Stressed teachers 'struggling to educate pupils' due to violence in Scots schools

More than 1700 schools in Scotland contain asbestos, new figures show. The data, covering primary, secondary and special schools, was revealed in freedom of information requests to each of Scotland's councils.

Mike Wass From serving drinks to passengers on a transatlantic flight to posing in his tighty-whities for a billboard, Lewis Capaldi’s reputation as music’s joker is hard-won. While the Scot’s wit and willingness to do just about anything for a laugh are on full display in his Netflix documentary, “How I’m Feeling Now,” Capaldi drops the mask long enough to share his Tourette’s diagnosis and struggle with imposter syndrome. A decision that weighed heavily. “I don’t know if you’re aware,” he deadpans, “but people are cunts.” Be that as it may, Capaldi forged ahead with the documentary. “I didn’t think I had a story that needed to be told,” he says, but director Joe Pearlman and his colleagues at Pulse Films saw it differently. The “Someone You Loved” hitmaker ultimately went along for the ride because he imagined the film as something of a victory lap. “I thought it was going to be triumphant,” he laughs. “But then COVID happened and they’re filming me sniffing my underpants.”

Police are appealing for the public’s assistance in an effort to trace a 30-year-old man who has been reported missing in Glasgow.

A fourth person has now been arrested in connection with the death of a woman at an Ayr flat.

Jamie Genevieve has shown off her newly renovated house as she admitted it finally "feels like home".

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has blasted “Progressive Scotland 2023” after a rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl in a park was spared jail.

Ken Bruce admits he's been 'struggling to plan his day' after his BBC Radio 2 exit as he makes his debut on his new show.

A mum pushes her baby girl through Farnworth town centre. “I have to keep walking otherwise she’ll wake up,” she says as she gently rocks the pram from side to side.

The death of an elderly woman in a Scots village has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal.

College counsellors are facing the axe despite huge demand from stressed-out young people.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 74-year-old woman was found dead inside a house in a rural village.

Police have locked down a street in Johnstone after a man was seriously assaulted in the street.

A Scots couple have been left shaken after a gang of masked prowlers tried to break into their home while they slept.

A frantic police search has been launched for a missing Aberfoyle man who vanished last night.

Concern has been raised over a major discrepancy between officially reported incidents of bullying and self-reported incidents in Perth and Kinross schools.

Three Pitbull puppies were stolen from a Scots home while their heartbroken owner was out celebrating Mother's Day.

Pupils and staff at Deans Community High School are celebrating a glowing report card.

Loch Ken Trust recently held the first of a series of environmental education sessions at Galloway Activity Centre.

A Perthshire councillor is urging people to get trained in CPR and use a lifesaving app after arriving at the scene of a fatal cardiac arrest.

An independent Perth prep-school has received full marks from Education Scotland following a recent visit by inspectors.