Call for "urgent action" to ensure Perthshire's Elcho Castle reopens to the public soon

A teacher who dodged work for 20 years - and only appeared for four years of lessons in 24 years - had an interesting reply for journalists keen to hear her side of the story.

Scotland's pandemic Health Secretary has said the country "could have been better prepared" for Covid.

Emily Longeretta The Salinger siblings are coming back together. Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf are set to co-star has brother and sister once again in Hallmark Channel’s “A Merry Scottish Christmas.” The movie is set to air on the network’s Countdown to Christmas programming event. The film, written by NBC Correspondent Andrea Canning and author Audrey Schulman, follows estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad as they travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo (Fiona Bell) and “a big family secret is revealed.” Chabert and Wolf previously starred together as Claudia Salinger and Bailey Salinger, respectively, on Fox’s “Party of Five,” which aired from 1994 to 2000. Neve Campbell and Matthew Fox co-starred in the family drama.

Following the return of former Love Island star Kady McDermott last week, the Love Island villa has been left shaken up after the bombshell's decision to couple up with Zachariah Noble left Molly Marsh packing her bags. In the wake of 21 year old Molly's exit, Kady was seen apologising for her decision, though Doncaster-based Molly has admitted that she'd have done the same had it been her choice to make.

A parent council has called for community policing patrols at an Edinburgh primary school after staff reported "regularly feeling threatened and unsafe at work".

Taylor Swift fans were left delighted after the American singer-songwriter revealed she would be adding Scottish dates to her The Eras Tour.

The Stewartry’s beaches are in good shape now that Scotland’s bathing water season is under way.

A controversial new recycling initiative has been delayed for a second time.

King Charles is celebrating Father’s Day 2023 with a sweet throwback photo featuring both of his sons.

Young Prince William and Prince Harry were seen with their father, King Charles, in a sweet throwback snap shared by the Royal Family to celebrate Father's Day on Sunday.The Princes are in their early teens in the photograph, which looks like it could have been taken at Balmoral, the Royals' Scottish estate, frequented yearly by them over the past century or more. King Charles – then Prince Charles – could be seen donning a kilt, which is traditional Scottish dress, with a green jumper, socks and a sporran.

An airline is on the hunt for anyone with a Scottish accent to feature in a new advert - and nab free plane tickets in the process.

Shortly after series 10 of Love Island kicked off it was revealed that Islanders Ella Thomas, 23, and Tyrique Hyde, 24, already know each other, although the encounter wasn’t a memorable one for Tyrique as he claimed he couldn’t remember. Tyrique is a semi-professional footballer who originally hails from Essex and currently plays as a midfielder for East Sussex club Lewes FC.

Fresh calls have been made to the Scottish Government to drop plans to label 10 per cent of the country’s seas Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs).

The mum of a student who died after taking magic mushrooms wants changes to the law to ban them from being produced.

A leading human rights lawyer has challenged Humza Yousaf to remove the prison service’s “licence to kill” by ending its immunity from prosecution over custody deaths.

A young Scots woman has told how she was left bed-bound with endometriosis for two years.

An urgent search has been launched for a missing 54-year-old man who disappeared from Glasgow.

Ofgem is lowering its energy price cap by 17 per cent from the current £3,280 per year to £2,074 for the average household in Scotland, England and Wales from July. The regulator announced its latest energy price cap last month, however, consumers are likely to feel little relief with bills remaining well above pre-pandemic levels.

Footballer Josh Wright is set to star in a new travel series on BBC One.

An urgent search has been launched for a missing Lanarkshire man who vanished overnight.