The planning department has failed to meet its 12-month determination target for the past three years

There are potentially several hundred operators still renting out holiday accommodation without the relevant paperwork

Last week police in West Lothian launched its six day Operation Torsion campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour in the run up to Bonfire Night

Haircuts can do you the world of good – and some even think they can make you age backwards if you swap a dated 'do for something more modern. That's what happened to one chap recently

Stirling will pay tribute to its fallen war heroes with the traditional Remembrance Sunday service and procession in the city centre on Sunday, November 10.

Dumfries and Galloway is one of the worst areas in the UK for the persecution of birds of prey.

A quarter of adults in Scotland hope that the controversial Republican nominee wins the US presidential election on Tuesday.

Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe has been suspended by the Labour Party pending the outcome of the investigation.

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day will be marked by a two minutes silence, wreath-laying, parades and services throughout the region

Cops stopped a car near Auchterarder last Friday.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has demanded Scottish Secretary Ian Murray produce the cash after promise to make the Scotland Office a turbo-charged spending department.

Gurpreet Singh Johal, the brother of former OLSP pupil Jagtar Singh Johal, met the Foreign Secretary David Lammy last Wednesday at Westminster.

The Lighthouse Church in Dumfries marked their 30th anniversary in style.

A group of 16 MPs have written to the Prime Minister asking him to have Jagtar Singh Johal released from prison.

The Scottish Government will invest £10 million in 2025/26 to provide devices, internet access and the skills to use them for Scotland's most disadvantaged households

Wishart urges chancellor Rachel Reeves to look at city Levelling Up funding again.

Pollsters have suggested the race will be close, with the result expected to be declared overnight.

Research from charitable trust Carnegie UK said that life in Scotland did not improve between 2023 and 2024 for the average person.

Leaders at EIS insisted that there were “too many unanswered questions” and uncertainty around the controversial proposals

They are two of nearly 50 options that the public is being asked for its views on as part of a consultation on the budget

Residents in Gretna, Rigg, Gretna Green and Springfield, and St John’s Town of Dalry, have been busy over the past year or so working up proposals for the creation of "local place plans"