Shetland residents have landlines reconnected after power cut left thousands stranded

A bankrupt debt expert was ordered out of a luxury home after running up more than £15,000 in rent arrears. It’s also claimed that thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to the house during the 18-month stay by Alan Harty.

An Aldi shopper made a surprising discovery about the labels at their local store. Many who have worked in retail will have dealt with paper labels, but it appears that Aldi is modernising.

A Scots mum has been left with multicoloured blotches on her skin after using a kids' bath paint set from Boots which won't wash off properly.

Police probing a ‘targeted’ Christmas Day attack on a woman say the getaway car used by the suspect was found on fire just hours later. An investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old was assaulted in the Graysknowe area of Edinburgh at around 6pm on Sunday.

An SNP MP has demanded Rishi Sunak drop "unspeakably cruel" policies to lift half a million children out of poverty across the country.

An ITV News presenter was left red-faced after mistakenly announcing the Pope had died on Christmas Day.

MSPs have called on the UK Government to provide a support fund for vulnerable Scots left out of pocket after funeral planning company Safe Hands collapsed.

Scotland is never far from Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith’s thoughts.

Things have turned rather bitter within The Traitors camp with fans turning on Wilfred Webster just days before the final after he threw Amanda Lovett 'under a bus'.

Families of an estimated 145,000 children will receive extra cash support this week which should help ease some of the financial pressure over the festive season. Winter Bridging Payments have been doubled from £130 to £260 for eligible households where children are in receipt of Free School Meals, however, some of Scotland's 32 local councils are paying out more through an additional winter clothing grant.

Social Security Scotland has issued an important update for new and existing claimants of Scottish Child Payment. The devolved benefit is now worth £25 per week to parents and carers of children up to 16, worth £100 per month, per eligible child.

Power has been restored to all homes on Shetland after thousands of properties were left disconnected due to the cold snap, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has confirmed.

Around 350 properties in Shetland have been left without power for a sixth day as engineers struggle against the weather to reconnect the supply.

Crime writer Ann Cleeves lost a laptop containing the draft of her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland before its squashed remains were found.

A fuming mum has told of how her daughter's dream trip to meet Santa in Lapland turned into a nightmare after families were left stranded in Edinburgh. A day filled with festive fun was soon ruined when passengers on a flight to Humberside Airport, Lincolnshire, were diverted over 300 miles to the Scottish capital.

The scale of poverty in Falkirk district has been laid bare in a report describing how people "started crying" with relief to be helped pay for basics such as food, fuel and winter clothing for children.

Thousands of people in Shetland are facing a fourth day without power as engineers battle to restore supplies amid the threat of further snowfall and freezing temperatures. An extra 125 engineers were drafted in to help reconnect more than 2,800 homes which were left without power when heavy snow fell on cables earlier this week.

The Met Office has issued guidance to help people cope with power cuts should they hit during the cold winter months.

A Scots schoolboy was left fighting for his life after an agonising leg pain revealed a shock Step A diagnosis. Jordan James Sood - known as JJ - was rushed to hospital with a suspected blood clot when he began screaming in pain at his home in Kilwinning on December 5.

A man was found unconscious on a street in Gourock after an alleged disturbance on a train.