Archbishop William Nolan said the pope ‘was very keen that the church should bring hope to people’.

Hector had to have his tail and a leg amputated after suffering severe injuries in the incident in North Ayrshire.

The cutlery sold for nearly six times its estimate.

The watercolour, titled Bouleternere, was painted in 1925 with sparing use of colour and depicts the hillside town.

Each egg contained healthy treats for the animals.

Kristopher Purvis, 35, of Durham, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

He had bail continued and will next face court in June.

The rate in the area is 14.5 per 100,000 people, more than five times the estimated worldwide rate of 2.71 per 100,000 people.

The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row aims to raise more than £1 million for The Maclean Foundation.

Bouleternere was painted in 1925, just three years before the designer’s death, and is valued at £100,000-£150,000.

Steven Greig, 47, left Mark Ward, 55, severely disabled after the attack in Dundee in 2022 and his victim later died the following year in hospital.

Unison members will walk out on April 22 and 23, following a one-day strike on March 28.

At midnight on Friday, the campers saw flames getting closer to where they had set up their tents.

The letter warned of a risk that Scottish entertainment workers will have to leave the country to find work.

The Educational Institute of Scotland union revealed plans to strike over the proposals for compulsory redundancies.

Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service remains at the scene.

Six fire engines were sent to Blairlinn industrial estate in Cumbernauld where a building was ‘well alight’.

A total of six fire engines were sent to Blairlinn Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld on Tuesday afternoon.

Grant Paterson’s CalMac colleagues offered their support to his family, and described him as a ‘larger-than-life character’ in a tribute.