It comes as parents face higher fines this academic year if they take their children out of class without permission.

People in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday should not travel, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said police would ...

Police are growing increasingly concerned for a Hatfield teenager after she went missing in the early hours of this morning.

A High Court judge ordered child-killer Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock as the full horror of the “sadistic” murders of three children in Southport were outlined. Liverpool Crown Court was ...

The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.