'Tree tops' property with breathtaking views across Scots countryside is up for sale

Covid to allow families to enjoy festive gatherings, a senior bishop has said. It comes just days after the Scottish Government's clinical director warned the public to prepare for a "digital Christmas" which could see large indoor gatherings banned in December.

schoolboy who transformed into Nicola Sturgeon for Halloween got the seal of approval from the First Minister herself.The seven-year-old from North Lanarkshire donned his finest wig, heels and purple dress, complete with poppy badge, to dress up as the Ms Sturgeon for Halloween.In a short clip, the funnyman has a go at Scots comedian, Janey Godley's side-splitting voice overs of the coronavirus daily briefings that have gone down a storm wordwide.The 'wee star' from Coatbridge had the FM and

‘dognapped’ by thieves. Rosie the Boston Terrier vanished from her home in Duddingston, near Edinburgh, on Sunday night after bolting out an insecure gate.

OAP is 'close to tears' as swarms of wasps crawl out of the fittings in her sheltered accommodation home. May Fyffe has been plagued by the dangerous bugs for three weeks.

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Covid-19 by Christmas, according to the national clinical director of Scotland. Jason Leitch told the BBC's Drivetime With John Beattie that the Scottish Government expects to have some doses of a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas.

pranksters used to spark a police probe amid fears of a brutal murder. The hoax creation, fashioned from bin bags, gaffa tape and rubbish, was seen hanging from a bridge by rope in Kilmarnock at the weekend.

Edinburgh restaurant owner has shown how 'dead' his business has become in the current measures by filling tables with skeletons. Chris Doherty, owner of Hemingway's in Leith, responded to the latest lockdown restrictions in the tongue-in-cheek way after the First Minister extended the hospitality closures in the central belt.

farmer has vowed to dump a lorry load of buffalo dung into a shop that has been dumping piles of rubbish onto his land. Steve Mitchell discovered a fresh mountain of cardboard and plastic packaging had been tossed onto a track at the Buffalo Farm in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Tuesday morning.

hero Scots dad who saved his entire family from a raging inferno has been left partially blind after shards of glass flew into his eyes. Colin Walker leapt from the window of the top floor flat as the fire took hold of the family home in McNeill Terrace, Loanhead, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

sex attack on a lesbian drag queen. Pamela Kane, 40, pulled the woman's top down and exposed her breast in front of a crowd of people in a nightclub.She accepted that she had pulled her wraparound dress and bra-let as she made a point about the amount of cleavage the teenager was displaying.Sheriff John Rafferty told Kane: "It was an exceedingly rude and ill-informed thing to do.

coronavirus cases over the last 24-hour period as one death was announced. The Scottish Government released the latest figures across the country yesterday as 1,016 patients remained in hospitals.

cannabis ­allotment” yards from a path at a beauty spot.The suspect plants were growing in hessian sacks, each tagged with the name of the strain of hash.The walker found the plants in woods near Ben Bouie, a hill overlooking Helensburgh in Argyll.They said: “I couldn’t believe it. The bags were not that difficult to find.“It’s not what you expect to find in this area.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 28 new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland overnight, the highest daily figure since May 21, the Scottish Government has announced.Another 1,739 Scots have also tested positive for the virus as cases continue to rise across the country.Some 873 patients are currently being treated in hospital, an increase of 49 overnight, while 73 remain in intensive care.In Ayrshire and

Kilmarnock town centre home is unrecognisable from the property that was destined to go under the hammer three years ago.The semi-detached Portland Road home was in need of some serious renovation and with pictures from the time showing the ramshackle nature of the home, complete with collapsed ceilings, ripped up floors and rubbish strewn across each of the rooms.From the new pictures, you can see the five-bedroom home has been re-carpeted and decorated with a new kitchen and new bathrooms

Ayrshire has recorded 38 new infections in the past 24 hours bringing the region's total to 2,926.A total of 53 people were in NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospitals yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; with seven in intensive care.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.always wash your hands when you get home or into workuse hand sanitiser gel if

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw photographer has shared some of his stunning snaps of his travels across the country.Ron Ballantyne sent us a picturesque scene of Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie in the Moray Firth.And there was more to come as Ron also submitted some shots of everything from a Scottish wild cat to a Highland cow out on the road.Ron said: “I took a great shot at Carrbridge by Aviemore.

Coronavirus cases across Scotland are continuing to rise with the number of deaths creeping up as well. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday the pandemic 'can't be seen as a contest between health and the economy'.

child poverty in Scotland has been exposed in scandalous new figures showing a rise almost everywhere in the past five years. Only one council area managed to improve - by just less than one percent - while the rest of the country saw young people fall further behind.