A multiple award winner, the novelist, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been knighted and made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to literature. Early one ...

In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

BBC Scotland has launched its new Reporting Scotland: News at Seven television programme. The 30-minute show, presented by Laura Maciver and Amy Irons, will be aired every weeknight on the BBC ...

Snow and ice disruption is expected to continue to affect Scotland into Wednesday, after a new yellow weather warning was issued for parts of the country. The newest alert, external started at ...

Scotland's "best" dog breeds have been named by experts. All over the country, there are hundreds of thousands of dogs that come in all shapes and sizes. As reported by the Daily Record, there are ...

Yet this month, they’ll make rock n roll history as the first act ... “Our English gigs sell just as fast as our Scottish gigs now,” says Macleod. “The second fastest gig to sell on ...

Fresh yellow weather warnings for snow and ice across Scotland have been issued by the Met Office. The new alerts take effect from 16:00 on Monday until noon on Tuesday, and follow warnings that ...

A frantic search was ongoing last night after two more lynx were spotted roaming the Highlands. The big cats were confirmed to be on the loose in the Cairngorms National Park yesterday morning ...

A section of rock formations were vandalized at High Cliff State Park. They are part of a 725 kilometer escarpment, which ...

One Viking raid gave Scotland a genuine national treasure. Sometime around 800, Vikings plundered Shetland as far south as St Ninian’s Isle, then occupied by Picts. It is conjectured that one of the ...