Man who stabbed Scots mum to death in Australian home while high on drugs jailed for life

The Royal Family's Christmas celebration is always a grand event - and it appears this year, King Charles will be hosting the largest gathering in years.

Michael Shanks MP showed his support for an annual UK-wide campaign day by visiting a number of small businesses in the Rutherglen constituency.

Campaigners for and against a Galloway National Park have unsurprisingly reacted rather differently to plans to push for a vote on the matter.

Locals in a Scots village say their countryside is being turned into a concrete wasteland by massive planned "green" battery storage sites. More than 200 acres of farmland - enough for 128 football pitches - are set to be concreted over for six huge battery facilities within a two-mile radius of Leitholm, near Coldstream in the Borders.

BBC presenter and Sky News assistant editor Emily Deeker have celebrated the arrival of a 'Christmas miracle' baby following several unsuccessful rounds of IVF.

There is some extra festive sparkle lighting up the streets of Stirling this year after the city’s illuminations were extended for 2024.

A body has been discovered in the search for former England rugby union star Tom Voyce, who was tragically swept out to sea during Storm Darragh. Although formal identification has not yet been completed, Voyce's next of kin have been informed.

Police searching for missing ex-England rugby star Tom Voyce have found a body. The 43-year-old was reported missing on Sunday after he failed to return home after seeing friends on Saturday.

With just 13 sleeps to go until Christmas, many households will be looking at last minute ways to spruce up their sleeping space ahead of the big day. At Debenhams, a luxury bedding set has been slashed by a whopping 70%, making it a perfect way to add a touch of decadence in your bedroom or on the spare beds.

JB Gill and Lauren Oakley have made honest admissions to each other ahead of the Strictly Come Dancing final - and they weren't allowed to judge each other over what they said.

The UK is filled with brilliant, beautiful towns packed with history and things to do and discover. Pateley Bridge is one such example and Samantha Teasdale of Yorkshire Live was tasked with exploring it for herself...

As the festive season approaches, we all find ourselves spending more than usual on Christmas gifts, parties, and food.

Manchester United loanee Jadon Sancho has insisted that training at Chelsea is fun as the squad assembled at Cobham is pushing him on to be a better player.

When Wigan gran Patricia Bunting boarded a flight to Orlando, she was excited for her dream trip to Disney World.

Coleen Rooney has told fans she's 'overwhelmed' with the reaction to her I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here stint as she shared her first official message since leaving the jungle.

Ever wondered what life is really like working in the festive surroundings of Lapland?

Strictly Come Dancing fans have issued a demand to shake-up the final after details of what's to come were revealed. The 2024 series will come to a glittering end this weekend.

Struggling to keep light-coloured floors spotless can be a real challenge, as dirt and grime are almost impossible to hide.

—spiritually, that is? You may be in need of a spiritual awakening.While the idea of a spiritual awaking may sound a little “woo woo” for some of us, it's actually much more simple than it sounds: It's merely the process of becoming more ; whatever that means to you. Many people who have been through one describe it as a greater sense of awareness or groundedness, a new, wider perspective on life or a deep sense of purpose.In 2022, for instance, Riverdale's told that she went through a spiritual awakening during the pandemic. “I've been following that and really exploring my connection to spirituality and it's been a game changer,” she said.Basically, we want one.

Shocking new lawsuits claim that Sean Combs drugged and then anally raped a trio of men at two Manhattan hotels and at his Hamptons estate.One of them men recalled during his drugged haze that once Combs was finished sodomising him, he then handed him off to others from Bad Boy Records so they could take “turns anally raping him,” according to his lawsuit.Filed early Thursday in Manhattan Supreme court, the three lawsuits cite events in 2019 and 2020 and each allege that Combs served the anonymous victims alcoholic drinks spiked with drugs which made the men feel “ill” and lose consciousness, only to awake as Combs was anally penetrating them, court documents state.On victim, who says he worked as a “errand boy” for Comb’s record label, Bad Boy Records, said that during his February 2020 rape at the InterContinental New York Times Square hotel, Combs told him to “stop” when he tried to resist after waking up during the attack.Combs allegedly also told him he was “almost done” prior to ejaculation, the suit claims, and then said that he would “look like an idiot” if he ever tried to go to the police.Another victim says that when he was drugged and raped in 2019 at an exclusive afterparty at the Park Hyatt hotel, he had a “brief moment of consciousness” where he saw “a man and a woman sitting on the bed recording the rape on a camera,” his suit claims.When he awoke, the victim claims that a mysterious man in the hotel room handed him roughly $2,500 in cash, telling him it was from a now-absent Combs.During the summer of 2020, the third victim — a Florida man — was invited to a party at Comb’s Hamptons estate.After flying to New York, the victim claims that associates from Bad Boy Records picked him up from his Manhattan

his Malibu mansion that was hit by the wildfires raging through Southern California.“It was coming from the hill, you could see it,” the legendary actor, who turns 99 on Friday, said in an interview on “Today” on Thursday. “And oh my God, and we got out of here,” he continued.