Although there is statutory maternity and paternity leave - which guarantees time off and partial income compensation - not everyone takes it.Women can get six weeks before their due ...

One of Scotland's biggest private landowners - Buccleuch Estates - is behind the plans near Canonbie. Source link

BBC"Representing your country is the best thing, there is no better feeling," says Sakariya Abdi HassanSakariya Abdi Hassan was playing for non-league side AFC Sudbury when he got an ...

Riyah CollinsBBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesSabrina Carpenter, pictured with Country legends Sheryl Crow and Kacey Musgraves, released a version of her hit Please, Please, Please with Dolly PartonThey say the recipe ...

Video shows the extent of a fire at a country park that broke out in woodland.Firefighters were tackling further hotspots on Wednesday at Moors Valley Country Park on the ...

Kirsty BrienKirsty Brien took this shot of sunset at Ayr Beach.A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 14 and 21 March.Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ...

Keith PatonKeith Paton, of Fyvie, took a picture of one of his Jacob sheep on a clear night in Aberdeenshire.A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between ...

Jimmy ReidJimmy Reid took this incredible photograph of a long eared owl in the Pentland hills coughing up a pellet.A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between ...

Tony Jolliffe / BBC The Flow Country is a vast expanse of blanket bog in the North of ScotlandAfter an almost 40-year campaign, a stunning but little-known UK landscape ...

Jon DaveyShunpike Social Club performing on the ‘sea stage’ at the Sea Rising Festival in Portobello, taken by Jon DaveyA selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between ...

The dead civilians, many killed by bullets and shells, were the collateral damage of a war that began exactly a year ago, when Sudan's two leading military men fell ...

Dr Mathew Knowles says his daughter was inspired by her grandfather's favourite country music as a child. Source link