The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the Savoie region of south-west France, shortly after 10am on Thursday.

A Scottish folk-pop group are bringing live music to Glasgow in a one-day “busk crawl” across the city’s subway stops.

A cruel thief who carried out a two-month-long spree of break-ins to feed his cocaine addiction has been jailed.

Tributes have poured in for a blind Scottish historian and author who died aged 87 after a short illness. Dr Fred Reid, ...