Breakfast news informed viewers this morning that the UK will continue to experience the cold, foggy and sometimes wet weather we have had over the last week, until the end of February.
The technical bit: We are experiencing low pressure, which generally means rain or snow during the day, and fog or frost at night.
With this in mind, here are 5 tips to help you through these cold and wet days – and nights!
The Times reported today on a pioneering American programme that works to improve the lives of neglected children
and save them from abuse is to be brought to Scotland for the first time.
The scheme measures which seeks to encourage order into the home lives of children at risk, assesses whether parents can learn the skills to enable a stable upbringing. If this proves impossible, an early decision can be taken to keep the child in a foster home.
Fed up of the standard card, the boring shop bought flowers and sharing an intimate dinner squeezed in a restaurant of 40 other romancing couples? Take a look at our top tips for a Valentine’s Day with a difference. These quirky, original and fun ideas are sure to make your Valentine’s the best yet.
Red squirrels are returning to parts of Aberdeen where they haven’t been seen in decades, as efforts to control grey
squirrels start to take effect.
The news from the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) comes a year after the launch of a project to protect Scotland’s native squirrel by culling greys.
Shiply.com founder, Robert Matthams (pictured), has been named Most Outstanding Entrepreneur and overall BT Essence of The Entrepreneur 2009, just months after being placed runner-up in the Green Challenge from the Postcode Lottery.
The postcode has been with us in Britain since 1959, and by 1974, the postcode system covered Britain.
The postcode in its present form is a mixture of six letters and digits, with 124 postcode areas, 2,869 districts, and 9,516 sectors, giving a total of 1,671,528 postcodes for 24.5 million addresses.
But what about a lucky postcode?
In a new report entitled ‘Severe Child Poverty in Scotland 2010’, Save the Children have revealed that almost 10% of children in Scotland are living in families which have less than £33 a day to spend.
Shocking new research by Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use, has highlighted Scotland’s problem with underage drinking.
Around 300 school age children are admitted to hospital each year with illnesses relating to alcohol. The figures, published by the NHS, revealed the full extent of the problem, as a staggering 2,009 children have been admitted to hospitals across Scotland for alcohol misuse in the last 6 years.
Today will see Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres launch its very first Love Maggie’s Day, to take place on Friday 26th 
March. From now until Love Maggie’s Day on Friday 26 March the charity hopes to raise £100,000- and they need your help to do so!
