Locals urged to report illegal bikes tearing up countryside to police

The latest UK Government figures suggest that almost a third of Scottish households with a prepayment meter have not yet redeemed their energy rebate vouchers. More than 867,000 vouchers were issued in Scotland under the government’s £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) between October and December last year.

Emergency services rushed to a Scots street after a car crashed into a home on Monday morning.

The Scottish Government is providing £8.6 million in direct support for people affected by the UK benefit cap as part of its work to tackle child poverty.

Scots shops have been urged to stop selling single-use vapes amid growing concern over the environmental havoc they cause.

EuroMillions players in Scotland are being urged to check their tickets after one lucky buyer scooped £1 million in a draw at the start of the month.

Scottish Labour splits on the constitution have reopened after a senior MSP dismissed a high profile report by Gordon Brown as “stale” and “irrelevant”.

A former South Ayrshire Council leader has raised concerns that 'everything is going to Kilmarnock' after hearing about emergency service plans for Ayr.

Scots wanting to donate to help earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria are being urged to do so via recognised charities.

There are countless picturesque walking and hiking trails all over Scotland, but the Dechmont UFO Trail in West Lothian is one of a kind.

Firefighters have sealed off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh this afternoon after a fire broke out at a historic Old Town pub.

The findings of an urgent review into the handling of the case of a double rapist placed in a women’s prison will be published this week, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Scotland’s tax and benefits system is now considerably more progressive than elsewhere in Britain, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said that by April, the poorest 10% of Scottish households are set to have incomes £580 (4.6%) per year higher than they would under the system in England and Wales.

Police investigating an assault in Renfrewshire from nine months ago have today issued the picture of a man they would like to speak to as part of their enquiries.

Locals have bought a 600-year-old pub in the village where Outlander was filmed - with American fans of the hit TV show snapping up shares. The Red Lion Inn, in Culross, Fife, was at risk when previous private owners planned to sell up.

Craig Halkett admits he burst into tears when he was told his campaign was over.

Two Scottish MPs have urged the UK Government not to make the same mistake with future State Pension age change communication that has been felt by millions of women born in the 1950s. Some 3.8 million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to the change in retirement age from 60 to 65 between 2016 and 2018 and then to 66, for both men and women in October, 2020.

A paedophile couple serving life for murder who want the right to phone each from different jails have lost a bid to have their case heard at the UK's highest court.

Social media giants need to crackdown on violent footage being posted online in the wake of the Daily Record’s Our Kids: Our Future campaign, experts and MSPs demanded last night

A list of popular apps have been removed from the Google Play store as Android owners are being urged to delete them immediately.

More than 40,000 families in Scotland raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people, could be eligible for financial help from Family Fund to cope with higher costs of living. The charity is urging carers or parents on low incomes to check if they qualify for a grant which could ease the additional pressures on household budgets this winter.