1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (332+ words) Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation, the Scottish Government has announced. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation or burial. A body undergoing hydrolysis is wrapped in a…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (137+ words) AN investigation has been launched after a man was found dead on a residential street in Glasgow. Officers were called to Hope Road in Kirkmuirhill at around 3.30am on Sunday, March 1, after they received a report of the death of a…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (381+ words) Part of a popular Kingussie playpark has had to be cordoned after smashed glass was left around the play equipment overnight. The alarm was raised by local resident walking in the area who contacted Highland Councillor Russell Jones at lunchtime…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago  (391+ words) A GLASGOW kebab shop has retained their title as the best in Scotland. The top spots for hungry punters to get their meat fix were revealed at the annual British Kebab Awards. Hard working takeaway owners gathered at the glam…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago  (992+ words) When the production team on Dirty Business first got in touch with Julie Maughan, she wasn't interested in speaking to them for the Channel 4 docudrama, which would focus on water companies illegally dumping raw sewage in our rivers and seas....

13+ hour, 7+ min ago  (855+ words) 1st In 1567, placards linking Mary Queen of Scots & Lord Bothwell in adultery and in Lord Darnley's murder began to circulate in Edinburgh. And in 1682, the Advocate's Library (now known as the National Library of Scotland and situated on George IV Bridge)…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago  (563+ words) A POPULAR bakery in Glasgow has gone into liquidation after almost 21 years in business. China Court Bakery has been popular in the Woodside area of the city after opening over two decades ago. It has been serving customers on Garscube…...

15+ hour, 8+ min ago  (508+ words) A SHORT film shot in Troon starring Scots actor David Hayman is to be released to raise funds for charity. Written and directed by BAFTA award-winning Scottish filmmaker David Arthur, it will be used to raise awareness and funds for…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1124+ words) The sleepy seaside town of North Berwick is an unlikely setting for an underground campaign of resistance. But East Lothian Council's decision to install parking meters has been met with an "unprecedented" level of hostility. Mystery vandals have caused almost…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (430+ words) Thames Valley Police say a suspect has been arrested A person has been arrested after a man died following an attack at a shopping centre in Milton Keynes. The alleged incident happened at the Centre:MK on Saturday afternoon and…...