Nature Library pop-up comes to Ayr as readers encouraged to explore new places through books

A Kilwinning teenager will head across the world with the Police Scotland Youth Volunteer (PSYV) programme this summer.

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has signalled that she may go beyond book 10 in the time-travelling saga.

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

It may look like a ‘scruffy, overgrown piece of land’ but locals say Stockport County’s plans to turn it into a car park would destroy a ‘haven’ for wildlife left undisturbed for decades. The resurgent club - which narrowly missed out on promotion to the third tier of English football last season - has a seven-year plan to redevelop its Edgeley Park home, as it eyes a return to the game’s big time.It comes after The Hatters secured a 250-year lease from the council for the ground, part of which was occupied by the old Sykes Bleach Works. The proposals include using land behind the ‘pop side’ of the ground as a 60-space car park for staff, players and officials - albeit with a ‘considerable area’ set aside for landscaping and ecology.A planning appliction is expected later this year - but local nature lovers are urging the club to think again. They say the football pitch-sized plot is the only area suitable for wildlife in the whole of Edgeley - bar two pieces of land at the sewage works - hosting a variety of potentially vital flora and fauna.

This is the moment an explosion erupted at a boatyard after a blaze tore through the site last night.

Brendan Rodgers has already warned Manchester United they could become Sheikh Jassim's "plaything" should his takeover bid for the club should prove successful.

Multiple fire crews are in attendance at a fire on an Aberdeen nature reserve that broke out earlier on Wednesday afternoon.

Ayr's former Odeon could reopen under another name as a UK cinema chain eyes up a move.

North Ayrshire’s newest 71-unit housing development has officially opened at Irvine Harbourside.

With the weather heating up in Scotland and across the UK, households will be spending more time in their gardens enjoying the sun.

Cops have launched a hunt for a man they are eager to talk to in connection with an incident inside an Ayr supermarket earlier this year.

Today is a milestone moment for young learners in North Muirton, Perth as a new £16.5 million primary school opens.

The family of a 14-year-old boy who died following an incident at a school have paid tribute to their “beautiful boy” as police confirmed he died of natural causes. Hamdan Aslam’s family revealed he had a pre-existing heart condition that had never been detected, and said “sadly his death could have occurred at any time”. Emergency services were called to St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian, to a report of concern for the teenager at around 1.

A man has admitted to killing a dad who was gunned down in Manchester. Zikel Bobmanuel, 32, was shot dead in the Openshaw area of the city in March.

A 14-year-old boy who died following an incident at a Scots school passed away from natural causes, police have said.

The Love Island villa is set to welcome a brand new bombshell during Thursday night's episode as the couples will face another shake-up just four days into the new series. Surprising the islanders with his arrival, the mystery new singleton will take three girls of his choosing on a date each in the new hideaway terrace as it opens its doors for the first time this series.

Pregnant Love Island star Laura Anderson is eagerly anticipating the birth of her first child, after announcing she was expecting a baby in February. The 34 year old's life has changed a lot over the past year, having moved back to the UK from Dubai, before starting filming for E4's Celebs Go Dating, where she struck up a relationship with fellow celeb, ex-EastEnders star, Gary Lucy, 41. She announced that she was pregnant with her first child in February, however, the same day it emerged that she and Gary had broken up.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently shared details of a new ‘private beta trial’ for Attendance Allowance claimants. The service is currently only being offered to 60 people each week who start a new claim for the State Pension age disability benefit through certain channels.

Laura Anderson has taken to her social media in a panic, as she admitted to her string of loyal followers that she is "freaking out" about her newborn baby coming and that she "isn't ready" for the arrival of her daughter which is due this summer.

The body of a man has been found at an Angus nature reserve.