A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

In general, people are feeling more positive about their finances for 2025 than a year ago, research for Aegon indicates.

Friba Rezayee, who competed in judo at the 2004 Athens Games, says female Afghan cricketers and athletes in other sports are treated “as if they didn’t exist” by the Taliban ...