The pair say they were jeered when they avoided queues as they just wanted to tap the trig point.

Sixty homes have now been evacuated in Coalsnaughton after reports of ground movement.

She told BBC Newsnight she was living in fear after the attack by teenage boys, whose sentences are being reviewed.

As the UK experiences a spell of scorching May weather, the BBC's Elizabeth Rizzini has some useful advice.

Thousands of people gathered in the baking heat to watch competitors from all over the world chase a 7lb (3kg) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the 1:2 gradient slope.

Queen Elizabeth II was "very keen" for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to become a trade envoy in 2000, according to newly released files.