Scots urged to fall silent in memorial for three tragic victims of Stonehaven train derailment tragedy

parents are being urged not to take part in a sick new TikTok challenge which sees them encouraging children to mock people with disabilities. The 'New Teacher Challenge' has been doing the rounds on the social media platform and has been slammed by disability activists.The trend has racked up more than 100 million views.

harassment to a woman who went on to lodge a complaint against Alex Salmond. Senior official Nicola Richards told MSPs under oath that a draft was shared in late 2017 before the policy was changed to include the conduct of former ministers.

address claims senior government staff were advised not to be alone with Alex Salmond during his time as First Minister. Leslie Evans had initially told members of a Holyrood committee last week that she could not comment on the matter, prompting criticism from opposition MSPs.

Coronavirus tracers have failed to contact almost 700 Scots who should be in self-quarantine after overseas trips. Less than 20 of the missing cases have been passed to Police Scotland for investigation, new figures have revealed.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she was not aware of female civil servants being advised not be alone with her predecessor Alex Salmond.But she said MSPs probing the Scottish Government’s handling of sexual harassment allegations made against the former first minster were “perfectly entitled” to take up this issue.She vowed she was “absolutely committed to fully complying with the inquiry”.Her comments came after concerns were raised about “huge swathes” of information provided by the Scottish

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox every Friday.Nicola Sturgeon claimed she was not aware of female civil servants being advised to avoid being alone with former first minister Alex Salmond.Sturgeon was confronted with the direct question during First Minister's Questions two days after MSPs were prevented from probing the allegation in parliament.The First Minister said MSPs were "perfectly entitled" to take up this issue and vowed she

harassment.Civil service boss Leslie Evans confirmed she raised the issue with Sturgeon in November 2017 after learning about media interest in an "incident" at Edinburgh Airport.It adds to growing questions about the government's timeline of events while the Scottish Government was drawing up a complaints policy designed to cover former ministers.Evans was appearing before MSPs on a special Holyrood committee set up to investigate the Scottish Government's botched handling of their inquiry into

holiday, everyone takes a different approach.While some with have every detail of the itinerary planned and prepped, others prefer to be spontaneous and go with the flow.New research by Point A Hotels has unveiled that Scots actually fall into five types of traveller.These include the nature lover, the anxious traveller, the 'pics or it didn't happen', the go with the flow and the perfect planner.You may have an idea which you fall into - but a new quiz helps to determine which one you really

Tell us what you think about this year's A levels in our survey here. Chris Foley, h eadteacher of St Monica’s RC High School in Prestwich, said: "After the changes in Scotland, Northern Ireland Wales it seemed only fair that pupils in England can also receive the centre assessed grades that were submitted by teachers in June.

holiday destinations are at risk of being added to the Scottish Government’s quarantine list. Turkey, Greece and Croatia have seen a worrying spike in new coronavirus cases in recent days which is fueling concerns they could join Spain, France and the Netherlands.

holiday plans could face further disruption over fears Turkey may soon be added to the Covid-19 quarantine list. The holiday hotspot has recorded its highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases since June, with 1256 positive tests declared on Saturday.

Isle of Skye. The incident happened in the Coire Ghrunnda area of the Cuillin mountain range on Friday afternoon, August 14.

ScotRail on the fateful 06.38am service when it derailed near Stonehaven on Wednesday, killing three people. The 31-year-old's proud family paid tribute to her on social media after ScotRail's operations director praised the bravery of an unnamed staff member who was able to get to a signal box to call for help.

out of control dogs who chewed their way inside his hutch.Mum Steph Grandison has been left “traumatised” after witnessing the savage attack inside the garden of her Glenrothes home.The 24-year-old walked out the door and saw the two Spaniel-type dogs had got into her secure garden before chewing their way inside the fox-proof hutch.She frantically tried to get the attacking animals, who were not on leads, away from the one-year-old rabbit before rushing him off to the vet on Wednesday

flights to Turkey and Greece from Scotland amid a spike in demand. The budget airline say that 11,000 new seats will be on sale to Scots as holidaymakers flock to both countries “in their droves”.

Kenny MacAskill has criticised the Scottish Government for “failing” to hand over all the papers in the Alex Salmond probe. MacAskill rejected claims some information had to be censored and backed a Holyrood committee’s demands for full disclosure.