TV licence fee to increase for Scots viewers from April this year

Gordon Ramsay has been slammed for ‘insulting’ a Scottish woman’s teeth on live TV.

plunged into a freezing canal.Gregor Angus was out walking in Linlithgow, West Lothian, with his young son when they came across a lone dog without its owner on January 31.The dad approached the pooch but soon spotted 81-year-old Brian Watson floating in the bitterly cold waterway.The 39-year-old jumped in and managed to drag the stricken pensioner to safety while shouting for help.His young son Lucas held onto the dog, named Hugo, while several passersby stopped to hand over their jackets while

jail despite the fears of his victim’s family that he could go home to attack again. Adam Stein was jailed for life after he abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Collette Gallacher in 1986 in the English steel town of Corby.

daughter.Lorraine Fyfe, 38, lost ten inches off her waist after committing to slimming in November 2019 when she feared she might become diabetic.Mum-of-one Lorraine piled on the pounds when she started working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, and grateful families would leave boxes of chocolates for staff.In 2005, when she began her training, Lorraine was a size six, and recalled how a senior nurse laughed at her and said 'You'll be a 14 soon' when scrubs were handed out.She gained

five wings of Forest Bank prison in Salford are in lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak.That outbreak disrupted proceedings at Manchester Crown Court with one high-profile trial and two sentencing hearings having to be postponed due to defendants not being produced from Forest Bank due to the lockdown.The latest data from the Ministry of Justice shows that there were 846 positive Covid-19 cases among adult prisoners for the week ending 15 February in the UK, down from 1,005 the week before.The

schools and early years centres will open to some children will have have been welcomed by millions of parents across Scotland.But while nursery children, those in Primaries 1 to 3 and those at the upper age, S4-6 can return to school, those children in the middle will remain at home, learning remotely.During yesterday's announcement Nicola Sturgeon added that a further return of school pupils would not happen before March 15, 'at the earliest'.She said: "I announced two weeks ago our

funeral instead.More Britons are looking for cheaper alternatives to traditional funerals, with the average cost exceeding £4,000 last year, according to SunLife's most recent cost of dying report.A direct cremation is a simple option where the deceased is cremated without a funeral service or ceremony.

Love Island Scots Iain Stirling, Laura Whitmore, Paige Turley, Anton Danyluk and Laura Anderson paid touching tribute Caroline Flack on the Anniversary of death.

a massive milk lorry up an icy hill has been rewarded - with a year's free supply of dairy products.We told how Charlene Leslie had nipped out for a bottle of Irn Bru and some snacks when she saw the eight-wheel HGV struggling through the heavy snow in Cowdenbeath, Fife on Tuesday as Storm Darcy continued to rage.The mum-of-three said she couldn't leave the driver 'without help' and was videoed pushing the Graham's milk lorry up the slope from behind.An incredible 18-second clip of the feat went

Tina Turner documentary, titled Tina, will be released in the UK this April.The film has been described as “the ultimate celebration of a global superstar” and was directed by Oscar-winning directors Dan Lindsay and T.J Martin.An official synopsis for Tina reads: “From her early career as the queen of R&B to her record-breaking sell-out arena tours of the ’80s, Tina Turner draws back the curtain to invite us into her private world in a way she has never done before.“Revealing her inner-most

iOS and Android.The installation of floodlights is in full swing with a new medical room, upgraded dressing rooms and toilets among an impressive array of works on the go.And Spence reckons it all stems back to his side’s 3-0 second round Soccer Shop Challenge Cup victory away to Broxburn in November.The Albyn Park side achieved a full licence in 2019 which allowed them to compete in last year’s Scottish Cup .They enjoyed a money spinning run to the fourth round where they were eventually

Energy bills could go up by almost £100 for 15 million households across the UK after Ofgem said suppliers could pass on the cost of rising gas and electricity prices to customers.The regulator said that its price cap for Britain's 11 million households that are on their supplier's default, standard tariff could rise by £96 to £1,138 from April 1.A further four million households with pre-payment meters could see their annual bills jump by £87 to £1,156." Energy bill increases are never welcome,