The words and phrases that are hardest for Scots to pronounce

The UK will get an extra four-day bank holiday this summer to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - and Brits are being encouraged to throw the biggest party ever to celebrate.

An Ayrshire mum who suffers an extreme allergic reaction when exposed to the cold says energy price hikes are 'an additional burden' she now had to contend with.

This is the dramatic moment when a group of explorers were rescued from a Scots island.

Actress Karen Gillan has been named as the world’s most Googled celebrity Scot while comedian Janey Godley was top in searches from Scotland.

A brawl broke out in a Glasgow street as masked thugs were seen smashing up a car and chasing each other with weapons.

A frantic search has been launched for a missing Scots man who hasn't shown up for work.

Police are appealing for information following a horror crash in the Scottish Borders where one man tragically died.

A non-binary Scottish teen has opened up on being told they were 'disgusting' and 'going to hell' after coming out to their strict religious family.

A Scots pub has defended their decision to have CCTV in their toilets after a punter spotted a camera above one of the cubicles.

A UK ticket-holder has won a EuroMillions jackpot of £109.9 million.

Dramatic photos have shown a car ablaze in the car park of a retail centre in the Scottish Highlands.

Chinese technology is eerily spying on citizens, examining their use of everyday words to determine whether they should be taken to a detention centre, a documentary has revealed.Beijing is currently the home of the 2022 Winter Olympics, with athletes from all over the world travelling to the region to compete in the Games.The communist country has faced allegations of persecution against Uyghur Muslims, with video circulating of ‘re-education’ centres.And with the international spotlight on the country, a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary ‘China: The Search for the Missing’ has delved into the state’s use of technology as a possible control mechanism over these groups.The documentary featured testimony from a man who previously worked in the high tech section of China’s security services.He claimed to have obtained documents that demonstrate the Chinese state’s use of digital technology on those held in mass detention.The documentary’s narrator informed viewers that the uncovered documents show how surveillance technology that is used to instantly translate local languages to Chinese is being implemented across Xinjiang, a region in China.“They’re using it in the education sector, re-education and internment camps, that’s what’s new in these documents,” the anonymous source suggested.One document shown to viewers asked authorities to install technology that can “identify sensitive words”, as well as robots that have “voice-activated photography”.The man explained how this would capture the everyday words of everyone nearby, including children, before a decision is made on whether the alleged offender should be prosecuted.“After listening to the recordings, the neighbourhood committee would determine whether it is an

One of Scotland's most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands with another fugitive after a major search operation.

A Scots bodybuilder who repeatedly strangled, kicked and thrashed his ex-partners with a belt has been granted a fresh bid for freedom.

An SNP MSP has spoken about her experience of being treated for breast cancer and urged all Scots to receive screening appointments as soon as they are offered one.

A former Scots football scholarship starlet who subjected his girlfriend to a course of controlling domestic abuse that lasted nearly seven months has been spared jail after a sheriff heard how injury had ended his hopes of a career in the game and left him with mental and physical "issues".

Trustees of an Ayrshire Leisure Centre have been fined £10,000 after a young girl almost drowned in a swimming pool.

Criss Angel announced last month that his sonJohnny Crisstopher's cancer is now in remission after being diagnosed withB-Cell A.L.L. Leukemia in 2015.The illusionist, 54, recently told Extra that the 'hardest part' of his son's cancer journey was the 'hell' the seven-year-old went through while battling it.'Seeing my kid, you know, going through hell.

Ed Helms’ hangover carried all the way through “The Office”.

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Emergency crews have raced to a fire at a Scots home today.