Education

North Lanarkshire Schools Novice A Pipe Band, which won a world title in September, could be scrapped because of council budget cuts.

Why is it always the most embarrassing moments that stand out in our memory? I can still remember being 15 years old, fumbling in my bag to find my purse only to yank it out and simultaneously send a ­tampon flying across the checkout – immediate silence ensuing from the teenage boy working on the till as we both stared at the brightly coloured wrapper in horror.

Nicola Sturgeon was today forced to defend an SNP council's decision to remove teachers from nurseries.

A world class youth pipe band which played at the Tartan Day celebrations in New York could be scrapped as part of money-saving cuts to music provision in North Lanarkshire schools.

Pupils at a primary school have had to be evacuated following fears of a gas leak.

It was a fight that deeply divided language activists and their opponents and rumbled on in the Capital for 14 long years.

A primary school worker has been suspended after she was accused of dragging a young boy with autism across the floor by his ankles.

Bloom, a new UK-wide programme supporting young people’s mental health resilience, now being delivered free in Scottish classrooms, is an ­initiative supported by Lloyds ­Banking Group colleague and ­customer fundraising.

Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition aiming to halt £500,000 of cuts to Edinburgh’s musical instrumental tuition in schools.

It is the school where more than 30 languages are spoken and with a population drawn from nearly 60 countries.

It is the school where more than 30 languages are spoken and with a population drawn from nearly 60 countries.

Major work to give the fire service access to the Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh building will begin next week as investigations continue almost two years after the devastating blaze.

Almost every day sees a new story in the media about gambling and the harm that can affect individuals and communities.

Are you one of those people who make a fuss of your partner on Valentine’s Day? Me too – but I’m finding it increasingly difficult to know what to buy. That’s because today, as we show love to those we cherish, many of us will – unintentionally – give or receive a gift made by someone in slavery. Chocolate, roses and ­jewellery are some of the nation’s favourite ­Valentine’s gifts, and yet the bitter truth is that slave labour could have helped produce them.

The Financial Times ­noted recently that “Britain needs a recipe for prosperity after the EU” (December 31) and astutely highlighted a major ­difference between the UK’s knowledge and innovation landscape and that of other European countries, ­namely the role of independent research ­institutes.