just now A headteacher who sent "problematic" pupils home after registration to inflate attendance figures has been barred from the profession. The head told staff to give some students work to do away from the school to avoid formally excluding them, a…...

2+ min ago People on low incomes could be losing out on a grant for winter heating bills because postcodes are missing from an energy supplier's website. Scottish Gas were warned last autumn that customers on means-tested benefits living in a specific Glasgow…...

4+ min ago Public inquiries should have set budgets and timeframes, MSPs have recommended amid concerns about spiralling costs. It found that the cost of inquiries in Scotland has risen by "30m this year, totalling almost "260m since 2007. The Scottish government has been asked for…...

6+ min ago A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland. Scotland's papers: 'Fake name' complaint row and maternity care warning...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago A man is in hospital fighting for his life after he was involved in a crash on an e-bike, police have said. The 34-year-old was left with life-threatening injuries after he crashed the electric scooter at about 15:00 GMT on Saturday…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago The Electoral Commission has found no "credible evidence of potential offences of electoral law" over Nigel Farage's election expenses. In a letter to Reform UK's treasurer, shared with the BBC, the watchdog said it would take no further action. It…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago John Linehan has been entertaining generations for decades under the guise of his alter ego May McFettridge. Across almost four decades on radio, TV and stage, his career has been a rich and rewarding one - but there is one moment,…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago A man has been arrested after a pedestrian died in a suspected hit-and-run in an Oxfordshire village. The man in his 20s, was found on Grove Road, in Bladon, outside The White House community pub on Saturday at about 03:00 GMT. He…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago For 38 years, Rob McClearly was a black-cab driver in London, spending his days chatting to locals, tourists and celebrities. When the time came for him to retire, the sociable cabbie was reluctant to go from a life of near-constant socialising…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago The Metropolitan Police is falling short on its aim of answering 90% of emergency calls within 10 seconds, a government watchdog has found. The Met's mid-year review indicated 78% of calls were answered within the time period, compared with 85% in the same six…...