The history of why Christmas in Scotland was banned for nearly 400 years

While the majority of Scots will be busy planning out their Hogmanay celebrations, the inhabitants of one Scottish island won't be thinking about the holiday for another two weeks.

The region’s under-fire hospital has reported the worst accident and emergency waiting time figures in Scotland – with only 38 per cent of patients seen within four hours.

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the “cold-blooded” killing of a 26-year-old who was shot in the head at a pub on Christmas Eve.

A family from Dumfries welcomed what could be Scotland's first baby born on Christmas Day.

Celebs Go Dating's Laura Anderson and Gary Lucy spent their first Christmas Day together as a couple.

A 22-year-old woman who tragically died after being hit by a police car on Christmas Eve has been described as a cherished daughter by her heartbroken family. Rachael Louise Moore died on Saturday December 24, after being hit by the emergency vehicle in Liverpool.

A Scots mum has told of her heartbreak as she marked the first Christmas since her still her stillborn baby passed away.

In the past Scots have tried their lottery luck during the festive period hoping to bring home a huge jackpot.

A formerly homeless Scots army veteran who toured in Northern Ireland and Iraq has hung up Christmas decorations for the first time in 14 years.

It's the question children around the world are dying to know on Christmas Eve - "Where is Santa Claus?"

Ukrainian refugees celebrating the festive season have thanked Scotland for welcoming them from their war-torn homeland.

Some Scots may want to know what train services will be available over the festive period this year.

With Christmas and New Year comes bank holidays, meaning many branches will be closed next week and the week following.

The families of St Mary’s, Bathgate Primary School pupils have been collecting donations for St Vincent de Paul Scotland over the past few weeks.

Scots are to experience a 'White Christmas' this year as snow is forecast to fall on December 25.

Two sister who both underwent heart transplants 'can't wait' to celebrate their first 'normal' Christmas after making full recoveries. Allison Kerr and Karen Owens were diagnosed with the genetic heart condition familial dilated cardiomyopathy, the same condition that their father passed away from in 2005.

The Scottish Highlands is the only part of the UK likely to see a white Christmas, according to the Met Office. Christmas is likely to be wet and cloudy for a lot of the country with the heavy snowfall coming two weeks too early to give most people a white Christmas.

A physics teacher whose Only Fans porn page forced her to resign from work has allegedly been banned from her office Christmas party.

Leading supermarkets will be giving away free veggies this Christmas so that the little ones can leave something behind for Rudolph.

The Royal Family have announced what they'll be getting up to over the Christmas period, which will be the first since the passing of the Queen.