
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a new musical instrument to allow children with special needs to express themselves in music.

School pupils from across the UK are being given an opportunity to experience a taste of media life, as BBC News launches its School Report 2008/9.

The Scottish Government Expo Fund is to support a new theatre showcase for young people.

Next August, all first-year pupils starting at Ardrossan Academy in North Lanarkshire will be able to play a musical instrument – a first for a Scottish state school.