A MOBILE phone ban in schools could have a detrimental effect on students' well-being and behaviour in the classroom, a Union has claimed.

BURGLARS are said to be targeting properties by dumping food - such as kidney beans - on doorsteps to test whether families are on holiday.

NICOLA STURGEON'S SNP Government has announced "dangerous" plans to make some emergency Covid powers permanent and more wide-ranging.

BREXIT tensions between the UK and Germany were laid bare by the country's media as they derided Britain for "stubbornly" turning its back on the EU.

A HOTEL in Scarborough described as "a total dump" by past guests has come under fire again as yet another family flees the hotel in favour of different accommodation.

BUILDING societies and specialist banks have come out best for savers wanting to go green, beating the big high street names.

POLICE shut down a major Glasgow road after a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.

THE UK should be prepared for a "large wave of infection" in the coming months, according to a leading scientists.

A WOMAN in East London fell to her death from a block of flats this evening.

FURIOUS protestors claimed to have "seized" Edinburgh Castle this evening after accusing the government of "treason".