Scottish TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher has refuted claims linking her to Tiger...

Scottish actor Gerard Butler says actress Jennifer Aniston has the 'best legs' in...

An Electoral Commission review of the SNP's finances in Angus has begun, BBC Scotland has learned.It follows a complaint from the local Conservative association over the distribution of leaflets. The...

Former Rangers winger Willie Henderson believes Walter Smith is as good a manager as the club have ever had.And Henderson says that winning the treble this season would only serve to reinforce that....

A scheme where SPL football players are used to inspire enthusiasm for books and reading has seen positive results.The Reading Stars initiative was launched last year and more than 90% of the adults...

A Stirlingshire farmer has been banned from keeping livestock until 2020 after 12 cows were discovered dead and chained together in a barn.Falkirk Sheriff court heard that another eight cattle were...

he controversial "legal high" drug mephedrone.A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said today: "We can confirm that a 19-year-old man was taken to Ayr Hospital at around 10.40am on Sunday March 14...

St Johnstone have been given a warning by the Scottish Premier League over the late postponement of their match against Rangers on 20 February.The Perth club avoided severe punishment because it was...

The trial of a man accused of murdering his five-month-old daughter has heard bloodstained baby clothing was found in a laundry basket at the family home.Forensic scientist Carol Weston, 35, told the...

Glasgow City Council is to hold a meeting to discuss the circumstances surrounding the resignation of former leader Steven Purcell.The SNP group on the council called for the meeting, saying serious...

The first phase of a £4.75m revamp of Hamilton Bus Station in South Lanarkshire has been approved.Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has given the go-ahead for the upgrade project....

A fire which damaged a North Sea gas platform was caused by a corroded ring which resulted in hydrocarbon release.BBC Scotland revealed in January the blaze had happened on the unstaffed Erskine...

It will move the work done at loan centre Barclays Partner Finance in Glasgow to other sites around the UK.The company confirmed the decision following a three-month consultation involving employees...

HIBS defender, Darren McCormack, has apologised to fans and the club after being caught driving with over twice the legal limit of alcohol in his...

Barry McVicar Wyllie was last seen at his home address in Boswell Loan around 8:30am on Wednesday (17 March).The 33-year-old has not returned home since and concern is now growing for his welfare.He...

LONDON (AP) - A former detective with Scotland Yard's drug squad was jailed Thursday for his role in a botched attempt to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Ireland....

Mar 18 2010 MORE than 300 Scots jobs are to go after Barclaycard confirmed it to close its office in Glasgow. The financial gaint said will move the work done at loan centre Barclays Partner...

A former detective with Scotland Yard's drug squad has been jailed for his role in a plot to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into...

Glasgow Warriors have made just one change to the starting 15 that drew with Connacht almost two weeks ago for their Magners League game at Leinster.On the right wing Hefin O'Hare replaces Colin...

A 19-year-old whose careless driving led to the death of his best friend has been given a community service order.Paul Robinson, of Bonnygate, Cupar, pleaded guilty to causing the death of David...

Loch Leven's world-renowned brown trout, which once supported Scotland's top trout fishery, are making a comeback after more than 40 years.Scottish Natural Heritage said its officers had found an...

Treasure recovered from a ship which sank off the coast of Spain more than 30 years ago is bound for Scotland.Lanarkshire-based metal coating company, Highland Galvanisers, has bought 75 tonnes of...

A technical glitch has caused severe disruption to internet and email services at 15 councils and several public bodies in Scotland.The problems began when a "peering router" on the Ja.Net...

Work has started to demolish and replace more than 170 former council houses in a £77m regeneration scheme.The first phase will see flats knocked down at Babbington Crescent in the Lochside...

An attack on a pensioner by two women has been branded "despicable and squalid" by a sheriff.William Fulton, 72, was knocked over and robbed for less than £10 in his Perth home in...

Members of the Scottish Parliament's Economy Committee said they were "disappointed" the Office of Fair Trading had not yet carried out a probe.The call came in a report published after the committee...

Officers recovered about 2,000 plants after swooping on six addresses in Edinburgh yesterday.The searches were part of an intelligence-led investigation into South East Asian crime gangs in the...

EIF director Jonathan Mills yesterday promised a 2010 Festival "about sensuality, about texture, about flamboyance, with very important and serious messages embedded in it to be sure – but it's a...

A TEENAGER who left his victim needing 40 stitches on his face after he hit him with a glass bottle in a street brawl has been ordered to carry out probation for two...

LONDON (AP) — A former detective with Scotland Yard's drug squad has been jailed for his role in a plot to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Ireland. Michael Daly...

Mar 18 2010 A CHARITY has written to the Lord Advocate demanding an inquiry into the deaths of three asylum seekers who jumped off a tower block, it emerged today. The trio, named locally as...