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.

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.

The island is home to an abundance of wildlife and is located on Loch Craignish just off Argyll’s west coast. It has no planning permission but this is because no one has ever applied for it

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.

Mother-of-two Elaine McDade, 43, from Glasgow, took a snap of sleeping Thomas, Airlie, 26, and posted it on Facebook, saying it was the first time she had forgotten to lock her door.

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.

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'.

Cheryl Halliburton, 27, from Elgin in Scotland suffered from extreme eczema after falling pregnant with her daughter four years ago, and turned to CBD oil after doctors could not help her.

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.

Teen aristocrat Charles William Llewellyn Cadogan (pictured left with his father), 19, was driving his grey BMW at 71mph in a 50mph zone near his family's castle in Perth when he was pulled over.

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.

Timothy Murray, 16, of West Yorkshire, was found dead after hiking Stac Pollaidh, north of Ullapool in Scotland on Sunday. He was found dead hours after another teen plunged to his death in Wales.

The findings - by the pro EU Best for Britain - will fuel claims that pursuing a hard Brexit risks breaking up the United Kingdom. The poll found a 47-43 pro Independence split after Brexit.

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.

Argyll McCoist, 20, (pictured) was uninsured when he ran a red light and hit 21-year-old Stephen Murdoch in his £20,000 Audi in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, before driving off.

Stahly Quality Foods, based in Fife, has come under fire following the launch of the new product (pictured) with some describing it as a 'betrayal' and others labelling it 'wrong, very wrong'.

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.

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.

Core Drilling Specialist Limited (CDS Ltd) have been branded 'misogynistic' after displaying the offensive picture onto the side of a generator in Edinburgh city centre.

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.

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'.

Richard Fleming and Liam Richardson carried hammers, a machete and a pistol when they raided Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire, on June 27 last year.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Robert Blomfield had practiced photography across the UK from the 1950s to the 1970s and started capturing the beauty of Edinburgh when he moved to the city to study medicine.

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

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.

The project in Sutherland, on Scotland's north coast, will initially host launches of rockets and satellites, but commercial passenger trips could then follow.

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.

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.

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.

Ms Davidson said she and her partner Jen Wilson were 'delighted' after the infant's safe arrival at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary this morning.

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.

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.

Lisa Williamson, 28, from Edinburgh, bought the red slinky 'one size fits all' playsuit for £6.98 - but when it arrived, the garment was so tight she was barely able to squeeze into it.

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.