Senior teacher arrested in connection with rape of former pupil

Former Rangers star Dapo Mebude has been rushed to hospital in Belgium after suffering life-threatening injuries in a horror car crash.

Corrie star Michelle Keegan and her husband Mark Wright live a lavish life in their Essex mansion but many may not know that the actress' family actually originally hail from Glasgow.

As you walk up the narrow cobbled alleyway that runs behind a row terraces, you wouldn't think you're yards away from one of Greater Manchester's top-rated takeaways.

Footage has emerged allegedly showing the moment armed police arrested two people in connection with the Hogmanay gangland shooting of Marc Webley.

A former Scots Tory MP has posted a photo of himself meeting with former US president Donald Trump at his Florida resort.

Scots will have to batten down the hatches this week as Storm Henk is to hit the UK.

Kasabian have recalled their time meeting Sam Fender, and suggested that a collaboration with him is on the cards.The band opened up about their fondness for the Geordie singer-songwriter during a new interview, and recalled how they hit it off when they first met the musician.According to frontman Sergio Pizzorno, the members were first introduced to Fender backstage at TRNSMT festival in Scotland, and were immediately open to the idea of working together as they were fans of each other’s discography.“We hung out with him [Sam] and it was wild because he’s amazing,” Pizzorno told The Sun’s Bizarre column (via Music News). “What he’s done so quickly, he’s the real deal.”“Him and his guitarist were going, ‘Man, that first album [2004’s self-titled]!’… And I was like, ‘I’m a fan of yours!’,” he added.When asked about any chances of a collaboration in the future, the singer told the outlet that while nothing is confirmed just yet, “One day we hope to figure that out”.The interview with the outlet comes ahead of Kasabian releasing their upcoming eighth studio album ‘Happenings’ – which is scheduled to arrive later this summer, but does not yet have an exact release date.

School inspections have been halted following the death of a headteacher who killed herself after a negative Ofsted grading.

Scots Euromillions winner Jane Park has broken her silence to say she is ‘absolutely devastated’ after her gangland ex was shot dead during a Hogmanay party.

Pulp brought in the New Year in Edinburgh last night with a live show in front of thousands of revellers at the Princes Street Hogmanay concert.The Britpop legends played their first show in the Scottish capital in 20 years in a show that was organised by the City of Edinburgh Council, alongside UniqueAssembly.The band played two sets, one each side of midnight, separated by the traditional fireworks show at the stroke of 12. It was the 30th anniversary of the Princes Garden Street Party.A post shared by Pulp (@welovepulp)A post shared by @jarvisbransoncockerAn unashamed joy to see Common People performed for the first ever time with a bagpipe accompaniment. And hearing Lipgloss, for the first time live this millennium, and Monday Morning.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Awkwardly arriving the very same day as “The Bricklayer,” with Aaron Eckhart as an ex-CIA agent with the titular dayjob, “The Painter” has Charlie Weber as ex-CIA agent who has taken up … well, you can guess. This more humbly scaled actioner likewise finds its uber-tough erstwhile operative reluctantly forced back into activity amid a conspiratorial hail of bullets. From that shared starting point, Brian Buccellato’s script finds its own path.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift has broken Elvis Presley‘s longstanding record for the most weeks spent atop the Billboard 200 album chart by a solo artist. She set a new mark of 68 total weeks, as “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” landed on top of the chart for a fifth time in the final full tracking week of 2023. Although Swift set a new record for an individual, the ultimate high-water mark among all artists is still held by the Beatles, whose albums have spent 132 weeks on top of the Billboard 200.

Home Secretary James Cleverly joked about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug in comments made at a Downing Street reception.

A Scottish man has been arrested after a £96m cocaine haul weighing around 1.2 tonnes was found on a boat crossing the Atlantic.

Four new people have been charged in connection with the murder of Elle Edwards.

Rose Leslie is currently starring in the second series of the BBC show Vigil, which is set in Scotland and is soon set to come to a nail-biting conclusion. The actress, 36, who is from Aberdeen and was raised at Lickeyhead Castle until she was 10, plays Detective Inspector Kirsten Longacre and stars alongside Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva (Suranne Jones).They have been investigating a dark conspiracy in the world of the British Air Force during the new episodes of the drama. Away from the acting world, Rose is married to fellow Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow.

A four-year-old child has tragically died after suffering knife wounds in London.

A senior Scottish Green MSP has said the Government would have been better using the cash for a council tax freeze on anti-poverty projects.

Netflix has a new YA hit on its hands with My Life With The Walter Boys.

has already been renewed for a second season. Everybody try to contain yourselves.“I am beyond thrilled that My Life With the Walter Boys has been renewed for a second season,” series creator Melanie Halsall told .