fauna.

Prince William and Kate William will most likely take their three children to Balmoral Castle along with an early getaway during the summer holidays, a royal expert has shared. While The Prince of Wales is "super aware" of global warming, it is thought they won't jet off anywhere exotic.

Summer is here and with it comes the dreaded pollen, as the heatwave sweeps Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Fire crews in the Highlands are battling the third significant wildfire in the region in recent days after flames took hold in woodland near Fort William.

iPhone users have been issued an important warning about their devices potentially being damaged during the heatwave as temperatures soar across Scotland.

A stern warning has been issued to dog owners this summer, as the UK basks in the middle of a scorching heatwave.

Martin Lewis is urging older people on a low income to check if they should claim a “crucial” annual income top up from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), worth an average of £3,500. He called it a “tragedy” that up to one million people of State Pension age are missing out on financial support they are entitled to through Pension Credit.

A frantic search is underway to trace a man missing from a Highland town.

Well-known Scots waterways like Loch Ness, Loch Maree and the River Esk have been hit with water scarcity warnings amid the hot, dry weather. Nearly all of Scotland is now officially on alert for shortages following a crisis summit between SNP ministers and authorities on Thursday night.