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Christmas came early for these rescue dogs when they were let loose on an edible gingerbread house made out of doggie treats.

This is the moment a deaf baby smiled from cheek to cheek and squealed with delight when her dad turned on her hearing aid.

The teenager responsible for the brutal rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail was a known offender and was being watched by authorities, it has been reported.

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Nicola Sturgeon has rejected claims of a "crisis" in Scottish policing following the resignation of the head of the Scottish Police Authority.

The Conservative candidate for Hastings and Rye has defended past claims that disabled people should be paid less for work as they "don't understand money".

With seven days to the general election, the Conservatives are maintaining a steady lead of around ten points in the opinion polls.

Scotland's finance secretary has criticised a pledge by the Conservatives to not table a UK Budget until February if the party is returned to power after next week's general election.

A second referendum on Scottish independence will be more "painful, brutal and corrosive" than the last vote in 2014, according to Tory leader Jackson Carlaw.