A WELSH man attempted to destroy a piece of Banksy artwork to prevent it being moved to England, witnesses claimed.

NICOLA STURGEON is due to make a Covid announcement today as Scottish lawmakers call for changes to the restrictions landscape in the new year.

BUILDINGS were evacuated and huge cordons put in place so a suspicious vehicle could be searched following an attack on a police officer.

AN NHS nurse is sleeping in her car and washing in supermarket toilets after becoming homeless two days before Christmas.

THE GOVERNMENT is expected to announce a major change to testing rules on Wednesday, which would see PCR tests scrapped for people who test positive using lateral flow tests.

IAN BLACKFORD's wife blasted Prince William and Kate Middleton for "love bombing" the Scottish people in an attempt to convince them to remain in the union, a throwback tweet shows.

HUNDREDS of thousands of pupils returning to school will be packing a face mask after being told they must wear them throughout the day.

BREXIT Britain's universities have continued to dominate on the world stage as EU countries lag behind massively.

THE M1 southbound between junctions 13 and 12 has reopened following a van and lorry crash earlier today.

ACADEMIC Christina Pagel has left no stone unturned in her pursuit of safer schools in the UK, urging Nadhim Zahawi to copy America's successful vaccination model and blasting him for his inadequate measures to keep COVID-19 out.