Extreme weather has started to cause major disruption to the travel network as scores of schools have announced they will close for the next few days with temperatures expected to hit record highs..

Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the SNP who embezzled more than £400,000 from the party, has been jailed for more than five years..

Nadhir Benobuali and Amine Gouiri scored in the 2-1 win for Algeria.

Rising costs have been blamed after a survey suggested more than a quarter (27%) of UK families do not have a summer holiday booked..