Two due in court after drugs worth almost £30,000 seized in Scots town

Schools could stay shut after the summer holidays and rubbish could pile high after council staff voted for strike action amid a pay dispute. Workers in the Unison trade union voted to reject a “measly” two per cent pay offer by local authority bosses.

A couple have been reunited with their missing dog after it spent four days on the run – thanks to pet detectives using a hi-tech drone. June and David Hamilton had picked up the 18-month-old Spanish rescue Jack Russell terrier less than two hours before it escaped from the garden of their home in Bothwell, Lanarkshire.

Daniel Craig's No Time To Die did what none of the previous 24 Bond outings had ever done before. After despatching off Rami Malek's villain Safin, Ian Fleming's spy died after being blown to smithereens by missiles hitting the island lair. The world was left in shock and now 007 fans can actually visit the spot where James Bond died.

A woman has told a jury that her partner stabbed her in the neck with a kitchen knife after she told him that she had cheated on him. Project manager Wendy Yeoman admitted that she’d gone out drinking with friends on Friday night and had taken drugs, stayed in two hotels and “had a one-night stand”. When she returned to the £675,000 home she shared with Scott Reid in Newton Mearns, she said he was angry at her.

Postal services in Scotland are likely to be hampered in the near future after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay.

Stewartry residents are struggling to access cash due to a string of bank closures.

Thousands of Scots on Universal Credit could miss out on a cost-of-living payment due eligibility rules, an SNP MP has warned.

A serial abuser who terrorised women and girls over three decades is due to be released from jail despite threatening to kill all his victims when he is freed.

Scotland's rivers and reservoirs could be at risk of water scarcity as temperatures continue to soar across the country and Scots make greater use of water than usual to keep cool.

A Scots man has been arrested and charged in connection with large scale fraud offences spanning across four years.

A former TV news anchor told a court her “obsessed” next door neighbour “terrorised” her so badly she has had to move out of her own home.

A man has been jailed after officers discovered large amounts of class A and B drugs following 'intelligence-led' raids across Aberdeen. Anthony Newman, 31, was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh after officers found cocaine at a flat and cannabis at two further properties in the city in January this year.

A new investigation by the UK’s biggest consumer website, MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE), has discovered that some 862,027 households in Scotland, England and Wales could be due a refund for overpaid Council Tax. A whopping £150.2 million is lying unclaimed, worth an average of £174 per account.

The Irn Bru Twitter account has rebranded as Haggis Soda for the day after Steve Carell gave the drink a try for the first time. The actor also gave the beloved drink his seal of approval.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have cancelled their Glasgow gig on Friday night (01. 07. 22) due to "illness".

Red Hot Chili Peppers have cancelled their gig in Glasgow tonight (July 1) due to illness.It’s not known what exactly the illness is nor who is affected in the band or crew, but the funk rockers have been forced to postpone the Bellahouston Park show at the last minute.They wrote on social media that they are now trying to reschedule the date as quickly as possible, and that fans should hold onto their tickets and await further details.“RHCP love Scotland & are deeply disappointed not to be able to perform the show. Thank you for your understanding,” the band wrote online.Due to illness RHCP will not be able to perform in Glasgow tonight July 1.

The Queen was all smiles as she stepped out in a lilac outfit for her second day in Scotland. The 96 year old monarch's appearances in Scotland over the last couple of days marks her first public engagement since she appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on the fourth day of celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee at the start of the month.