Trialist Ewan Moyes on target as Jeanfield Swifts open Premier Division season with victory

While it's still too early to get the lights out and start putting on the Christmas films - and definitely too hot to get out the fluffy socks and blankets - now is the perfect time to make sure you've got all of your festive celebrations sorted.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusically speaking, Norway is too often unfairly overshadowed by its neighbors, the overachieving Sweden — which has mastered the art of speaking modestly while flexing outrageously —  on the east, and the eccentric Iceland and Scotland to the west. But with a population of just under 5.5 million, the comparatively understated country punches far above its weight in both the world’s music scene and its economy, and its booming talent was on ample display at the latest installment of the long-running Oya Festival in Oslo last week.While there were plenty of Anglo and American acts — ranging from headliners Gorillaz, Florence + the Machine and Nick Cave to H.E.R., Little Simz, Freddie Gibbs, Remi Wolf and Perfume Genius — equally if not more compelling was the diverse array of home-grown talent.

A rescue helicopter scrambled to save two hikers who were scaling a steep ridge in Glencoe this weekend.

Consumers have been urged to be on the lookout for new cost of living scams in Scotland as national ScamWatch Fortnight gets underway. This year’s ‘Read Between the Li(n)es’ campaign highlights the importance of remaining vigilant as fraudsters are using emails, texts and social media to prey on people of all ages.

This is one of three hero police officers who ran to the scene of a major gun incident linked to a series of violent attacks and a murder. Off-duty inspector Bruce Crawford and two uniformed colleagues helped bring the incident under control on Wednesday morning after being called to a house in the remote Ross-shire village of Dornie.

A fundraiser launched to support the family of a father-of-six who died on the Isle of Skye has surpassed triple it's target in less than 24 hours.

Beyoncé reigns atop the Official Albums Chart for a second week with RENAISSANCE.

A man who has been missing for two days may have travelled to a Scots tourist attraction, with police now launching a search.

The first-ever dedicated specialist Pastelaria – a Portuguese Pastel de Nata bakery – to open in Scotland will launch this week.

A sick woman allegedly sexually abused her own dog over the course of eight years, while her depraved partner watched and recorded her, police have said.

Bra tycoon Baroness Mone has paid £50,000 to settle a lawsuit after she called a banker a “waste of a white man’s skin”. Richard Lynton-Jones, who is of Indian heritage, sued the Ultimo founder and Tory peer over the comment in a WhatsApp message.

The race for the UK’s Number 1 album is already heating up; as Beyoncé and Eminem are currently duking it out to see who will triumph at the top of the Official Albums Chart this Friday

A huge fire has broken out at an Edinburgh chippy, prompting firefighters to evacuate people from flats above. Emergency services were called to Franco's Fish and Chip Shop on Summerhall Place in the capital shortly after 11.30am.

A senior Edinburgh councillor has been left 'shaken' after being attacked while delivering newsletters in his constituency. Kevin Lang, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat group in Edinburgh City Council, says he was grabbed by the throat and sworn at by an angry voter in South Queensferry.

Two West Lothian men are launching a new charity to help people access the creative arts.

A horror crash has taken place in West Lothian, causing a busy road to close. Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service, raced to the A71 in East Calder following reports of a multi-vehicle smash.

A superfit Scots whose family had the 'fabric of their lives' ripped open after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease is aiming to be the first to cycle the 'UK's hardest ride'.

A tanker full of wet cement toppled over and smashed through a railing on a busy Scots road today. The railing on Inverurie Road in the Bucksburn area of Aberdeen was destroyed after the truck broke free and spilled its contents onto the road and pavement.