A JET2 flight from Glasgow airport has declared a mid-air emergency this morning. The plane was travelling to Rome, Italy, from Scotland when the 7700 squawk alert was issued, which signals an emergency onboard. 1 The Glasgow to Rome flight diverted over FranceCredit: AirNav Radar Flight LS135 took off from Glasgow at 7.07am. Pilots declared … Read more
NIGHTFALL had brought welcome relief from the blistering daytime heat of the Azores as we sipped refreshing cocktails and waited for the show to start. We’d come up to the open top deck of our cruise ship to witness the Perseid meteor shower, a celestial spectacular to rival the Northern Lights. 6 The meteor shower … Read more
NEIGHBOURS living and working in the shadow of a heroin ‘fix room’ fear it will bring more crime to their streets. Worried residents warned that dealers will lurk outside Scotland’s first legal drug consumption facility to prey on vulnerable addicts. 6 Locals fear drug dealers will target the addicts using the serviceCredit: Alamy 6 The … Read more
A MAJOR search has been launched for a whole family that have gone missing from Edinburgh. The family-of-five have vanished from the capital earlier today. 2 Serbanica-Ibram Saban with Narcisca Baci and their daughter Shakira BaciCredit: Police Scotland 2 Serbanica-Ibram Saban with 11-month-old Umut-yronn SabanCredit: Police Scotland Officers are desperately searching for dad Serbanica-Ibram Saban, … Read more
NEW Gaelic detective series An t-Eilean – The Island – has already cracked the international TV market before it’s even been screened. The first ever “high end” crime drama to be filmed in our native language has been sold to five European countries including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway along with the US and Australia. 5 … Read more
A MAN is on trial charged with the murder of his wife. Walter Buchanan is accused of killing Darrel Buchanan at their upmarket flat near Hamilton racecourse in Lanarkshire on February 18 2023. 3 Emergency crews raced to Hamilton North estate in February 2023Credit: GOOGLE MAPS 3 Buchanan appeared at the High Court in Glasgow … Read more
SCOTTISH Tory leader Russell Findlay has been branded as the “shadowy face of populism” in a fiery clash with John Swinney. At First Minister’s Questions, Mr Findlay mocked the SNP leader for having urged his political opponents to back the Nats’ Scottish Budget in order to thwart the “populist” billionaire Elon Musk. 2 Scottish Tory … Read more
MICHELLE Mone has been spotted keeping a low profile in Glasgow amid an investigation into a company over a £203million deal of PPE contracts during the Covid pandemic. The bra tycoon and Tory peer is facing a long-running National Crime Agency (NCA) probe alongside her husband, Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman. 4 Michelle Mone was spotted at … Read more
In a groundbreaking move, Glasgow is set to open the UK’s first legal drug consumption room, where addicts can inject heroin and other banned substances under medical supervision. Known as The Thistle, the £2.3 million facility, located at Hunter Street Health Centre, will open its doors on Monday, 13 January, offering services aimed at reducing … Read more
A LEADING UK forensic psychologist graded a man convicted of being part of a child abuse ring “medium risk”, a court has heard. Iain Owens was found guilty in 2023 of being part of a paedophile ring that abused three children in a Glasgow drugs den where heroin and cocaine were used, following a trial … Read more
