Schools across Perth and Kinross shut as teachers resume strike action over pay and conditions

Three US citizens accused of plotting to snatch kids and kill their parents have spent £180,000 of taxpayers’ cash trying to stay in Scotland.

Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to seek support and advice on how to keep their homes warm and cheaper to heat.

A mum has told how she was duped into inviting two suspects in a US child kidnap and murder plot to stay at her home with her kids.

The family of a Scots schoolboy allegedly lured into a field and 'beaten like a dog' by a gang of bullies have said they fear a child will die in Scotland before action is taken to tackle shocking incidents of youth violence.The 13-year-old boy was reportedly attacked by a group of teens in Fort William in the Highlands on Thursday night, while a number of others filmed the sickening scene on their phones. The disturbing footage, which was circulated online afterwards, shows the boy lying on the grass while he is kicked and beaten on the head and body multiple times.

Concerned Kris Commons reckons Celtic could be left scrambling to find a new striker this month - and fears similar deals that brought Mo Bangura and Stefan Scepovic to the club.

A new Covid strain has been identified by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as a likely contender to become the most dominant across the UK.

A senior Labour MSP has accused Keir Starmer of undermining the Scottish party after criticising gender recognition reforms passed by Holyrood.

Love Island viewers were left less than impressed after a series of technical issues interrupted the Winter series premiere.

Teachers all over the country are set to walk out in a series of strikes happening throughout January and February.

Children across Scotland are set to miss more days of school as a teaching union has announced 22 additional days of strikes in the ongoing pay dispute. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said the new strike days are in addition to the previously announced 16-day programme of rolling strike action, set to begin in schools across the country next week.

Strike action by Scottish NHS workers has been put on hold after talks with unions and the Scottish Government.

Teacher strikes are set to continue in Scotland with 16 days of walkouts planned across the country.

Schools across Perth and Kinross closed for two days this week as teachers took to picket lines over an ongoing national pay and conditions dispute.

A team of global scientists have raised fears the devastating bird flu outbreak could eventually transmit to humans and create a new pandemic.

Union leaders have said teacher strikes planned for Scotland's schools next week will go ahead after talks failed to produce an improved pay offer. Discussions took place on Thursday involving the Scottish Government, local authority leaders and teaching unions.

Teachers demonstrated outside Nicola Sturgeon’s official residence today as part of their campaign for higher wages.

Schools across Stirling have faced more disruption this week as teachers continue their ongoing walkout over a pay deal.

Parents are being urged to brace for school closures as teachers are to strike across the country on the second and third day of the new term.

Police have swooped on a dilapidated building in Greenock and seized a haul of cannabis valued at over £160,000 in one of several high-value drug raids made this week. Officers were tipped off to the plantation in a disused building in Nicolson Street in the Inverclyde town at around 6pm on New Year's Day.