Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Nicola Sturgeon declared last week that independence was "off the radar", a claim swiftly and unsurprisingly rejected by her former deputy and right hand man First Minister John Swinney.

A previous red warning covering Northern Ireland has been downgraded to amber ... Scotland to close on Friday as First Minister John Swinney warned people not to travel. A driver was seriously ...

Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, and rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland and Northern Ireland ... as First Minister John Swinney warned people not ...

Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, with rare red weather warnings in place on Friday in Scotland and Northern Ireland as ... as First Minister John Swinney warned residents not ...

The worst disruption is due to hit Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland ... First Minister John Swinney announced in the Scottish Parliament people should not travel in areas covered by the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sandra White said the SNP First Minister had made the "wrong call" in sending a message to President Zelenskyy on Burns.

Calum Carmichael, 19, died in hospital on Saturday from his injuries after his car was hit by the tree in East Ayrshire

The First Minister delivered a keynote speech on the NHS at Heriot Watt University amid growing concern at the state of the health service.

First Minister, John Swinney, has passed on his condolences to the family and friends of a teenager who sadly died at the weekend.

Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government cannot be overlooked.