Scots in heated debate over storing chocolate in fridge or cupboard

cranking up the thermostat as they reluctantly adjust to the dip in temperatures. Scotland holds the distinction of having the longest heating season in the UK, but there’s a high price to be paid for that honour.Quite literally.

charity in her memory.Seven-year-old Freya Skene and mum Brooke Reid were dragged down a series of waterfalls in the River Braan near Dunkeld on July 9.Despite Brooke and her partner Sean McKiddie's best efforts to save her, Freya sadly passed away.Heartbroken Brooke has now set up a fundraising page in the hope of starting up a charity called 'Freya's Wish' in her daughter's honour.She said: "Like a flash of a light, a current dragged us both down multiple waterfalls."I was lucky to survive,

bullies.Stirling man Dave Swan filmed his botched attempt to climb the monument for a selfie at the top of North Berwick Law on September 13.His hilarious struggle delighted social media users, but drew “a small minority” of trolls who told him he “would never get up there”.In response, the determined 31-year-old decided to revisit the hill last Friday carrying a step ladder for the 40 minute ascent in order to give him the final boost he needed.

cheating the benefits agency by running 5Ks dressed as Santa when she claimed she could "barely walk" has been cleared after a 13-month trial.A sheriff found Beverley Dott not guilty and told her he was clearing her because of the highly visible nature of the regular runs she had been doing.Dott's solicitor described her as "hiding in plain sight" when she completed two 5K Santa Runs in Perth, alongside hundreds of other fun runners.And Sheriff Keith O'Mahoney ruled that Dott would not have

knife-wielding thug has been caged for two years after launching a “terrifying” attack on a Paisley family at their home.Jamie Maley, 30, targeted David Moran and Toni Lavelle while they were in their flat in Glen Street with their three young children, in a late-night vendetta.Maley leapt over a veranda, climbed onto their balcony while holding a large kitchen knife in his hand, when he made threats and kicked around furniture and threw items at their window.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Maley

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A "heartbroken" scaffolder smashed his girlfriend’s mobile phone after catching her on a dating site, a court heard yesterday.Ryan Wight seized the device from “on/off” partner Brooke Thomson after visiting her at the East Lothian tanning salon where she worked.Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard Brooke received a notification from someone on a dating site she was using.Wight grabbed the phone to check for other

mum has sparked debate over how much money the Tooth Fairy should leave under the pillow - with some saying as much as £20 per tooth. Nicole Steel asked fellow parents for advice after revealing her five-year-old daughter Isla had her first wobbly tooth.

Social Security Scotland is responsible for paying two of the most important benefits that can help certain people with the cost of heating their home when the temperature drops - Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments. We've created a handy guide to help you understand what each benefit is, how much they are worth, who is eligible and how to claim.

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sexual and physical abuse that left them permanently injured and suicidal.Victims say they were regularly attacked by staff members at remote Fornethy House after being told they were going to a holiday camp.Detectives are investigating allegations of sexual and physical assaults at the girls-only facility which was run by Glasgow’s local authority in Kilry, Angus.Poorly youngsters from working- class families were taken to the school 90 miles from the city for “convalescent” breaks after it

four-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit when he set off from his home through residential streets in the middle of the afternoon to visit his local shop.Police were alerted after another motorist noticed O’Neill’s silver Vauxhall Mokka “approaching very quickly from behind and appearing to sway”.The incident happened at about 2pm on June 22, on New Hallglen Road, Falkirk, near the former midfielder’s home.O’Neill pled guilty to drink-driving at Falkirk Sheriff Court.

cocaine bragged about his champagne lifestyle after jumping bail and fleeing Scotland.Security consultant ­Christopher Lawson posted photos of his jet-setting around the world as he spent three years on the run from justice.Lawson, who was shot in the line of duty in Afghanistan, regularly updated his social media with pictures from countries including Tanzania, Cambodia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.But he was arrested at an airport when he returned to the UK from Dubai in June

criminal convictions during the bitter strike of the 80s are set to be pardoned.An independent review established by the Scottish Government has proposed the move, which would also cover miners who have since died.The review team, chaired by John Scott QC, reported that most of the miners’ actions were unlikely to lead to ­prosecution today and said those affected believed they were punished in a “grossly excessive manner”.The report concluded: “It is hard to disagree.”The year-long nationwide

bigoted tongue.Karen Mason, 49, verbally abused people in Bo'ness, West Lothian, “almost daily” for nearly two-and-a-half years.Many of her targets were neighbours of her elderly mother.In one particularly nasty outburst she called a man “a homosexual, flag-waving Jew”, a court was told.Prosecutor Kristina Kelly said: “Comments directed at other neighbours included, ‘That’s the black b******’.”Falkirk Sheriff Court heard Mason’s behaviour got so bad that a couple living in Links Road, Bo’ness,

conviction quashed on appeal. Glaswegian Adnan Ahmed - who called himself Addy A-game in secretly-filmed videos posted online - was convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour for approaching several young women, causing them fear and alarm.

Police are searching for a missing Scots teenager who vanished earlier this morning. Rachel Allan, 13, was last seen at around 12.30am today at her home in Paisley.

Police are hunting a creep who has repeatedly exposed his privates in Scots Cemetery's. Cops also believe same man also urinated in front of two 11-year-old girls at Eastern Cemetery, Arbroath, on Tuesday.

raped an 80 year-old woman in her own home has been locked up for eight years. John Laming struck last Christmas Eve just 12 days after he had been freed from jail.

Police are hunting a sick flasher who indecently exposed himself near a Scots school. An investigation has been launched after the man was seen near Tayport Primary School in Fife at around 11am on Wednesday.

puppy was mauled by a Labrador in vicious park attack sparking fury from his 'traumatised' owner. Archie the lurcher is a 'completely different dog' after the brutal attack in Glasgow's Pollok Park on Thursday.