Fears Scotland's exam system could descend into chaos for second year running

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Scotland's Home of the Year has left viewers 'blown away'. The Garden House, in St Andrews, appeared in the latest episode of the BBC property show, and is a stunning home built around a pond and greenery.

TV producers are looking for Scotland's Home of the Year and it could be yours. BBC Scotland's popular weekly property programme will return for a fourth series as the filmmakers IWC begin their search for outstanding homes from across Scotland to take part.

cocaine from London to Scotland has been jailed for five years. Robert Clifford, also known as Robert Stewart, was caught with 65 kilograms (more than 10 stone) of the class A drug carried in suitcases in his HGV.

“Our solicitor gave us hope and told us to stay positive.“The local politicians, family, friends, the community in Dumfries and everyone who signed the petition kept us going – to them, we say a huge thank you.”

coronavirus could "scupper" the UK's road map out of lockdown as four cases are recorded in Scotland. Recent figures have suggested that Covid-19 infections across the UK have dropped to the lowest level since the autumn, but despite this, Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College, says Britain should be prepared for a third wave after 77 cases of another possible variant was recorded domestically.

“The battle goes on, we still have no idea what is allowed in terms of first dance, live music and guest interaction. We have great numbers and we are delighted with the bigger number but need more guidance.“We are meeting the Scottish Government on Friday to go through their proposed guidance for April 26 to May 17 but will also be pushing for guidance levels two, one and zero.

workers in their own homes using webcams.Staff say the installation of cameras for remote workers is a “Big Brother” tactic and fear the technology could be open to abuse.Webcams are being sent out this Thursday to ­thousands of Scottish staff who work for Teleperformance –the largest contact centre company in the world.Teleperformance will be able to access live footage of an employee’s home work station – potentially a living room kitchen or bedroom.In a statement, ­Teleperformance said

breastfeeding mum fears a hacker took control of her Wi-Fi baby monitor - and watched her and the child. Shocked Amie Broom says she's convinced a stranger was controlling the device at her home in Kirkwall, Orkney.

exams quango has been accused of failing pupils over an appeal system aimed at avoiding a rerun of last year’s test chaos.Activists have criticised the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) over a consultation it held seeking pupils’ views on plans.Critics said the SQA used “incredibly complex” language in the 4000-word document for children, parents and teachers.The view-gathering exercise was also criticised for lasting two weeks when consultations usually take three months.Did you know you

council flat. Anna Petrosidou told how her two-year-old now needs to use an inhaler and believes issues with their Edinburgh home are the cause of the problem.

drug user injected heroin at her door and tried to enter her home before leaving a bloodied path in his wake.Jade Ward now fears for the safety of her newborn daughter, five-year-old step-daughter and other youngsters who live in the same four-in-a-block in Ayr, South Ayrshire after the frightening incident on Wednesday.The 24-year-old was left 'terrified' after 'hearing a noise out on the close' at around 7.30pm before a concerned neighbour then showed her shocking footage of the man at their

Scots cop accused of a six-year campaign of domestic abuse feared he was going to end up in jail, a court has heard.Police Constable Fraser Ross was recorded saying he would be locked up over his relationship with Anne-Marie Hirdman because he knows "how the system works."PC Ross, 41, denies repeatedly physically and mentally abusing Miss Hirdman, 42, through their six years together and is currently on trial over the claims at Hamilton Sheriff Court.Giving evidence on Tuesday, PC Ross, who has

Scottish Lib Dems leader wants future Scottish Parliament polls to use single transferable vote (STV), the same system used at council elections since 2007 which sees voters rank candidates by order of preference.His party also wants a return to Holyrood elections being held every four years instead of five and support the introduction of a recall function which could see misbehaving MSPs removed from office.Rennie claimed yesterday that Alba - a breakaway party launched last month - was

veterans who have battled from the brink of despair have now been plunged back to their darkest days during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Record has discovered that for many ex-service personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the coronavirus crisis feels like being back in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan.Our probe also revealed that one of the UK’s leading PTSD experts has also warned that the condition is not limited to the military community, with many civilians facing

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionIn contrast, neighbouring South Lanarkshire is sitting at 74.3 cases per 100,000.There have been a further 352 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Scotland during the last 24 hours.No further deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours which means 7,584 people have passed away since March 2020.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 9,897 deaths had been