Two-thirds of eligible Scots not claiming £140 Warm Home Discount - even though they pay into the fund

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.South Lanarkshire Council have slammed the 'animal' behaviour of visitors who dump human waste in rural areas.The local authority hit out at increasing litter problems around countryside lay-bys – including human waste.Posting on their South Lanarkshire Facebook page they wrote: “We are getting reports about increasing litter in and around lay-bys in rural areas.“This includes human waste, which is

terrorism offences as police investigate 'the New IRA'. Officers had been probing the dissident republican group when they accused the pair of bring members of a proscribed organisation.

holidaymakers scrambled to return home from Croatia to the UK before new quarantine rules are imposed. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.

mask-clad thugs held couple at 'gunpoint' in their own home in a terrifying robbery in a Scots town last night. Three men broke into the house on Clydebank's Montrose Street at around 5pm last night.

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that music venues will be able to re-open with social distancing measures in place, nightclubs and dance halls still remain closed.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.THE number of Scots claiming benefits has more than doubled over the past year as the economy continues to feel the impact of the coronavirus lockdown.The latest figures show the number of people working in Scotland fell by 15,000 from April to June.Official figures out today show there were 222,000 claimants as of June - an increase of 9100 over the month and a rise of 112,500 over the year.For the

care home residents will be able to receive more visits from friends and family from Monday, it was confirmed today. Up to three outdoor visitors from no more than two households will be allowed - if the home meets infection control criteria.

NHS heroes deserve to have their pay looked at, say Scottish Labour. The party called for talks ahead of a planned protest by health and social care workers in Glasgow today.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A family have launched a desperate bid to find a missing Scots mum-of-two who suddenly vanished from her home.Natasha Harrison, 27, was last seen in Saltcoats yesterday at around 3pm and has been missing overnight.Loved ones told the Daily Record it is extremely ‘out of character’ for the ‘shy and quiet’ mother to go missing or not be in contact.One family member told the Daily Record: “She has never been missing before,

doughnut has been released as a warning to others. The Maritime and Coastguard Rescue Agency shared the short clip after being called to the sea in the Moray Firth on Saturday afternoon.

sex-pest claims which have led to him being dropped by the BBC.And he says he “apologises unreservedly” to any women he has “intimidated” and hopes to live a life of “great understanding”.The BBC severed its ties with Kohli, 51, after 16 women came forward to accuse him of sexual and physical violence, harassment and inappropriate behaviour.The Celebrity Big Brother star tweeted: “I have been reluctant to make a statement regarding the allegations against me."This is primarily because I

Northern Ireland peace process and hailed as “Ireland’s peacemaker”, has died aged 83. The current SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described him as Ireland’s “most significant and consequential political leader” of the 20th century as tributes poured in.

Twitter writing, that the organisation would ‘pay tribute to the life of #JohnHume’ with a change to the schedule on RTÉ One. To celebrate the life of the man who was instrumental in bringing about the peace process in Northern Ireland, the station will air In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America at 9:35pm.The documentary is narrated by Liam Neeson and features interviews from Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.Former Irish leaders including Bertie Ahern and previous British Prime Ministers Tony

Rina Sawayama has said that Mercury Prize organiser the BPI has told her that it is looking into updating the awards’ eligibility rules.

cancer faces running out of money for a life-extending drug available in England at a fraction of the cost.Linzi Page, 37, has been forced to pay £1400 every three weeks for Avastin, a treatment unfunded on the NHS that is keeping tumours in her bowel, liver and lung at bay.The medicine is giving her precious time with son Calan, six, and three-year-old daughter Charlotte, after she was given two years to live in April 2018.But Linzi, of Burntisland in Fife, will soon no longer be able to pay

Kerri Watt has started selling off cherished mementos from her music career to help human trafficking victims.The performer is even parting with the T-shirt she wore at Glastonbury last year to raise funds for a charity which supports those forced into the sex trade, servitude and exploitation.Kerri, who has toured with the likes of Coldplay, Nina Nesbitt and Embrace, is flogging her vintage, high street and designer clothes in aid of Stop the Traffik.Fans will recognise some of the gear from

Rina Sawayama has been in contact with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the organisation behind the BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize, who have indicated that they are reconsidering their eligibility criteria.Earlier this week (July 29), Sawayama revealed that she wasn’t able to enter the Mercury Prize this year as she isn’t eligible to enter as a British artist under the current rules.