Daniella Theis: Home is so much more than just a place

When the sun cloaks the green hills and roving waters, the wind is mild and the forecast dry, it feels as if there is no better place to spend the Easter weekend.

Mine was spent sitting on the green grass of the Knoydart peninsula, overlooking the vast fields and the river leading into the sea, the glens in the background. Skye is just across the water. We’re racing hand-coloured eggs down the hill beside the house. Skippy, the one-week-old lamb, is being true to its name and performing summers

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Scots family say they have ‘lost everything’

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early on Monday, with more than 7000 confirmed deaths across the affected countries.

Abdul Karim, 49, who fled war-torn Syria and found refuge in Greenock with his wife and children, says his family was living on the ground floor of a five-storey apartment block in Latakia, 75 miles from Idlib, which collapsed yesterday.

Watching events unfold, Abdul said he was “terrified”.

He said: “When we first heard the news, we were so scared. The last time we spoke w