Spring

Japanese Knotweed. (Pic credit: Andrew Smith)

Invasive plants in the UK and how to manage them

The residents thoroughly enjoyed their four-legged visitors.

Peterhead care home gets four-legged visitors

Six of the best spring hikes in the UK

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Visitors to Skye could be asked to donate to the island under proposals being considered by island leaders. PIC: Jack Torcello/CC/Flickr .

Skye visitors could be asked to leave a donation for the good of the island

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

Property market has the traditional Spring in its step as the season changes - D...

When is the Pink Moon in April 2023?

Sharing bed with pets in April could be making you ill, say experts

Pet owners warned about hidden Easter dangers by top vet

Met Office UK weather forecast confirms Spring will finally arrive this week - when temperatures will rise

Weather forecast confirms Spring will finally arrive this week

A replacement has been drafted in to take Phillip Schofield’s place on ITV’s This Morning

Phillip Schofield to be replaced on ITV’s This Morning

Barry Fisher, CEO, Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Join our Spring Clean, because small steps can trigger huge change - Barry Fishe...

How to prepare for the upcoming clock change

The custom of changing our clocks twice per year dates back over a century to when it started in the First World War.

When do the clocks go forward in 2023 and when is Spring?

Holi 2023: When is it, what is it and how is it celebrated

Spring is in the Ayr at Trump Turnberry thanks to new getaway break

Ad Feature Spring is in the Ayr at Trump Turnberry thanks to new getaway break

When is Spring Equinox 2023?

M&S has apologised for displaying daffodils next to spring onions

M&S apologises after displaying poisonous daffodils with spring onions

Aldi launches new spring garden range for limited time only with trendy wellies for just £9.99 - how to buy

Aldi launches new spring garden range for limited time only

Here’s 10 spring blooms that could be toxic to your pets

10 toxic spring flowers pet owners should avoid

This is a facial reconstruction of Valentine of Rome who is thought to be the original Saint Valentine himself.

Valentine's Day 2023: Who was Saint Valentine and why do we celebrate him?

Council teams are already cutting back growth of trees and shrubs.

Time to ensure vegetation is not impacting carriageways or lighting

Edinburgh's Luke Crosbie and Dave Cherry celebrate after Pierre Schoeman scores a second-half try against Saracens.

Edinburgh’s win over Saracens was great – we should have been crowing about it

The Winter Solstice fell on Wednesday, December 21, now the days will gradually become lighter until the Summer Solstice of 2023.

When does Spring start 2023? When do days start getting longer in the UK?

Getting up at 5am has become a routine

A simple little routine which improved my life - Euan McColm

Report shows pubs could shut without extra energy bill support

According to the 'astronomical calendar', Autumn begins on 23 September 2022 and ends on 21 December 2022.

When do the clocks go back in 2022 and why do they change?

Scotland's seabirds face multiple risks with puffins under severe threat and now on a red list for protection. PIC: Nick/Flickr/CC

Concerns soar for Scotland’s seabirds in face of deadly new threat - Helen McLac...

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Keeping your pup clear of chocolate eggs this Easter is one of the biggest thing you can do to keep them happy and healthy.

The UK Kennel Club's top Easter dog safety tips

Sunseekers in Kelvingrove Park, where the atmosphere seems tamer than it once was, writes Laura Waddell. PIC: John Devlin.

I'm looking at Gen-Z and see them just vibing in a crazy world - Laura Waddell

Actress Amy Jackson launches Oxford Street's sustainability awareness campaign

Liz Lochhead's debut poetry collection, Memo for Spring, has stood the test of time (Picture: Toby Williams)

Liz Lochhead's debut poetry collection has stood test of time – Laura Waddell

When is Easter 2022? Dates of Easter Sunday, bank holiday and lent this year - and why Easter is so late in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images via Canva Pro)

When is Easter 2022? Date of Easter Sunday and why Easter is so late this year

It's out with the grey and in with colour, for happy home vibes

Over a third of homeowners will switch off their heating earlier than usual this...

Swimmers enjoying the sunshine at Luss on Loch Lomond on Saturday. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland’s weather: Plummeting temperatures to follow warm Mother's Day sunshine

Britain's biggest cleaning conundrums

When is the first day of Spring 2022? A visitor takes photos as she visits the Blossom Park at Amsterdamse Bos, where the cheery blossom blooms for several weeks starting at the end of the month of March into April, in Amstelveen on March 20, 2022. - Netherlands OUT (Photo by Evert Elzinga / ANP / AFP)

When is the first day of Spring 2022?

Spring flowers are a pretty and welcome sign that winter is finally over - but some of the blooms can be dangerous to dogs.

Spring flowers that are dangerous to dogs and what to do if your pup is poisoned

Spring 2022: When does spring start, when is the first day of the season - and what is the Spring equinox? (Image credit: Getty Images via Canva Pro)

This is when Spring will officially arrive in Scotland this year

The best garden gazebos UK for 2022

Ready your garden for spring with one of these gorgeous gazebos

These are the locations in the UK with the most expensive gardener rates – and t...

All the Scottish bank holidays in 2022, including Easter and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (Image credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

All the Scottish bank holidays in 2022, including Easter and Platinum Jubilee

Picnic baskets, blankets, cooler bags and backpacks 2021

Picnic baskets, blankets, cooler bags and backpacks

Deputy charge nurse Katie McIntosh giving Clinical Lead of Outpatient Theatres Andrew Mencnarowski, a Covid vaccine at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, on December 8.

Analysis: Scotland's Covid vaccine programme, six months on

An osprey laid her third egg of the season at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes reserve. Contributed.

Joy as osprey lays her third egg of Spring at Scottish loch

Spring has sprung and brought new hope

Spring brings new hope of haircuts and hugs - Kirsty Strickland

Beauty Easter Eggs 2021

Beauty Easter Eggs 2021: gorgeous cosmetic gifts from Look Fantastic

Our Rediscover Scotland aims to celebrate all that is good about the country as we move out of lockdown and celebrate the businesses and the people who will help us move towards brighter times. Pictured is Ben Stack near Lairg. PIC: ValeryEgorov.

Rediscover Scotland : Make the most of our country as we move out of lockdown

Aphrodite, the hen being carried in the style.

From Cluckingham Palace to the West Wing

PIC LISA FERGUSON: Ivy Anderson, four, and six-year-old brother Basil marvel at the 'Rainbow of Hope'

Edinburgh 'Rainbow of hope' brings some colour after a year of dark times

Unplanned flaring at Mossmorran petro chemical plant in Fife Sunday April 2019

Mossmorran: Flaring to be 'exception rather than the norm' as £140m upgrade star...

A footpath through a woodland full of wild garlic in Spring, Allium ursinum, in late evening sunlight

How to pick wild garlic and what to do with it.

Staff at a garden centre prepare to reopen to the public in May 2020 (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scottish horticulture industry calls for garden centres to reopen in open letter

Zique's paratha

What we're eating this March: cookbooks, Scottish pop-ups and products

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Britain's then prime minister Boris Johnson looks up as he delivers a speech in front of 10 Downing Street in central London. Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP amid Partygate probe accusations

The fourth episode of The Steamie for 2022 is now live. Picture: JPI Media/Shutterstock

The Steamie: Is the SNP's independence push running out of steam?

Hamdan Aslam died at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn of natural causes, police have said

Teenager, 14, who died at Scottish secondary school had heart condition