Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has warned the UK Government that many struggling Scottish businesses still need to be supported with "hard cash".

After three decades of reporting for BBC Scotland’s countryside magazine series, Euan McIlwraith has decided to step back from his presenting role on the show.

Kirkcaldy Shopping Centre is to close for good this weekend, ending 40 years of trading in the town.

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Former Dundee and Dundee United defender Lewis Toshney hopes to win a shock deal at Arbroath - just three months after hanging up his boots.

There comes a time in every professional footballer’s career where they have to think about hanging up the boots.

A sex offender who incited his rottweiler to attack two schoolgirls has been jailed for the second time in a week.

A social care officer has been sacked for driving while she was nearly five times over the limit after downing a bottle of wine.

Fishing boats have been operating in protected parts of Scottish seas for the first time, environment secretary Mairi Gougeon has admitted.

A dad-of-two from Perthshire is being helped back to health by Olympian Eilidh Doyle after he was hospitalised by coronavirus.

New figures have revealed youngsters in Fife have been forced to wait a combined total of almost 200,000 days for mental health support in recent years.

The Glenturret, Scotland’s oldest working distillery, will open its spectacular new fine dining experience, The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, on July 28. Brian Stormont went along to enjoy a first look and sample the food head chef Mark Donald and...

A new set of stamps is being issued to mark 70 years of legendary Beano comic character Dennis the Menace.

Dundee United's kids did themselves proud in a 3-1 defeat at Lowland League Berwick Rangers.

Shannon Singh, the Glenrothes former glamour model who entered this year's Love Island has been "dumped" from the show.

A bagpiper has paid an emotional performance at the top of a Munro, in memory of Dundonian Sarah Buick, who died after climbing Ben Nevis.

A senior Conservative councillor can today be unmasked as the man behind an anonymous anti-SNP troll account that coached unsuspecting members of the public to "tactically vote" for him in May's Scottish Parliament election.

Midweek action in the Wednesday court round-up.

An "incredible reminder" of Dundee's ever-changing waterfront is back where it belongs.

Tayside and Fife's vaccination programme is keeping a lid on Covid-19 hospital admissions and deaths despite record positive cases, say public health chiefs.

Fed-up residents in a Mearns coastal village say they have reached the end of their tether over trucks hitting their homes trying to negotiate the community’s narrow streets.

Benji Siegrist will thrive if he secures a marquee move this summer, according to former Dundee United teammate Deniz Mehmet.

The development of 65 new council homes have now been completed at the former Glebe School in Scone.

Love Island's Shannon Singh from Fife made an impression on her fellow islanders and viewers. But how do hit reality TV programmes prepare contestants for life in the limelight and beyond?

An adviser to Nicola Sturgeon has claimed the rise in Covid cases linked to Scots football fans at the Euros shows the country risks scoring an “own goal” – and warned politicians to learn from last year’s push to reopen restaurants.

A Lochee resident has described the sickening moment a cat thumped to the ground as he fears it was "thrown" from a multi.

A Dundee bar owner has been forced to scrap a deal on cheap beer after he was reported to licensing bosses.

The full programme for Fringe By The Sea, one of Scotland’s most-loved arts festivals, has been unveiled.

A close friend of murdered pensioner Annie Temple said her killer can "rot in hell" after his merciless actions.

A body found on Ben Nevis last week has been identified as Broughty Ferry resident Sarah Buick.