New devolved payment set to replace Carer’s Allowance in Scotland from end of this year

The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will start to replace Carer’s Allowance by the end of this year, with a full national rollout planned for Spring 2024.

A care worker who "exploited" a vulnerable person she was looking after to treat herself to new clothes has been struck off.

The Twilight Sad have shared a live cover of Frightened Rabbit‘s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’.The song was recorded on the band’s recent European tour supporting The Cure and will be released exclusively on Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis. All proceeds will go to Tiny Changes, the charity set up by the family of late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.Hutchison died by suicide in May 2018, and Tiny Changes was set up in his memory.

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Thania Garcia The Cure is hitting the road for a North American trek that includes three dates each at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Madison Square Garden. This will be the first time the band plays any North American shows since their 2019 festival appearances and their first tour in the region since 2016. Following a slate of 2022 European concerts, the Cure’s “Shows of a Lost World” tour will kick on May 10 in New Orleans and hit 30 stops across the U.S. and some parts of Canada with a closing show on July 1 in Miami. The Cure will be supported by Scottish post-punk band the Twilight Sad at all shows. See the full lineup below.

Scots are bracing for blizzard conditions as some spots could face up to eight inches of snow across Thursday and Friday amid two warnings -place.

More than 81,000 people currently claiming Carer’s Allowance received an extra payment for £245.70 in December 2022 as part of a unique benefit only available in Scotland. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is a devolved payment, only given to those living in Scotland, twice each year.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now.

Alan Cumming is fully in support of his former co-star, Cher's, hot new romance with Alexander «A.E.» Edwards.The 58-year-old Scottish actor was a guest on Thursday's episode where a caller asked him for his take on his 76-year-old co-star's new relationship.«I haven't spoken to Cher for a while, actually, but I love her and I'm all for her getting some action,» Cumming said, grinning.Cher and 37-year-old Edwards first met at Paris Fashion Week in September. They sparked engagement speculation over New Year's Eve when Cher flashed a giant diamond sparkler on Twitter.Happy New Year Daddy pic.twitter.com/hkJLAlsPqUIn December, during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Cher gushed about her relationship.«On paper it's kind of ridiculous, but in real life we get along great,» Cher said of Edwards, who's 40 years her junior.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that over 8 million families across the country receiving means-tested benefits will automatically get a cost of living payment of £301 this Spring. It also announced that over 6.5 million people on disability benefits will receive a £150 payment this Summer.

K.J. Yossman Agatha Christie’s “Murder is Easy” is set to be adapted into a two-part film by BBC One, iPlayer and BritBox International. Set in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe in 1954, “Murder is Easy” tells the story of Luke Fitzwilliam who finds himself on the trail of a serial killer after meeting Miss Pinkerton on a train to London. She tells him about a series of deaths that have taken place in her village – locals think they are all accidental but Miss Pinkerton knows the truth. When she later turns up dead herself – while on the way to visit Scotland Yard – Fitzwilliam realizes he needs to find the killer before yet more bodies start piling up.

Hit Scots sitcom Two Doors Down is set to return for a seventh series.

A reveller smashed a pint glass over the head of another woman during a row over a seat in a Scots piano bar.

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.

Millions of people across Scotland, England and Wales claiming disability benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Social Security Scotland are set for a 10.1 per cent pay rise this year which will be completely tax-free.

A Scottish journalist will give viewers an insight of life in Ukraine one year on since war devastated the country as part of a new BBC Scotland documentary.

Love Island contestant Tom is the bookies' favourite to pick Scots bombshell Lydia over Samie in tonight's recoupling.

Paul Stanley is preparing to shed a tear when he plays the last ever British Kiss show – in Scotland.

Alan Carr has landed his first primetime quiz show for the BBC, a picture format in which contestants correctly identify images.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor J.K. Rowling, nearly two years after she ignited a firestorm over her comments widely perceived as denigrating transgender people, is speaking out about the controversy in a new podcast — and claims that fans have “profoundly” misunderstood her point of view. In the forthcoming podcast, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,” Rowling says, “What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.’ And I think: ‘You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.’” Rowling, in the trailer for the podcast, says, “I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”