Warning over Christmas 'hazards' that are putting your pets at risk

While the majority of Scots will be busy planning out their Hogmanay celebrations, the inhabitants of one Scottish island won't be thinking about the holiday for another two weeks.

Scots hairdressing icon Rita Rusk has died at the age of 75.

Kylie Jenner and her daughter Stormi 'twinned' as they wore matching outfits for their annual family Christmas Eve bash.

In the past Scots have tried their lottery luck during the festive period hoping to bring home a huge jackpot.

For families of little ones, the tradition of Christmas Eve boxes has become fairly popular in recent years.

Good afternoon Insiders and a happy holiday to you all, Max Goldbart here seeing out the year. We’re inching slowly towards the holiday and have just got a quick summary of the week’s headlines and some Essentials for you this week. We’ll be taking a well-earned (we hope!) break next week but back all systems go on Friday January 6. Until then, our heartfelt thanks go out to all you Insider readers. We are nothing without you. Merry Xmas, Happy Chanukah and a Happy New Year.

The Scottish Highlands is the only part of the UK likely to see a white Christmas, according to the Met Office. Christmas is likely to be wet and cloudy for a lot of the country with the heavy snowfall coming two weeks too early to give most people a white Christmas.

Families across the UK are planning to treat themselves this Christmas, with new research revealing that nearly four in 10 households are set to switch the heating on all day on December 25, despite the ongoing cost of living crisis.

An SNP MP has written to chief executives at ITV and Amazon demanding Jeremy Clarkson be removed after he called for Meghan Markle to be paraded through the streets naked.

More than 20 million people across the UK are claiming State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help with the additional costs of day-to-day living. However, earlier this year, the DWP shared details of a new £613 million plan to stop an estimated £4 billion being lost in fraud and error over the next five years.

Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at Jeremy Clarkson over his "beyond the pale" comments about Meghan Markle in a newspaper column.

Scotland’s Ukraine minister has told those who fled to the country after the Russian invasion “Scotland is your home for as long as you’re here” ahead of the festive period.

Harry & Meghan has got everyone talking yet again after the last three episodes of the Netflix documentary dropped on Thursday morning.

In the spirit! Princess Kate hosted her second annual holiday concert with some help from her family: Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.