A soldier cleared of rape has been ordered to pay his alleged victim £100,000 in damages following a landmark civil case. Sean Diamond failed to defend the claim in June at Edinburgh High Court.

The Jobcentre is not the most likely place to provide inspiration for a stand-up comic.But the gag, by Adam Rowe, won the annual award for funniest joke at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A motorist returned to the Edinburgh street where he left his car only to find a giant hole after Scottish Power contractors moved it - and he then spent 12 hours trying to find it.

A depressing-looking wall in Glasgow has been transformed by the beanie-wearing artist, who spent a week painting the image of St Enoch holding her young son, St Mungo, Glasgow's patron saint.

Newly-wed Stacey and Brian Paterson, from Falkirk, Scotland only realised they had been upstaged by son Jay, 8, days later when watching the video back.

The Gart, in Perthshire, dates all the way back to 1835. An original, smaller house was designed on the site by William Burn, and was substantially rebuilt and enlarged after a fire in 1901.

Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh, aged 15 and 13, fled to Glasgow with their parents in 2012. 85,000 have signed a petition supporting them after they were threatened with deportation to Pakistan.

A surgeon has been accused of removing a tear-duct instead of a brain tumour, before then trying to cover up the botched surgery, which took place at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

Gail Dickinson, (pictured) of Glenrothes, Fife, was allegedly seen by the victim's grandmother having sex on the balcony of an apartment in San Antonio, Ibiza in June last year.

Gail Dickinson, of Glenrothes, Fife, was allegedly seen by the victim's grandmother having sex on the balcony of an apartment in San Antonio in Ibiza. But today she was cleared.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - or of Rothesay as they are known in Scotland - paid a visit to the Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street, which date back to 1903, on Friday.

Philip proved he's still king of the road at 97 after he took his Land Rover for a drive on the A93 near Balmoral. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are still enjoying their annual summer break.

The snorkelers had been swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago in Scotland last month when the shark suddenly 'appeared through very murky water'.

Photographer Craig Doogan, of Dundee, spent three weeks patiently waiting for the right shot after dropping his children off at school each morning.

Storm Ali crept underneath a grassy front garden and uprooted a huge tree in Scotland. Liz Reid filmed as her garden path and surrounding grass regularly lifted and fell from the wind.

The monarch, 92, arrived at the chapel on the Balmoral estate in Scotland this morning accompanied by her nephew David Armstrong-Jones in the rear of the car.

Almost 11 million viewers tuned in for Sunday's gripping finale of the hit BBC One series written by Jed Mercurio.

Aptly, this hotel on Bankrugg Farm in East Lothian is called The Bus Stop. Each bus has king-size beds, a spacious kitchen, and there is even a mini-bus that is now used as a chicken coop.

The farm of the coast of Jura - which could hold 600,000 fish at a time in a dozen cages - would be close to Orwell's 'bothy' where he penned his most famous works.

Richard Fleming, 42, and Liam Richardson, 30, were part of a three man team which stole dozens of Rolex watches from the hotel in Scotland in June, 2017 in a raid caught on CCTV (pictured)

Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban looked through samples from the Rockall Trough, an area of deep sea off the west coast of Scotland.

These photographs show the exterior of Ballachar Estate in Inverness, Scotland, which comes with an additional two-bedroom cottage. It has around 287 acres and even its own fishing spot.

Melness Crofting Estate on northern coast of Sutherland, in Scotland, was selected to be the country's first rocket launch site. But crofters worry for rare eagles and the peat ecosystem.

Karen Duncan, 28, was jailed for seven years over her role in the 2007 murder of Scott Burgess at his flat in Paisley, near Glasgow.

Mark McLean, 33, has spent more than £2,000 amassing food, a first aid kit, basic medications and camping gear. He currently lives in a Glasgow city centre flat but will live off the land when riots start.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The boy denies raping and murdering Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute, as well as child abduction and defeating the ends of justice.

Admiral Lord Alan West, former First Sea Lord, said the Scottish Maritime Museum's plans to introduce 'gender-neutral' terms for its vessels are 'stark staring bonkers'.

Actor Bradley Welsh, 42, was shot and killed on his own doorstep in Edinburgh's affluent West End on Wednesday night in what a source has claimed was a drug-linked assassination.

Margaret Fleming suffered a cruel death at the hands of Edward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, at the pair's home in Inverkip in western Scotland. Her body has never been found.

The Prime Minister contacted senior Tories to acknowledge the huge challenge to protect the union that they face. The SNP won 48 of the 59 Westminster seats in Scotland.

Despite his rapid road to stardom, the 23-year-old singer still lives at home with his parents in Bathgate, Scotland, with no future plans of parting with his childhood stomping ground.

Cara, 43, from London, admits that working on a remote petting form in Scotland proved harder than she thought on tonight';s Ben Fogle: Make a New Life in the Country on Channel 5.

Peston, the BBC's Economics Editor in 2014 when Scotland held its referendum, claimed his report on the vote's economic implications was ditched minutes before it was due to be broadcast.

The 65-year-old former first minister of Scotland is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh over accusations of sexual assault, including one of attempted rape.

A number of offenders in Scotland charged with knife offences and violent assaults have been bailed to appear in court several months down the line - when they normally would be dealt with the next day.

Barry Smith, 26, helped to stab Reamonn Gormley, 19, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, in 2011. He said in his Plenty of Fish profile that an ideal first date would involve 'eating **** and kicking a**'.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have just reached a landmark 10 million followers on their account. Harry and Meghan are on 9.4 million followers, despite only launching in April this year.

Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995 but jumped back into making music after a two-year hiatus. The album went platinum eight times in Britain and had more than two million sales.

ALISON BOSHOFF: No one should doubt the sincerity of his heartfelt comments about how 'incredible', kind, wonderful and supportive Steph has been. He and Steph met when he was 25.

The ugly story of Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard is far from over. Here, ALISON BOSHOFF examines what revelations are yet to come.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Friends say that Georgina Chapman, 43, 'does not want to be seen as a victim'. That right she reserves for others.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Ant McPartlin has opted to dissolve his company Teecourt. Ant, who lives in South West London applied to Companies House last month to have the company struck off.

Friends say it's just that Simon 'can't bear' the idea of matrimony, monogamy or losing his freedom. This is no secret. But why is the X Factor judge so scared to become Lauren Silverman's husband?

Josh Duhamel didn't just kick off the Kids Choice Awards with a bang, but also with a lovely baby bump. Imitating his pregnant wife Fergie, the host of Saturday's Nickelodeon awards show revealed his sweet dancing skills for a comedic opening skit.

The 27-year-old Glee star hit the special orange carpet at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in a flirty peach dress which flattered her toned figure although she did have a Marilyn Monroe moment when her skirt blew showing off more of her legs

The curly-haired 21-year-old accepted the honor in a yellow-trimmed kimono top and matching shorts which featured a b&w painting

The 28-year-old actress inevitably got slimed while presenting on stage alongside Pharrell Williams.

David Hasselhoff prides himself on his youthfulness, which he puts down to healthy eating and regular exercise.

She's famously known for her vintage-style fashion, her impressive vocal range, and her acting work.

She wore a uniform of unflattering cardigans and vests as a geeky personal assistant on Ugly Betty, but America Ferrera was anything but frumpy at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.