When Evelyn Chelley started her nursing training as a teenager in Aberdeen, she never imagined that it would lead to becoming a medical officer in mountain rescue.

You will usually find Graeme Fawns chatting away while cutting hair at one of his two @66 Hair and Lifestyle salons in Glasgow.

A thug who murdered a young mum in a frenzied attack with a broken bottle was awaiting sentence for assault at the time of the killing.

Anyone who attended a lower league Scottish football match in the late 1990s might have thought their eyes were deceiving them when they saw who was standing on the terraces.

It could have been the opening scene of some apocalyptic movie. A government minister telling householders to stock up on food and water in preparation for flooding, power cuts and storm damage.

Gayle Rankin has a theory about herself, and she offers it up early, unprompted. “I’m a kind of witchy person,” she says from her home in upstate New York, “and I’m quite superstitious, especially about my art and its place in my life.”

When the arguments start raging, paper money goes flying and the mood sours before the sprouts have even settled, many Christmas gatherings feature a spell of cursing whoever dared to invent Monopoly.

When he ran on to the pitch as Dundee United’s captain, Iain Jenkins said his heart would “burst with pride” as fans roared his name.

A major action plan ­featuring the views of 2,258 Scots on the future of our town centres has been presented to First Minister John Swinney as part of the Sunday Post’s Fresh Start campaign.

Scotland’s Patient Safety Commissioner has backed calls for a national funding model to meet the £144 million cost of hospice care – warning too many dying patients are being denied the support and choice to die at home.

You can’t really escape Abba in Sweden. In Stockholm their music is part of the landscape, from the Abba Museum to the hotels linked to band members Benny and Björn. But head south-east to Västervik and then out into the Tjust archipelago and the volume switch changes. The familiar hits give way to a very different soundtrack, created by nature.

"What the hell are you doing way out here in the middle of nowhere?” asks Thomas, head barman at The Post Hotel, picking up a cloth to dry a wine glass.

Perhaps overlooked due to its proximity to the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and seaside towns of Blackpool, St Annes and Morecambe, the Ribble Valley is another must-visit destination in England’s north-west.

Edinburgh native Katie Messer began her career working in music, managing bands while working at Post Electric Studio.

Leading addiction experts have expressed serious concern over the rise in drugs deaths expected to be announced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday.

Mobile phone payment apps are fuelling compulsive shopping, a leading expert on addiction has warned.

One of the world’s leading experts on homicide has insisted Police Scotland must probe every death where there is a history of domestic abuse to ensure staged murders are not missed.

In each episode of Two Doors Down, Eric and Beth Baird’s plans for a quiet night in are disturbed by their annoying neighbours who take over their house and cause chaos.

The Sunday Post’s It’s Time campaign is already pushing forward change, with the Scottish Government announcing a raft of new proposals to deter abusers and protect victims.

The exact location of the But an’ Ben remains a closely guarded secret to allow The Broons to enjoy time away from Glebe Street in peace. All we know is that it’s somewhere in the Highlands.

Energy is so deeply woven into our lives that it can often be taken for granted. Flick a switch and the lights are on, the kettle boils, or the air fryer delivers a quick and easy dinner.

TV comedian and Celebrity Traitors star Lucy Beaumont is in the kitchen of her Manchester home, having spent the morning on her laptop.

If you're going to score one goal in your international career for Scotland, you might as well make it a spectacular strike against the best team in the world.

After another summer of extreme heat, avoiding searing temperatures has again become top of many travellers’ agendas. This summer saw the mercury rise well into the 40Cs across Europe, leaving holidaymakers questioning vacation choices as they sweltered in the sun.

Arriving in Uganda brought a tangible adrenaline rush. It wasn’t my first time, you see, so I had a good idea of all the incredible bucket-list activities that lay ahead.

I often worry that my Highland home has numbed me to a spectacular view. It is not rare for me to be stood with my toes in a flat-calm loch, gazing at the mountains beyond, or trudging through dense woodland surrounded by the scent of nothing but nature.

I will be honest, when the news of the heatwave down south first made it to the Highlands, I was incredibly jealous. My laundry was hardly drying outside and people elsewhere were having ice creams for their lunch? I was ready to pack my bags.

Few would argue that France has some serious culinary chops. Its influence extends far and wide – from structuring professional kitchens to standardising the language of food and introducing multiple courses in a meal.

Whoops and shrieks fill the warm, sweet Florida air. Oohs and ahhs follow before high fives and excited clapping ripple through the crowd as we celebrate the ride of our lives.

GP walk-in centres are damaging traditional doctors’ surgeries, leading medics have warned.

Standing on guard with a fencing foil was the last thing on the mind of teacher Jenny Kerr as she approached her 60s.

Sotto is one of Edinburgh's most talked about foodie spots.The Enoteca & Trattoria in the heart of Stockbridge offers an extensive selection of over 200 Italian wines and relaxed dining.

Bereaved families who have lost loved ones to domestic abuse are calling on the First Minister to take on board their concerns before he addresses parliament tomorrow to announce plans to toughen laws and improve justice procedures.

First Minister pledges £2m for Fund To Leave and GPS pilot for abusers as first in a series of sweeping changes to tackle the crisis of violence against women after engaging with our It’s Time campaign.

Curriculum changes will involve pupils as young as three learning about ‘cyber resilience’.

In a small, white-tiled bathroom in the British Embassy in Tehran, with the taps running to foil any listening devices, two Cold War spies from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain sat sharing tumblers of vodka.

The red carpet was rolled out for inspirational individuals at the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland Heart Hero Awards 2026.

Rachael Stirling is worried that once people read her new book, everyone will think she’s a little strange.

Social workers have issued an “unreserved apology” to Forced Adoption victims, days after the BBC documentary Stolen Babies was broadcast.

Almost 100 sex crimes including rape and assaults have been recorded at swimming pools and leisure centres in Scotland, figures reveal.

As managing director of Celentano’s, which she runs with her husband Dean, Anna Parker shapes guest experience at one of Glasgow's most popular foodie spots.

Household technology designed to make all our lives ­easier is being weaponised by stalkers and domestic abusers to watch, listen in on and remotely monitor their victims.

Too many people still think of violence against women and girls as a woman’s issue. It goes way beyond that. It is one of the most urgent challenges facing Scotland today.

Rape support ­workers are seeing a marked increase in young female victims, many of whom have been coerced into extreme ­sexual ­practices ­promoted on social media, one of Scotland’s top sex-crime experts has warned.

A Scot who lost his best friend to cancer has been called up to save the life of a stranger.

She’s been a Dame since the last New Year’s Honours, but there’s a title that actress and writer Meera Syal holds a lot more fondly: Auntie.

The Salvation Army has said it will “reflect” on its practices following an outpouring of anger and grief over the BBC’s Stolen Babies programme highlighting our Forced Adoption campaign.

A blind St Bernard has finally found his forever home in Scotland after spending almost a year waiting in kennels.

When Clint Eastwood was asked how he managed to keep going at 88, he replied that he got up every morning, tried to be productive and did not let the old man in.

Exactly a week ago, when most normal people were still dropping marmalade on Oor Wullie, a few others were quietly gathering in Stirling.