A teenager has appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court charged with the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail who was found dead on the Isle of Bute.

A giant balloon depicting Donald Trump as an angry, orange baby will fly near Parliament during the US president’s controversial visit to the UK next week.

Donald Trump has failed to contact Nicola Sturgeon ahead of his first visit to Scotland as US president next week, it emerged last night.

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Rhino poachers who illegally entered a South African game reserve have been eaten by lions.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the death of schoolgirl Alesha MacPhail, Police Scotland confirmed today.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon took a swipe at Donald Trump over climate change ahead of the US president’s visit to the UK.

Theresa May will go into a crucial cabinet away-day at Chequers on Friday being warned by both sides of the Brexit debate that a compromise plan for trade with the EU is unworkable and will be rejected by Brussels.

Catalan politician Clara Ponsati could be jailed for as long as some of Scotland’s most notorious serial killers if she is extradited to Spain, her lawyers have warned.