Rangers moved to second in the William Hill Premiership with a deserved but nervy 1-0 victory over Dundee at Ibrox on Saturday.

A woman who died in an early morning crash in the Highlands has been named.

A 77-year-old Just Stop Oil protester has been recalled to prison after her wrists were too small for an electronic tag.

A nine-year-old was among the five people killed in the Christmas market attack in the German city of Magdeburg, an official has said.

A man has been left injured following a serious assault in West Dunbartonshire.

Travis frontman Fran Healy surprised the crowd at a Glasgow pub by belting out one of the band's biggest hits on karaoke.

Ferries have been cancelled and train services impacted as high winds hit Scotland’s Christmas getaway.

Brendan Rodgers is relishing the chance to face Dundee United for the first time as a manager when he takes his Celtic side to Tannadice on Sunday.

Former Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said he has “always believed” Libyan national Abu Agila Masud of being involved in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

A masked man threatened a shop worker before making off with a sum of money in North Lanarkshire.

A man says he spent years of his life "living just to gamble" after losing £250,000 to fund his betting addiction.

A north east charity is making sure disadvantaged children have a gift to open this Christmas.

A Fife charity say they've been "overwhelmed" by the generosity of the public following their annual Christmas appeal.

Safety concerns are rising at night-time in Aberdeen due to a lack of taxi provision.

Ncuti Gatwa has reflected on his first year playing Doctor Who and said he did not “quite realise the magnitude” of what he was taking on.

A CCTV appeal has been launched following an assault on a street in Ayr.

Two Hibs supporters have been handed stadium bans after security stewards were assaulted at the club’s Scottish Premiership match against Ross County.

At least one person has been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in eastern Germany, police have said, according to local public broadcaster MDR.

A woman has died at the scene of a single vehicle crash in the Highlands.

A housing developer is to deliver over 100 new homes over the land of the former Playdrome Leisure Centre in Clydebank.

A children's charity said it has rejected the Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas donation as it would "not be consistent" with its work supporting victims of sexual abuse.

A former wrestler arranged to meet a girl he believed was 14 after speaking in a sexual manner with her online.

A woman has been arrested two months on from the death of a "beloved" dad in Uddingston.

Wham! have made chart history as Last Christmas becomes the first song to be crowned Christmas number one two years in a row.

A 79-year-old woman who died following a two-car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire has been named.

Police are continuing to search for an abuse survivor who was reported missing after an inquiry chair ruled an anonymity bid could not be reversed.

Police are hunting teenage boys after a woman was assaulted in Glenrothes town centre.

A forensic accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years.

Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin revealed a double injury blow ahead of the visit of Hibernian on Saturday.

Hibernian forward Dwight Gayle revealed he intends to retire from playing at the end of this season.

The Scottish Government’s enterprise agency is under fire after it extended an exclusivity deal with theme park operator Flamingo Land for a section of land at Loch Lomond.

Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said.

Philippe Clement says "all of Europe" has been discussing the decision not to award Rangers a penalty in their League Cup final defeat to Celtic.

A seven-year-old girl has died and a teacher and three other students were wounded in a knife attack at a school in Croatia’s capital, police said.

Sue Gray, the civil servant who investigated Partygate and went on to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been made a life peer, Downing Street said.

The King joked that he was “still alive” during a visit with the Queen to Walthamstow after August’s peaceful anti-racist protest in the area.

Lifeboat crews rescued nine people and a dog after they became cut off by the tide on an island near Edinburgh.

A man has been arrested after allegedly driving the wrong way on the A90 in Aberdeenshire.

Scotland’s biggest teaching union will ballot members over potential strike action in Glasgow.

Dylan John Thomas is gearing up for the biggest gig of his life tonight as he gets ready to play his first headline show at the Hydro.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Aberdeen on Thursday.

The search for flight MH370 has been renewed after the Malaysian government agreed to a "no find, no fee" deal with a US company to search for the missing plane which is believed to have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean over a decade ago.

Lawrence Shankland admitted floundering Hearts have only themselves to blame after they were met with “hostility” from their own supporters as they crashed out of the Conference League.

CCTV footage has been released of the moment children helped police arrest the 'Grinch' after a break-in at their nursery.

Hairdresser Jo Hansford's Mayfair salon is among seven companies granted Royal Warrants, as ITV News' Royal Editor Chris Ship reports.

A man has been seriously injured following a two-car crash on the A9 on Thursday.

Three brothers from Edinburgh training to row across the Pacific Ocean have gone viral after a video showing their boat capsizing gained millions of views.

A coroner has recorded an open conclusion regarding the death of TV doctor Michael Mosley, who died on a Greek island after he went for a walk.

A rapist who pretended to be a "Good Samaritan" in order to lure a vulnerable woman to his home has been jailed for five years.

The death of a doctor at a secure psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh could have been prevented if her son's warnings about her suicidal ideations had been acted on, a sheriff has ruled.

St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson will be without skipper Mark O’Hara for four to six weeks due to a recurring thigh problem but admits he feared a much-longer absence.

An NHS health board has urged anyone who has displayed signs of illness and is planning on visiting someone in hospital to remain at home.

Brendan Rodgers says there is "always a narrative" after Old Firm games but insists his side just focus on winning and continuing their success.

Three men who have been arrested in Scotland are facing extradition to Canada over the death of a restaurateur.

Travel across Scotland has been disrupted with roads closed, ferry services cancelled and a dangerous building identified in Glasgow.

CalMac has announced that the long-awaited long-awaited ferry the Glen Sannox will enter service in January.

Two men have been charged with assaulting police after a disturbance at Manchester Airport.

A former police officer handcuffed a woman he met on a dating website, while off-duty but wearing his uniform, in the hope it would be the “start of a more intimate relationship”, a misconduct hearing found.

A police officer was transported to hospital after they attended a disturbance at a property in Renfrewshire on Saturday.

Jordan McGhee insisted Dundee are relishing the challenge of trying to “right the wrongs” of their Hearts defeat when they return to action away to Rangers on Saturday.

A section of the A9 has reopened more than 12 hours after a two-vehicle collision while police deal with a second crash on another section of the major road.

Don Cowie warned Ross County against the threat of becoming too comfortable within a congested relegation battle as he challenged his side to start reeling in teams above them.

The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow pupil was in her first term at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said.

A number of streets in Glasgow city centre are closed on Friday after a dangerous building was identified.

A cosmetic and weight loss clinic that secretly filmed patients is “not safe”, the health watchdog has found as it put the provider in special measures to protect the public.

A road has been closed for more than four hours after an early morning collision on Friday.

Travellers are being urged to plan their journeys over Christmas and New Year, after a yellow weather warning for wind was issued by the Met Office.

Young musicians have been displaying their newfound talents at concerts this Christmas.

The Scottish Government has been urged to reduce the cost of rail travel after a price comparison found it was cheaper to fly from Edinburgh to London than commute from the Scottish capital to Glasgow by train.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown to science that have been named this year.