Kirk Thompson was also jailed after images of child abuse were found on his phone as police investigated the racism.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for much of the UK as winter starts to bite.

The centenary of adventurer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death has been marked by Edinburgh-based luthier Steve Burnett.

The white Christmas continued after a Met Office weather warning of snow was issued on Saturday.

The white Christmas continues as Boxing Day is forecast to see snow fall across parts of Scotland.

One woman said she had to give up as she was not able to wait.

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow and wind as Storm Barra batters Scotland just weeks after the first winter storm of the season.

Crown Counsel has formally instructed a fatal accident inquiry should be launched into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill.

The school told parents it had closed for a week ‘due to reduced teaching and support staff’ after a suspected outbreak of the coronavirus variant.

Snowfall, heavy rain and gusty winds battered parts of Scotland, north-east England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Friday.

The Met Office had issued a rare red warning for wind from 3pm on Friday to 2am on Saturday.

People are being urged to stay away from the coastline as Storm Arwen sweeps into the UK.

The warning stretches along the east coast from Newcastle upon Tyne to beyond Aberdeen.

The earthquake in the Scottish Highlands was 17 billion times smaller than the one which hit Japan in 2011.

A 2.2 magnitude quake was recorded near Roybridge on Friday, the British Geological Survey said.

Ronnie Alexander was found lying in the snow in January 2018, and later died in hospital from hypothermia, a court was told.

Zeng Xing Yu, also known as Wenjie Yu, is accused of attempting to murder Pc Neil Kerr on July 21 last year when he drove into him in Glasgow.

Zeng Xing Yu is accused of attempting to murder Pc Neil Kerr on July 21 last year when he drove into him in Glasgow.

Wenji Yu is standing trial in Paisley accused of attempted murder over an incident last July in which Pc Neil Kerr was run over.