Tory councillor rips out autistic neighbour’s beloved hedge despite her pleas to stop

First Minister John Swinney said there was “nothing that can be done” about postal votes that have not yet arrived for voters who are now overseas.

Alister Jack is in line for a peerage after the general election, reports have suggested.

An emotional plea has been made by Falkirk councillors to look at ways to protect members from abuse, intimidation and threats that have become more common in recent years.

Richard Madden is stepping out for the day!

Firefighters are battling a blaze on Glasgow's Buchanan Street this morning with plumes of smoke seen across the city centre.

A fire has engulfed the derelict Dumbuck House Hotel in Dumbarton.

A concerned councillor is calling for a “housing emergency” to be officially declared in Dumfries and Galloway so that radical steps can be taken to rescue the sinking service.

A Scots Tory cabinet minister has admitted placing three bets on the date of the general election.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Bridgerton” author Julia Quinn has taken to social media to address upset fans of the Netflix series following the Season 3 finale, which included a dramatic change from Quinn’s novels in gender-flipping Francesca Bridgerton’s love interest. While Season 3 was primarily devoted to the blossoming romance between friends Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), it also tracked the courtship of Francesca (Hannah Dodd) by John Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin (Victor Alli).

Detectives are appealing for information after human remains were found in a burnt-out van in Newmilns on Monday.

We're set for another busy day in the general election campaign here in Scotland with less than two weeks to go until polling day.

After weeks of uncertainty, the UK is finally set to sizzle in temperatures forecasted to soar beyond 30°C over the coming days, encouraging many of us to venture outdoors and soak up the eagerly anticipated great British Summer sun. After a miserable start to June, the Met Office anticipates a significant rise in mercury levels from Sunday evening lasting until approximately Thursday.

A Scots 'predator' has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl. Craig McKay, from Aberdeen, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Friday June 21, and was slapped with a 10-year sentence by Judge David Evans, consisting of nine years custodial and a further year on extended licence.

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

New figures have “destroyed” Tory arguments against the Labour policy of introducing VAT on private school fees.

A list of the "best restaurants" in Edinburgh has been unveiled by Time Out.

A new £130 million Eden Project in Dundee has officially been given the green light. Councillors met in the City of Discovery last night to approve the planning application at the old gas works on East Dock Street, less than a mile away from V&A Dundee.

A Scots gran fears for the safety of her non-verbal grandaughter at nursery, after she's been scarred for life following multiple accidents.

This is the moment when defiant Scotland fans belted out the national anthem despite the 5-1 defeat.