Watch heartbreaking moment gran plays Auld Lang Syne in ruins of Beirut home

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).The latest figures show that around 5.5 million people are now claiming benefits across the UK.And with a total of 779,500 workers placed on furlough across Scotland, more job losses are expected as the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme comes to an end in October.While Scottish Government ministers have been calling for the scheme to be extended, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed it will close on October 31.

Colin Farrell in it at all!And he wasn’t the only one who had fans doing a double take.Ex-EastEnders star, Alex Ferns, who played the wicked Trevor Morgan on the soap is now a DC star.The Scottish actor left the soap back in 2002 but his abusive character will always be remembered as one of the most twisted villains on the show.Alex will play Commissioner Pete Savage in the new film and fans were left shaken when they saw him in the trailer.He will be starring next to Irish actors Barry Keoghan

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Scots singer Annie Lennox has recorded a version of Eurythmics song 'There Must Be An Angel' to support a care centre in her hometown.Aberdeen has been through a difficult time recently with the second coronavirus lockdown and also the local flooding which has posed significant challenges to the Sue Ryder staff who provide expert care to people with neurological conditions at Sue Ryder Neurological

SpaceX is launching almost 60 satellites into the night sky today which will soar over Scotland. The Starlink satellites are designed to deliver high speed broadband internet to remote areas around the world.Elon Musk's company release the space crafts every two weeks or so, which are a string of small, fast-moving bright lights that can be spotted in the sky without binoculars or a telescope.

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.

stars and meteor showers. The annual Perseids showers in August see up to 100 meteors light up the sky an hour and is caused by the Earth slamming into debris left behind by a comet.

police investigation has been launched after a 16-year-old girl was raped in a Scots park.  Emergency services were called to an area of Glasgow Green at around 7.50pm on Saturday after the alarm was raised. The serious sexual assault took place near East Footway of Kings Drive in the city’s east end, Glasgow Live reports.

humanitarian catastrophe facing the people of Beirut after last week’s deadly blast as he helps coordinate the UK response.

dance moves to his gran. Student Scott Whitelaw thought the leg jump move would bring a smile to Marion McCoulloch’s face at her Glasgow home.

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.

TikTok baby prank. More than 14,000 people have liked the viral clip after Stewart McGonigle captured the stunt on camera.

Back in June, “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish announced they’d be reuniting for a new docuseries called “Men in Kilts”, which follows the duo as they undertake an epic road trip through Scotland.

baby owl will be starting a Scottish 'owl school ' next week as it learns how to become fully grown. The six-week-old spectacled owl will be taught how to walk, hop, bounce, flap and finally fly, which it will finally do at 12 weeks old.

lockdown - with her gran providing the kidney she needed. Ruby Simpson, two, has spent most of her life on dialysis and medics had feared she may not survive.

Cystic fibrosis sufferer has made a harrowing plea for urgent access to a wonder drug which could save her life, telling medics: “I will soon be dead.

The trailer for the new Amazon original film “Get Duked!” is here.

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.

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

Outlander  fans who can't get enough of stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are in for a treat this year, as the pair unveil a new book and TV show.The hit Starz show that features the duo as Jamie Fraser and Dougal MacKenzie, is currently waiting to begin filming for season six with the shooting schedule currently put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak.Thankfully, Sam and Graham have been only too happy to take up the slack with their new travelogue project.Inspired by Outlander, the