There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

A Redcar couple has defended their choice to call their baby son Lucifer after it kicked off a row following the New Years' Day birth.

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.