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The new payments will be given to those living in Scotland and will be worth up to £300 for the Winter Heating Payment and between £72.65 and £108.55 each week for Pension Age Disability Payment

Tony and Carrie Pearson's 16-month-old daughter Grayce was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type 2 earlier this year. The neurological condition which causes progressive muscle wasting

Kory McCrimmons died at the weekend after being stabbed in a park in Glasgow, as other parents of children affected by spiralling youth violence left 'sickened' by inaction

Report highlights the the enormity of the task ahead, noting that to keep the workforce stable at just over 150,000 by 2030, it would require installing about one new offshore turbine daily

Colin Witherspoon, 52, was told his home was riddled with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete - a defective building material that could potentially collapse

Graeme McCormick is looking to stand against former Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who had looked like he would become SNP leader and First Minister uncontested

John Swinney, who has previously led the SNP, is the first candidate to put himself forward to replace ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf, insisting he can unite the party

Ruby Kelly, six, was attacked by two English bulldogs who ripped at her skin for more than five minutes in an attack in a garden in Glasgow, as he mum called for changes to dog laws

First Minister Humza Yousaf's leadership was plunged into crisis when he scrapped a coalition deal with the Scottish Greens, who retaliated by vowing to oppose him in a confidence vote

Dame Esther Rantzen said she will miss a debate in Westminster on Monday because she is too ill - but said she'll be watching as she called for MPs to change the law

The generated power will be supplied to offshore oil and gas platforms, as well as the UK grid

In a letter union leaders call on the Labour leader Keir Starmer to deliver justice for striking miners within his 'first days in office' if the Tories are ousted at the general election

Motorists in Midlothian in Scotland will no longer be allowed to park on pavements or dropped kerbs under new rules introduced by Midlothian Council which came into force this week

Residents living next door to a new prison who say their kids have to sleep wearing headphones and some leave during weekends due to the racket are threatening to sue the prison service

Sam Eljamel was a neurosurgeon at NHS Tayside from 1995 until his suspension after dozens of complaints from patients - he is believed to have botched hundreds of ops at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

The City Centre West-East Link (CCWEL) has been in use by cyclists for several months but was officially opened by the council on Wednesday, March 20 after construction was declared finished

Pat Kelly underwent botched surgery from disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital and has been left with a catalogue of health issues, fearing he may not have long to live

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been hit with a 'focused and ongoing' cyber attack that could include 'patient-identifiable and staff-identifiable data' - with the public encouraged to be 'on guard'

Caroline McVicar, 72, from Hamilton in Scotland, was left 'high and dry' after DM Design ceased trading just days after she handed over her entire savings for the kitchen

Sammy Wilkinson wants a law brought in to stop dogs being killed by armed police and is campaigning for 'Kilo’s Law', saying the animal was 'murdered' byt

The snapshot survey from Encompass Network questioned 53 women seeking help across one week as sex worker Emma Caldwell's murderer Iain Packer was convicted of her murder

From February 1, police have been able to seize XL Bullies in England and Wales, with owners facing a criminal record if they are not properly registered for exemption certificates

Edinburgh councillor Christopher Cowdy said the Moat Drive play area was a 'real concern' and compared the facilities to the horrifying scenes from Chernobyl

Two women have been charged after a bust of Queen Victoria at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, was defaced and a foul word added to a plinth

Convicted stalker Tiffany Scott, 32, of HMP Grampian, died on Thursday after becoming unwell and being taken to hospital