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Barclays creating 2,500 jobs in Glasgow at new technology hub

The bank is building a 470,000 sq ft office complex – the size of eight football pitches – by the River Clyde. There will be no redundancies amid the changes.




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James McAvoy's brother charged with stealing a car

Donald McAvoy, 28, who shares a father with the X-Men actor, allegedly stole the car in April from outside a house in Scotland and is behind bars another three weeks until he appears in court.




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Love Island's Laura Anderson gets new beau Paul Knops in a kilt

The blonde beauty, 29, took to her Instagram to share a snap of her beau, 31, clad in a bright orange number, as they enjoyed a spot of shopping during the tour of her home town.




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Love Island's Laura Anderson cosies up to new beau Paul Knops

Laura Anderson and Paul Knops looked closer than ever as they cosied up at villa mate Eyal Booker's 23rd birthday bash in London on Friday.




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Mother sues Glasgow beauty salon claiming hair wash caused a stroke

Adele Burns, 47, was left unable to see or move 24 hours after a nightmare visit to Rainbow Rooms in Glasgow where stylists struggled to get her colour and cut right.




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Euromillions winner Gillian Bayford marries man nine years her junior

Former healthcare assistant Gillian Bayford, who got married at the Fairmont Hotel near St Andrews, Fife, won the huge Euromillions prize with previous husband Adrian Bayford in 2012.




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First dinosaur footprints on mainland Scotland were left by sauropods

Sauropods roamed during the Middle Jurassic period and were discovered in a secret location around Inverness. The only previous evidence of dinosaurs in Scotland was from the Isle of Skye.




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Man returns to Edinburgh spot where he parked car only to find hole

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.




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Designer reveals he made Vogue Williams' wedding dress in 7 days

Irish designer Paul Costelloe, 73, shared sketches of the stunning silk gown with a plunging neckline on Instagram and revealed that he and his team had just seven days to make the gown.




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Australian artist Smug transforms Glasgow wall with mural 

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.




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Girl snaps the Loch Ness Monster on her iphone while on holiday

Charlotte Robinson from Leeds who was staying at Loch Ness Highland Lodges in Invermoriston snapped Nessie with her iPhone. An expert has called it the best picture taken 'in years'.




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Floss dance by boy, 8, steals the show as parents cut wedding cake

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.




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Rail passenger live-tweets row over wrong seat with racist woman

Photographer Elizabeth Argyll was targeted by a woman who wrongly believed she was in her seat during a train journey. She live-tweeted the incident and said: 'The next 90 mins will be frosty.'




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Glasgow father battling cancer whose benefits were cut died at 56

Joseph MacMillan from Glasgow was deemed fit to work while also suffering from diabetes, pancreatitis and heart problems as he suffered from cancer that left him needing his nose amputated.




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Ibiza holidaymaker accused of sex with 14-year-old boy on balcony

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.




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Gail Dickinson 59 of Fife Scotland accused of sex with boy 14 on holiday in Ibiza cleared not guilty

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.




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Charles and Camilla visit refurbished tea rooms in Glasgow

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.




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Remote Scottish Highlands home with private beach on sale for £750k

The vast estate, which is perfect for those seeking solitude or just a break from the rat race, is on a picturesque peninsula in the Highlands often described as 'Britain's last wilderness'.




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Sewers in Fife to be 'put on a diet' to help prevent fatbergs

Scottish Water has now launched a new pilot project in Fife, which, if successful, will be rolled out to other parts of the country.




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Shark creeps up on snorkelers with jaws wide open off Scottish coast 

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'.




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The Queen arrives at Crathie Kirk as her Balmoral break draws to a close

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.




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Glasgow scammer who stole £113million from High Street bank customers

In just two-and-a-half years, Feezan Choudhary, from Pollokshields, managed to preside over the theft of an astonishing £113million from 750 hapless victims.




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Bodyguard's Richard Madden plans to 'ESCAPE' to Scottish hideaway

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




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Missing teen girl caught on CCTV with man in Edinburgh

Courtney Booth, 15, who went missing from her home in Doncaster a week ago has been captured on CCTV with 25-year-old Tom Fallon, whom police would like to speak to in connection with her disappearance.




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Schoolgirl, 15, found safe and well after more than a week missing

Courtney Booth, 15, has been found safe and well in Edinburgh eight days after she went missing. South Yorkshire Police shared the news today after releasing a CCTV image of the teenager.




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Microwave spotted outside a rural Scotland home being used as post box

Bev Macleod spotted the microwave perched on two posts and strapped tightly in place with rope while completing a charity walk in Moray, Scotland.




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World's most expensive bottle of whisky made in 1926 sells for £850k

The 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 sold for a record-breaking £848,750 when it went under the hammer today at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh.




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Scottish woman is deported from the US for having sex with a boy

Sarah McGill, a 28-year-old hypnotherapist from Galashiels in Selkirkshire, Scotland, was arrested in Florida in April.




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How I discovered the magic of Coorie in Scotland

Anna Pursglove who moved from London to Northern Scotland revealed how embracing coorie has helped her to experience a deep sense of proportion and contentment.




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Two former buses now form luxury lodgings on Scotland's Bankrugg Farm

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.




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Orwell's son slams plans for trout farm near Scottish retreat

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.




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Italian father who went missing from PISA found in Edinburgh 

Salvatore Mannino, 52, was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on September 20, after being taken ill in St Giles' Cathedral. The father-of-four disappeared from Pisa, Italy, the day before.




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Two men who carried out £500,000 Rolex robbery at prestigious Gleneagles Hotel are jailed

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)




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Euromillions winner Gillian Bayford puts £735k waterfront home up for sale

Gillian Bayford, who split a £148million win on the Euromillions with ex-husband Adrian in 2012 before they split up, has put a luxury waterfront home near Dundee up for sale.




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Scottish hideaway with 4,000-year-old monuments on sale for £900k

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.




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British spaceport plan for Scottish highlands caught in row with farmers

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.




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Andrew Fairlie dies aged 55: Gleneagles chef dead after cancer battle

Andrew Fairlie, one of Scotland’s most celebrated chefs has died after battling a brain tumour. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005 and had received chemotherapy.




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Two walkers fall to their deaths on Scottish mountain Ben Hope  

The two men were scaling Ben Hope in Sutherland and sent a distress call. A search and rescue effort was paused overnight but bodies were found at 2am.




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Ex-head of Navy Admiral Lord Alan West slams Scottish Maritime Museum ship vessel she terms bonkers

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'.




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Bradley Welsh dead: Trainspotting 2 star dies in Edinburgh shooting

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.




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Margaret Fleming murder: Carers Edward Cairney and Avril Jones jailed for life

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.




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Prince William and Kate Middleton seen getting off budget flight to Scotland

Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children took the 8.45am economy FlyBe flight from Norwich to Aberdeen this morning.




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Kate and William catch budget flight back from Scottish holiday with their children

Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children flew back from Aberdeen to Norwich today, again choosing a budget airline.




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Inside Lewis Capaldi's parents' home: where singer still lives

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.




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Alex Salmond accuser says she was 'too scared' to call for help

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.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 435, with 8227 diagnosed cases

It comes after it was revealed today that Prince Charles has the coronavirus and may have been contagious just 24 hours after last seeing the Queen.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll jumps to 578 with 11,658 cases

It comes after the UK yesterday posted 43 coronavirus deaths, sparking hope that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unprecedented lockdown was working to control the ever-worsening crisis.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 1,415 with more than 20,000 cases

A total of 1,408 people in Britain have died from coronavirus. England recorded 159 new deaths in the last 24 hours, while Wales reported 14, Scotland six and Northern Ireland one.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits with 2,352 with 563 new deaths

Statistics published by the Department of Health reveal a record high number of victims for the second day in a row and more than 4,000 people have been diagnosed in a single day.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 8,958 with 980 new fatalities

England recorded 866 new deaths, while the other 87 were confirmed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.