Urgent warning as Christmas raids reach a five-year high across Scotland

Urgent warning as Christmas raids reach a five-year high across Scotland

HUNDREDS of Scots have fallen victim to Christmas break-in raids — with thieves plundering prezzies. Burglars have been increasingly targeting properties between December 24 and 27 in recent years, according to cop stats. 3 Victim Support Scotland chief executive Kate Wallace 3 Householders are being targeted over ChristmasCredit: Getty And the thefts, totalling 391 since … Read more

Celtic and Rangers starlet battered in jail while serving death drive sentence

Celtic and Rangers starlet battered in jail while serving death drive sentence

A FORMER Old Firm youth player has was targeted in an alleged prison battering while serving a six-year sentence over a drunken hit-and-run death. Disgraced Ciaran Dickson, 22-year-old, who is also a convicted domestic abuser, was jailed earlier this year over the death of teenager Aidan Pilkington in Glasgow. 4 Dickson in action for Celtic … Read more

Whinging Scots cocaine dealer complained the Covid pandemic would cost him £400,000

Whinging Scots cocaine dealer complained the Covid pandemic would cost him £400,000

A DRUG dealer who groaned the Covid pandemic was a “f***** disaster” that would cost him £400,000 has been caged. Brandon Guthrie complained to co-accused Craig Garland about the impact the pandemic lockdown would have on his illicit trade. 4 Brandon Guthrie and Craig Garland are the latest Scots hoods to come unstuck through their … Read more

Double decker bus roof ripped off after crashing into bridge as Scots road locked down

Double decker bus roof ripped off after crashing into bridge as Scots road locked down

A DOUBLE decker bus has had its roof ripped off after it crashed into a railway bridge. The shocking incident happened on Macphail Drive in Kilmarnock this afternoon. 3 A double decker bus has had its roof ripped off after it crashed into a railway bridge 3 The incident happened on Macphail Drive in Kilmarnock … Read more

Man, 38, dies in horror crash on Scots road as driver, 50, arrested

Man, 38, dies in horror crash on Scots road as driver, 50, arrested

A WOMAN has been arrested after a 38-year-old man died in a horror late-night crash in a Scots town. The tragic incident last night saw a Volkswagen Golf crash on Clune Brae in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. 3 A 50-year-old driver has been arrested after a crash in InverclydeCredit: Alamy 3 The fatal collision happened on … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon grilled over SNP cash probe 18 months after arrest

Nicola Sturgeon grilled over SNP cash probe 18 months after arrest

NICOLA Sturgeon has revealed she’s still in the dark about the long-running police probe into the SNP’s finances, insisting she is “getting on with my life as best I can”. The former first minister claimed she knows “nothing more” of the investigation – codenamed Operation Branchform – having been arrested more than 18 months ago. … Read more

Police hunt culprits behind huge blaze at Scots flats

Police hunt culprits behind huge blaze at Scots flats

COPS have launched a probe after fire yobs deliberately targeted a block of new build flats. Emergency services raced to the scene on Commissioner Street in Bo’ness at around 10.30pm on Friday night. 2 Images from the blaze show the block of flats engulfedCredit: Facebook 2 Cops are now treating the fire as deliberate as they … Read more

Skier missing overnight in 0C freeze after vanishing alone on Scottish mountain

Skier missing overnight in 0C freeze after vanishing alone on Scottish mountain

COPS are appealing for information after a man went missing overnight during a solo ski trip on a Scots mountain. Sam Burns, from Aviemore, Inverness-shire, was reported missing on Friday. 2 The 40-year-old was on a solo ski trip in the Cairngorms, and has had no contact with his friends or family since Friday morningCredit: … Read more

Woman, 64, dies after collapsing in Wetherspoons beer garden in major Scots city

Woman, 64, dies after collapsing in Wetherspoons beer garden in major Scots city

A WOMAN has died after collapsing in a Wetherspoons beer garden as she checked out of a hotel. Emergency services raced to the White Lady hotel and pub in the capital’s Corstorphine area after the alarm was raised at around 3.55pm. 1 A heavy police presence was reported around the White Lady pubCredit: Alamy Officers … Read more

Map reveals last known sighting of missing woman, 74, stuck in mud overnight in -3C temps sparking massive search

Map reveals last known sighting of missing woman, 74, stuck in mud overnight in -3C temps sparking massive search

A MAP has revealed the last known sighting of a missing woman, 74, after she was stuck in mud overnight. Shona Campbell, 74, went for a walk on the shore of the Solway Firth and got into difficulty in the mud around 5pm on Monday. 3 3 Shona was walking along the shore of the … Read more