Between 260 to 390 prisoners will be eligible for release under the latest move to tackle overcrowding in jails.

Scotland’s record try scorer Duhan van der Merwe is back in full training in a boost ahead of the country’s opening Six Nations Championship clash against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Adventure doesn’t stop after dark in Scotland, from twilight kayaking along the River Tay to pitch-black bungee jumps in the Highlands.

Film legend Harrison Ford is the star of a new worldwide ad-campaign for Glenmorangie Highland single malt Scotch whiskey. The campaign comprises a series of episodic movies.

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home.

Scotland have added five players to their Six Nations squad ahead of their opening fixture against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, including Australia-born back row Alexander Masibaka after number eight Josh Bayliss dropped out with a groin injury.

Buildings are damaged and 100,000 homes and businesses are left without electricity as gusts over 100mph are recorded.

An emergency alert was being sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of the rare red warning. The last wind storm of this scale to affect Central Scotland was on 3 January 2012. At the time it prompted a Met Office red warning for wind that was similar in scale and scope to the one issued for Éowyn.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, vanished earlier this month in Scotland, and a police report revealed their chilling final message to their landlady.

Scotland has been dealt a major blow ahead of the Six Nations with captain Sione Tuipulotu ruled out of the rugby tournament because of injury.

By all appearances, you are doing nothing. But, quite the opposite: You are hurkle-durkling.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.