A VEHICLE was torched in an early morning horror attack on Christmas Eve. Cops raced to a car park in the Burns Road area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, just after 2am on Sunday. 1 Cops raced to a car park on Christmas Eve following the horror attackCredit: Google Officers say they discovered a white Skoda … Read more
A MURDERED gran is seen chatting and smiling on CCTV days before her body was discovered. Tragic Ann Coll, 61, was found dead in the early hours of December 22 at her first-floor flat on the border between Rutherglen and Toryglen, Glasgow. 6 Ann Coll was pronounced dead at the scene of the Glasgow flatCredit: … Read more
THE Royal Regiment of Scotland has caught more than 60 soldiers taking drugs in the last two years, news figures have revealed. Squaddies serving in the infantry regiment tested positive for illegal substances in random tests. 1 Some of the soldiers who tested positive have been thrown out of the armyCredit: Getty There were a … Read more
MINISTERS have been accused of delaying plans to ban under-18s from marrying — while boasting about protecting children’s rights. Campaigners blasted Nats for shelving moves to safeguard vulnerable young Scots until next summer. 2 Currently Scots aged 16 or 17 can marry without parental consentCredit: Getty 2 Natasha Rattu of charity Karma Nirvana attacked the … Read more
THE Met Office have officially declared that it is a White Christmas in Scotland as snow has fallen in parts of the country. Forecasters predicted it would be damp and windy on Christmas Day but especially mild, with highs of 13C or 14C expected. 3 A stag and doe caught in snow that fell in Aviemore … Read more
COPS locked down a busy Glasgow park following a sudden death of a man on Christmas Eve. Emergency services raced to the scene at Auchinlea Park in the north of the city at around 8.10am this morning. 1 The incident took place near the Glasgow Fort shopping centre this morning Officers confirmed a man had … Read more
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged attempted murder in Stranraer. Emergency services raced to the scene at a property on Mount Vernon Road at around 7.50pm last night. 2 A man was arrested following the alleged attempted murderCredit: SUPPLIED 2 Police, ambulance and fire engine were called to the sceneCredit: SUPPLIED … Read more
RESIDENTS on a quiet Rutherglen street were left shocked and scared by a murder just days before Christmas. Ann Coll, 61, was pronounced dead at the home on Newfield Place in the early hours of Friday morning. 3 Ann Coll was found seriously injured at the Lanarkshire homeCredit: Police Scotland 3 Locals have told how … Read more
A Nigerian master’s student in the United Kingdom, Somtochukwu Okwuoha, will be deported to Nigeria after serving a 40-month jail term. Mr Okwuoha was sentenced on Friday after he was found guilty of seven charges by a jury for making terror threats against Dundee University. The 26-year-old claimed he had enlisted ISIS, an international terrorist … Read more
MINISTERS were accused of “secrecy” after withholding information about the Michael Matheson iPad data bill scandal. Our reporters asked to see Scottish Government emails and texts relating to the Health Secretary’s roaming charges blunder. 2 Michael Matheson racked up a £11,000 bill on his iPad 2 Scots Tory chairman Craig Hoy has blasted the Scotish … Read more
