Scots parents take Halloween to the next level with hilarious costumes for their kids

Brian Cox says his parenting skills are nothing like his ruthless on-screen character.The Dundee-born actor plays media mogul Logan Roy – who lets his children fight for control of his empire – in Succession.Each one of them seems dependent on him and almost self-destruct trying to win his approval.But dad-of-four  Brian, 74, has said that he doesn’t overly protect his own children and feels they should be “allowed to fail”.Speaking on David Tennant Does A Podcast With…, he said: “My thing is

squirrel has gone viral for its giant 'boobs'. Photograper Martin Brown captured the hilarious picture at Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve in Fife yesterday.

breakthrough drugs are given the formal green light in time.Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman set out the timeline and who will get vaccinated first in a statement to the Scottish Parliament.She said one million people could be vaccinated by the end of January.Freeman said it will be among the "biggest civilian logistical challenges in our lifetime".The first wave of vaccine distribution, from December to February, will go to frontline health and social care staff, older residents in

travel ban is being imposed tomorrow along with closures for non essential shops affecting nearly half the population. The measures attracted a major backlash from businesses who now fear disaster in the normally busy festive season.Sturgeon, at today's coronavirus briefing, said the rate of infection is showing signs of improvement but there are big regional variations.

East Kilbride mum has said her children are terrified to come home after her partner's van was destroyed in an early morning blaze.The family say they have been left with virtually no source of income just weeks before Christmas after the works van was "torched".The distraught family have taken to Facebook after the terrifying blaze on Monday night shortly after 6pm at Turnberry Place in Greenhills.Most of the tools in the van are now damaged beyond repair and the charity volunteer mum has said

level four lockdown does not mean a return to strict protective shielding for vulnerable people. But she said many in that category will be worried about being asked to go to work in areas heading to the highest covid alert on Friday.

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

mental health so far during lockdown. Since coronavirus restrictions were imposed in March, Childline held 2,432 counselling sessions with children in Scotland about emotional and mental health issues including loneliness and low self-esteem.

police chief has vowed to catch mindless yobs who caused chaos across Scotland on Bonfire Night. Investigations are underway after officers and fire crews were attacked with fireworks and other missiles in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Greenock on Thursday night.

parents have blasted a controversial TV soap storyline where a couple terminate their pregnancy because the baby has Down's syndrome.Emmerdale has come under fire over the divisive storyline which sees Laurel Thomas and Jai Sharma deciding to abort their unborn baby after tests show it has the condition. Scenes are due to be aired this winter, however ITV bosses at the hit show have been blasted 'ignorant' over the decision by Scots parents who say they have been 'upset' by it.

parents of children with Down's syndrome say they fear new testing measures will lead to more abortions of babies found to have the condition. NHS Scotland rolled out Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, or NIPT, in September as part of new routine pregnancy screening measures.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Still Game's Isa has swapped life in Craiglang for a role teaching children in a Special Education Needs school.Actress Jane McCarry may be best known for playing gossip Isa in the hit BBC Scotland sitcom, but it now looking forward to working at Craigmarloch School in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.At the school Jane, 50, will teach children with additional support needs.She played Isa in the long-running TV show

Halloween revellers flocked to an illegal fancy dress rave at a disused farmhouse – ignoring lockdown rules.The Record can reveal that crowds of ravers in fancy dress headed to an old farmhouse from 1pm on Saturday to party, drink and dance – despite the tight restrictions in place aimed at stopping the spread of the deadly virus.Our probe discovered that revellers headed from far and wide to Patterton, near Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, for the Halloween event.

Halloween looks at home. Instagram star Ellie Hand-McCready, from Dunbar, has built a following with her ghoulish tutorials and transformations which rack up thousands of views on social media.

Covid restrictions have left theatres closed indefintely.The children's entertainment company are now asking for donations in a desperate bid to keep their heads above water as coronavirus threatens to pull the final curtain on the much-loved show for good.The family-favourite has been entertaining children since 2015 when it was born as a spin-off of the hugely popular, The Singing Kettle, which ceased performing after 23 years when husband and wife owners Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise hung up

Andrew Cotter, and his two lovable dogs are back with a Halloween-themed voiceover video clip.

Halloween by dressing up in a different costume every day after guising was banned amid covid fears.Seven-year-old Chloe Lennon, who has Down's syndrome loves to play dress up so convinced mum Jade to let her don a different costume every day in the lead up to October 31.Chloe kicked off her creative visions by transforming into Maddie, the young dancer from popstar Sia's Chandelier video, which is one of the Irvine youngster's favourite songs.She then took inspiration from one of her favourite

Halloween this year despite the coronavirus pandemic halting celebrations. While lavish A-list costume parties and trick-or-treating were off the cards in 2020, that didn't stop famous faces from getting into the spooky spirit.

Christmas 2020 memorable has gathered support from thousands across Scotland. Mums and dads have taken to Facebook appealing to families to ring a bell for Santa on Christmas Eve.