Senior SNP figures are gearing up for more charges relating to the police investigation into the party's finances with Humza Yousaf's year from hell expected to get worse.
The Labour-led local authority is set to invest millions in former Ministry of Defence land at Forthside which will become Stirling Studios, with Westminster Levelling Up funding being utilised to attract TV and film production amid Outlander being filmed close by.
The Scottish Greens minister refused to admit that the SNP's manifesto promise of giving free bikes to every child in poverty was going to fail, instead insisting it was not his job to push forward this policy, despite being a Scottish Government minister for active travel.
The Harry Potter author blasted the first minister after he claimed that trans women, who are already protected under the hate crime act while biological females aren't, would also be given protections under the upcoming misogyny law.
The Scottish Government's justice secretary confessed that her own administration should have done more to stop the shambolic rollout of the crime as MSPs get chance to vote on repealing it tomorrow.
Daryl Torrance was sentenced at Ayr Sheriff Court after admitting a charge of animal neglect after vets found that his dog was too weak to even lift his head during an examination.
Concerns have been raised that discontent surrounding the leadership of new chief constable Jo Farrell, and the retirement of three top cops, could damage the ongoing investigation into the SNP's finances.
The two actors have become fan favourites on the show and are a huge reason the time-travel drama is such a big hit
Creative Scotland handed out nearly £100k to Rein to fund a show which involved "non-simulated" and hardcore "sex scenes" but pulled the funding following a public outcry.
As Scots move towards the end of April, new data suggests that temperatures will take a nosedive starting at midnight on Tuesday, April 23
The first minister attended the climate summit in Dubai with a full entourage of officials, special advisers and his own private team of helpers, as did Mairi McAllan, with more than £80,000 of public money used on their expenses.
The firm was paid more than £690,000 in public cash to plant saplings at the Lost Forest as BrewDog boss James Watt once said he was willing to let his company go bust over the venture.