Scots prisons 'bursting at seams' as inmates sharing single cells due to overcrowding crisis

A clean-up operation is underway to remove 9,500 tonnes of debris from the A83 following heavy rainfall last weekend.

This is the horror moment caravans were swept away in mass flooding at a holiday park in Argyll and Bute.

Lorraine Kelly has said she is "beyond chuffed" to be featured in a new book all about inspirational Scottish women.The 63-year-old presenter is named in the book called Spectacular Scottish Women , among icons like Annie Lennox and Mary, Queen of Scots. She shared the news with her fans on Instagram, posting a video of her opening the book in excitement.

A young Scots mum has shared the emotional moment she finally met her long-lost dad and grandparents for the first time.

EXCLUSIVE: Jillian Share, who was recently eOne‘s President of Film Production, has been named President of Teton Ridge Entertainment, a new Los Angeles-based independent studio.

Joy Anonymous have announced their new album ‘Cult Classic’ and have shared their latest single ‘I Did You Wrong’.Speaking of the LP in a press release, the London-based dance duo – comprised of Henry Counsell and Louis Curran – said: “‘Cult Classics’ is the soundtrack of Joy Anonymous meetings over the past two years. It began in Imogen Heap’s house in Romford where we spent two weeks working with various friends and new collaborators to form the skeletons of what was to become the album you hear today.”They continued: “Then we took these sounds on tour and tested them out in meetings around the world, honing and developing the sound on the move.

EXCLUSIVE: Ross Kemp‘s debut Channel 5 series in which he spends time in the world’s most dangerous prisons has been paused midway through filming.

A car burst into flames on a Scots motorway this afternoon.

Xolo Maridueña is still a part of the DC Extended Universe. Maridueña starred in “Blue Beetle” earlier this year, becoming the first Latino lead in a superhero film.‘Blue Beetle’ star Xolo Maridueña discusses the film’s rare and real Latin repLatino-led ‘Blue Beetle’ ends ‘Barbie’ reign at the box officeDC’s co-ceo James Gunn, who’s writing and directing the upcoming “Superman” film, has revealed that Maridueña will still be a part of the new DC cinematic universe. “Xolo Maridueña will continue playing Blue Beetle in the DCU, as Viola Davis will Amanda Waller, and John Cena will Peacemaker,” he wrote on Threads, where he was answering some fan questions.

A drug dealer has been jailed for 18 months for selling cocaine to his own aunt.

Thania Garcia According to Bad Bunny’s cryptic WhatsApp channel (a new feature on the platform where he boasts over 12 million followers) messages, the Puerto Rican star has just shared his last solo single of the year. The reggaeton track is titled “Un Preview” because “it is a small preview of what is coming next year,” per Bad Bunny’s announcement. “Possible that this will be the last song [I release] this year,” he added.

A Scots bride has shared the reality of the morning after a wedding in a brilliant mirror selfie.

Scottish Tory MSP Maurice Golden has criticised the Prime Minister's watering down of climate pledges. Writing for the Times, the north east list MSP said the announcements made last week from Downing Street were "regressive".

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a hit and run in a Scots town on Friday.

The man behind a new podcast series on the Scots cheese wire murder has said 'time is running out' to solve the 40-year-old murder mystery.

A body has been found in the search for a missing man who vanished from a campsite in Skye.

Police are appealing for information to trace a missing Scots man who was last seen four days ago.

A gas leak in Edinburgh city centre has sparked an emergency evacuation of at least 45 flats.

A vulnerable 85-year-old woman has gone missing from her Edinburgh home sparking an urgent police search.

The mother of a woman who took her own life at Polmont young offenders' institution says suicidal prisoners are placed in "torture cells" rather than being given therapeutic care.