Scotland

• Scotland rings in new year as weather warning kicks off 2026 - A yellow weather warning for heavy snow and wind covers much of Scotland for the first four days of the new year.
• Can an old nuclear power plant have a green future? - It is 70 years since work started on the Chapelcross site which now hopes to become a green energy hub.
• Forecasters warn of floods as amber rain alert issued - The Met Office believes 50-70mm of rain could fall widely in the south west, rising to 110-130mm in the Galloway Hills.