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The First Minister has called for clarity surrounding the furlough scheme, as the UK Government extended it for a month. The payment of 80% of workers' wages has been restored until December after a four-week lockdown, from November 5 until...

Hearts have reached the Scottish Cup final, beating Hibs 2-1 after extra time at Hampden. Craig Wighton opened the scoring after an hour at the national stadium, heading past Ofir Marciano in the Hibs goal. The lead was short-lived and...

Marius Zaliukas, who captained Hearts and played for Rangers, has died at the age of 36. The Lithuanian international defender's wife Nora Žaliūkė announced the news on social media on Saturday. Zaliukas had been fighting illness. "He will rest peacefully...

Halloween is here and families across Scotland have been sharing their 'spooky snaps'. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has explicitly advised against trick or treating - or guising - as it “brings an additional and avoidable risk...

Scotland have won in Wales for the first time in 18 years with a hard-fought 14-10 victory in Llanelli. The national team were trailing 7-6 at half-time but fought back to win their last match in this year's Six Nations....

The First Minister has urged Scots not to travel to or from England unless it is for "essential purposes". Nicola Sturgeon made the plea amid reports Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a second lockdown south of the border. She...

A further 24 people have died in Scotland after being diagnosed with coronavirus, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Total confirmed cases of the virus has risen to 63,913 – a jump of 1101 in the past 24 hours. The official...

Tributes have poured in for legendary James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery, following his death at the age of 90. The Hollywood star, who appeared in seven 007 films, enjoyed a long career on the silver screen. Homage has been...

He enjoyed a long and varied film career spanning 50 years, but Sir Sean Connery will undoubtedly be remembered as the first – and some say definitive – James Bond. His performance in Dr No in 1962 set the jobbing...

Legendary Scots actor Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said. The Hollywood star, from Fountainbridge in Edinburgh, was best known for his portrayal of James Bond. He was the first actor to bring...

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being hit by a van. The 42-year-old was struck by the Vauxhall Movano in East Haven, Angus, at around 5.20pm on Friday. The incident happened whilst the woman was walking...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is urging Scots not to “twist” new coronavirus regulations when they come into force on Monday. Sturgeon said if people applied their own interpretation of the rules then they “simply won’t work”. The First Minister has...

A building has collapsed and roads have flooded as strong winds and heavy rain sweep in across parts of Scotland. The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings throughout the weekend as Storm Aiden moves in from the west. On...

A social worker snared with indecent images of children claimed he forwarded them on to friends for “shock value”. Ronnie Park had eight images on two different iPhones and distributed them to pals between May 2017 and December 2019. The...

Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie is “very optimistic” his party can make gains at next year’s Holyrood election by offering Scots an alternative to the “chaos” offered by Boris Johnson and independence. Rennie insisted the Lib Dems were an...

In February, Scotland turned to the face the storm and came up agonisingly short. World Cup runners-up England rocked up at Murrayfield with the tools to arm-wrestle Scotland into the clinging mud. Instead they found a side who had discovered...

Scottish Labour councillors who formed an unauthorised coalition are to remain suspended from the party until at least 2022. The nine local authority councillors were suspended in 2017 after forming a coalition with the Conservatives, despite instructions from then leader...

Halloween isn’t going to be quite the same this year, with most vampires and ghosts being urged to stay at home. But it’s not just down here on the ground that things will be a bit different - the moon...

Families across Scotland have swapped trick or treating for a trip to the movies in their cars this Halloween. At Parking Lot Social in Paisley, cars lined up to watch classic 80s movie E.T while socially distanced from other movie...

Families celebrating Halloween this weekend have been told to avoid guising in a bid to stop further spread of coronavirus. Children dressing up as their favourite characters and going to door-to-door looking for treats has been an annual tradition for...

Four years ago Chris Buswell and his wife Karla received the devastating news that their 22-year-old son had died suddenly.  The grief of losing their son sparked post traumatic stress disorder in Chris from his military service overseas.  Soon he...

A child who was found near his dead mother in her flat has been granted the right to stay in the UK. Baby Adriel and his father, Eric Nnana, were granted asylum following the death of the child’s mother Mercy...

Paul Hanlon has revealed that the Scottish Cup semi-final against Hearts has been on his mind for months and he's hoping current league form can see Hibs triumph on Saturday. The conclusion of last season's competition was postponed because of...

A former Conservative party branch treasurer has appeared in court charged with laundering more than £200,000 through two local party associations. Malcolm Macaskill, 61, allegedly sent cash deposits from criminal property to the Rutherglen and Cambuslang Conservative Association and The...

The train line between Aberdeen and Dundee is to reopen three months after a fatal derailment. Three men died when a ScotRail service struck a landslip and came off the tracks at a bridge near Stonehaven on August 12. Extensive...

A 76-year-old woman has been attacked and robbed by three men at her own home in Renfrewshire. The pensioner was left "very upset" by the incident, which happened in Elderslie around 7.30pm on Thursday. The men gain access to the...

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson admits he has been poring over all aspects of their approach to try and end their spate of injuries at the back. Goalkeeper Trevor Carson became the latest long-term absentee when he suffered a meniscus tear...

Parts of Scotland are set to be battered by strong winds over the weekend. Storm Aiden, named by the Irish met service, will see gale-force winds across the Inner Hebrides and Barra on Saturday morning. By the afternoon, the Hebrides...

Steven Gerrard has played down the potential impact of Rangers stretching their lead at the top of the table - saying Celtic are capable of putting together a strong run in the title race. The Ibrox side are currently six...

Another 28 people with coronavirus have died in Scotland, as the country recorded more than 1200 new cases. It brings the death toll under the measure of people who first tested positive within the previous 28 days to 2819. The...

Pupils in S4-S6 at schools across central Scotland and Dundee will have to start wearing face masks in classrooms. The new guidance also applies to their teachers at schools in level three and four areas under the new Covid alert...

An automatic camera confused a linesman's bald head for the football during Inverness' match against Ayr United. The home side rescued a late point as they drew 1-1 in their second match of the Scottish Championship on Saturday. But supporters...

The family of a Team GB fell runner has said he died “doing what he loved” after a body was found following a 48-hour search. Chris Smith set off on a run from Invervar near Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, at...

Two men who brandished a knife and tried to rob a woman who fought back against them have been jailed. Jonathan McHugh, 25, and Robert McCann, 24, pounced on the woman in Glasgow city centre in June this year, and...

Labour leader Keir Starmer said there is "no reason for a civil war" in the party after the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn for his response to a damning anti-Semitism report. He appealed for unity and an end to "factional fighting"...

Firefighters have tackled a blaze which broke out in a Covid ward at a hospital in South Lanarkshire. Three fire engines went to the scene at University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, after the alarm was raised at 9.45pm on Thursday....

City leaders have warned of the "immediate impact" Scotland's latest restrictions will have on jobs and the ability of businesses to survive. The First Minister announced how each local authority would be affected by the new five-tier system on Thursday,...

More than 78,000 jobs would be affected if Glasgow was forced to move to level four of Scotland's five-tier system, the city's council leader said. Susan Aitken said "escalation of the virus" and further restrictions would have an "even more...

Jason Leitch has been recognised with a 2020 Fletcher of Saltoun Award for his contributions to science. Scotland's national clinical director has been named as the fourth of six recipients this year. The Saltire Society, which runs the awards, said...

A woman who received a life-changing kidney from her mother has thanked her on the 60th anniversary of the first living kidney donation in the UK.  The pioneering surgery, which involved twin brothers from Leith, was performed at the Royal...