Scottish Government minister Mairi McAllan reveals she is expecting her first baby

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has bought Viaplay‘s Rebus reboot, following international streamer Viaplay’s decision to exit the UK. In further news, we can reveal Australia’s SBS has also acquired the show from distributor Viaplay Content Distribution.

Pro-Palestine activists have defaced the UK Government's headquarters in Edinburgh with red paint.

An Ayrshire author is releasing her debut novel 'Silenda' - written after her brain tumour diagnosis at the age of 14 when she became aware of her own mortality for the first time.

Vape crusader Laura Young whose relentless campaigning helped bring about the ban on disposable e-cigs has been named Scotland’s social media influencer of the year.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Seriesmakers, a joint initiative of Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV festival, and European film-TV powerhouse Beta Group, has revealed the 10 top-notch project lineup of the second edition of its novel and high-powered mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut. This year’s Seriesmakers features in development drama series from Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald (“George Blake”), behind “The Last King Of Scotland,” and from Finnish director Mikko Myllylahti, who burst onto the scene co-writing with Juho Kuosmanen the latter’s “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Makki,” a 2016 Cannes Un Certain Regard winner.

Dame Esther Rantzen, who is battling terminal cancer, has made the heartbreaking confession that spending time with her grandchildren is "precious" as it could be her last spring.

Slow Horses actress Catherine McCormack is to star alongside Colin Firth in Sky and Peacock‘s retelling of the 1988 terror attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Humza Yousaf has defended his Government's record on housing as it prepares to slash spending on building affordable homes.

A sperm donor who has fathered dozens of children views his services as "charity work". Kyle Gordy, an accountant from Los Angeles, doesn't charge for his donations and has helped families across the world with their dream of having kids.

Stacey Solomon and her husband Joe Swash enjoyed a very adventurous trip to the Scottish Highlands in their stylish campervan this week. Their kids were also thrilled as the family saw some great scenery along the way.

Calvin Harris has said that he plans to quit DJing within the next 10 years.The Scottish DJ, producer and songwriter shed some light on his future career during an interview with Capital Dance on Wednesday (February 21).“I always said that once I get past 50, I can’t see me DJing,” said Harris, who turned 40 last month (via DJ Mag). “The more commercial end [of DJing], it gets a wee bit… a little bit suspect.

Stacey Solomon and husband Joe Swash are currently touring around Scotland with their brood in a £60,000 campervan and sharing updates along the way.

A damning report has ­highlighted the “catastrophic failure” of the Scottish ­Government to remobilise the NHS after the pandemic.

Scottish Ministers have coughed up extra funding as a sweetener for local authorities over a bitter council tax freeze row.

Louise Thompson has told her fans she's going back to the hospital after she just got home. Last week the 33 year old revealed why she had to go to hospital in the first place after she was in agonising pain following her return to the UK from a holiday in Antigua. She then stayed in the hospital for more than two weeks getting help before being able to go home to fiancé Ryan Libbey and their little boy Leo-Hunter, who is two years old.

The Scottish Highlands have been ranked as the safest place to survive a zombie apocalypse, a new study has found. Argyll and Bute came a close second with the Western Isles, Orkney and Stirling also featuring in the top ten of places to best survive zombies or alien invasions.

A proposed £50 charge for West Lothian residents to have garden waste collected may not last for long, it has been suggested, amid reports the Scottish Government would force councils to pick up the cost.

Perth and Kinross councillors have questioned the wording of a government survey which seems to suggest people should drink less water.

Keir Starmer has said helping boot out Humza Yousaf from office will be one of his early goals as a Labour Prime Minister.

lion about the perils of moviemaking.The 61-year-old star of “True Detective: Night Country” recalled what could have been the first and last role of her life after a scary run-in with a lion during filming for the 1972 Disney film “Napoleon and Samantha.”“We finished a take and I was going up the hill and all I remember is I remember seeing his mane come around and then he picked me up sideways, shook me in his mouth and turned me around,” Foster, 61, said while appearing on “The Graham Norton Show.” “Every single person on the crew was running in the opposite direction and I’m like sideways watching everybody,” added the “Silence of the Lambs” star. “And they took their equipment, too.”Foster’s pronouncement, which was made in tones of amusement, left Olivia Colman, Wanda Sykes and Scottish host Lorraine Kelly shocked.