A bus driver has been taken to hospital after the vehicle crashed off a road in Paisley.

Chocolate, sweets and sugary drinks are set to vanish from supermarket checkouts as ministers crack down on the tactics used to tempt shoppers into impulse buys.

Keepers at Highland Wildlife Park have welcomed the birth of a second baby vicuna this year.

Mountain rescue teams and the Coastguard have joined the search for a man who has been missing from Fort William for three days.

The first new observatory in Aberdeen in more than 200 years has opened this week, using an AI-controlled telescope.

The last thing you would expect to read in a Stephen King horror is a mention of Highland League football club Buckie Thistle.

Baby Reindeer actor Richard Gadd alerted police to help a woman who feared she was going to be killed, a court heard.

A robbery victim has told how a hammer-wielding masked gang forced him to transfer hundreds of thousands of pounds in cryptocurrency after threatening to kill his pregnant wife.

The Celebrity Traitors premiere has ended on a cliffhanger with James Acaster and Amol Rajan fighting for their lives.

The boss of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, has urged the Government to “refrain” from more tax hikes as the pub group announced weaker profits.

Claudia Winkleman has said Richard E Grant was so “giddy” at being made a traitor that he could not contain his excitement when he told his fellow players the news.

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he was “terrified” when returning to Old Trafford for the first time following brain surgery in 2018.

Budget airline Ryanair has partly blamed the recent “collapse” in Britain’s air traffic control system for cancelling more than 1,000 flights in September.

Councils in Scotland have raised "serious concerns" over the Scottish Government's plans to move social care under NHS control.

Police are appealing for information following a crash in North Uist which left a man dead and another in hospital.

A man posed as a medical student at an Aberdeen hospital for several weeks and accessed restricted wards and files.

Pop and rap group N-Dubz have announced a Scottish date as part of a 2027 UK arena tour.

A mother of three is calling for a change in the law so that breastfeeding parents can have paid time off work to feed their baby or express milk for them.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist has died at the scene of a crash with a van in Aberdeenshire.

Inverclyde has been identified by Lloyds as the most affordable place in the UK to buy a home.

Families in Glasgow say they were plunged into £20,000 of debt by a "faulty" heating system that left them paying more than £300 a month to keep their homes warm.

A man who survived a cardiac arrest while playing badminton is backing a campaign for widespread CPR training and access to life-saving defibrillators.

Airlines will be blocked from charging parents extra to sit with their children on aeroplanes, according to government plans.

Schools in France are being sucked into the wave of protests that are taking hold across the country.

A woman and a male teenager have been charged after police officers raided a property in Glasgow.

Two Angus councillors have been censured by the local government watchdog after revealing how they intended to vote before a planning appeal meeting.

“Room intrusions” are a problem across the UK’s hotel industry, a review into a sexual assault case at a Travelodge has found.

Proposals to revamp the former Scottish Widows headquarters in Edinburgh into a 385-bedroom hotel have been given the go-ahead.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) failed to properly support nurse Sandie Peggie because her views were in “direct opposition” to its gender ideology, a lawyer has told an employment tribunal.

Police say enquiries are ongoing after a van was set ablaze on a residential street in Ayr.

The family of Jagtar Singh Johal say it's a "moment of joy" seeing him released from prison in India after nine years.

Monica Lennon has said she has been left "distressed" by allegations she bullied Scottish Labour staffers, adding the claims are "untrue".

Nearly 400 jobs are at risk after a chemical manufacturer announced plans to cease all operations at Grangemouth.

A 91-year-old man has died in hospital after he was hit by a truck near a business park in Rutherglen.

A sailor had to be rescued after abandoning his stricken yacht in rough seas near the Shetland Islands.

The Castle of Light event has been cancelled after six years, with the organiser blaming increasingly unpredictable weather.

A hotel in Falkirk housing asylum seekers, which attracted anti-immigration protests, is to close.

The film I Swear leads Bafta Scotland nominations – but the man who inspired it will watch the ceremony from another room after a furore over a racial slur incident at an event earlier this year.

A hit-and-run campervan driver who fled from the scene of a crash which left a motorcyclist seriously injured has been jailed for 16 months.

A crime gang member jailed for ten years for his involvement in the trafficking of more than £1m of cocaine has been ordered to pay back nearly £190,000.

The manager of an out-of-school club who sent sexually explicit messages to an undercover police officer has been struck off by the care watchdog.

John Swinney is set to face MSPs at Holyrood for First Minister's Questions on Thursday, as a row over a fire-and-rehire scheme at Glasgow City Council rumbles on.

Bluetongue restrictions will be expanded across Scotland as cases rise on farms.

A 120-year-old tea room in Glasgow has said it is "disturbed" after a vape shop moved in next door.

Two male youths have been charged after being stopped by police riding the wrong way down a motorway slip road.

A Scottish activist who has spent almost a decade in prison in India has been released on bail.

A rapist who attacked his victim so severely that he put her life at risk has been jailed for seven years.

A violent sex offender who targeted teenage girls during a series of crimes has been jailed for nine years.

A major rescue mission was launched, and 17 people were airlifted to safety after a fishing boat ran aground off Orkney.

Ian Murray has been sacked as Greenock Morton manager, the club have confirmed.

Luis Binks believes Scotland can get fans "on board" with back-to-back wins over North Macedonia and Slovenia.

The mum of a Scottish school pupil has paid tribute to her "brave" son, who was killed fighting for Ukraine.

A man has died and another is in hospital after a two-car crash in the Outer Hebrides.

Doctors in Scotland have voted to oppose plans to slash the number of regional health boards from 14 to just two.

A child has been taken to hospital after a ceiling collapsed inside a shop in Edinburgh.

Cove Rangers has been handed a transfer ban by the SPFL after a number of rule breaches.

Nathan Patterson insists Scotland won't be derailed by Tuesday's 3-0 defeat to Switzerland.

Celtic midfielder Mika Baur admits he could never have imagined that his first Germany call-up would come so soon after his move to Glasgow.

Glasgow City Council says talks with a trade union have "broken down again" after plans to fire and rehire thousands of staff were put on hold.

Ministers have hailed new restrictions on food sales which they say are an “important step” in helping people make healthier choices.

A new exhibition presenting Mary Queen of Scots as a Renaissance queen and giving a flavour of what it was like to be in her “vibrant” court is to open in Edinburgh next year.

A proposed ‘pay-on-entry’ levy for visitors to Shetland could raise money for tourism infrastructure, but concerns have been raised over its potential impact on the islands.

Households already struggling with the cost of living crisis are facing another blow after the Ofgem energy price cap rose by 4% on Thursday.

The execution of a death row inmate in Tennessee has been put on hold after she survived two doses of a lethal drug.