CHRISTMAS markets due to take place across Scotland tomorrow have been CANCELLED amid warnings of 85mph winds set to wreck the busiest shopping day of the year. Traders across Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire are losing out on vital festive sales due to forecasts of high winds battering the… Christmas markets across Scotland CANCELLED as country … Read more
A SCOTS soldier has been convicted of a booze-fuelled bar brawl killing in Canada. Corporal Craig Gibson, 28, downed Brett Sheffield, 38, at a Toronto pub with “an elbow to the jaw” that later resulted in his death. 5 Corporal Craig Gibson has been found guilty of manslaughter 5 Canadian police… Scots soldier guilty of … Read more
CUMBERNAULD has been branded Scotland’s ugliest town – AGAIN. The Telegraph ranked almost 1,250 towns with the Lanarkshire town, the only Scots one listed, ranked 4th worst in the UK. 6 Cumbernauld has been branded Scotland’s ugliest townCredit: Alamy 6 James Bruce said the town used to be much… We live in Scotland’s ugliest town – … Read more
IT’S the Perfect Storm on the shortest day of the year – an 85mph tempest set to wreck the seasonal build-up to Christmas. Festive travellers have been warned to expect delays and cancellations as the final weekend before the big day arrives with warnings for wind, rain, thunder and snow. Scotland braces for impact as … Read more
THREE Scots have been arrested over the death of a restaurant owner in Canada, it has emerged. Sharif Rahman, 44, died after an alleged assault at his eatery in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. 3 Three men from Scotland have been arrested over the death of Sharif RahmanCredit: Alysha Brilla/Facebook 3 He… Three Scots arrested over … Read more
COPS made drug seizures worth more than £50million over the past year – including a £2.5million cocaine haul after a dramatic car chase. Dylan Nicol, 24, hit 120mph as he raced through Dundee in a failed bid to dodge arrest in February this year. 7 Dylan Nicol was jailed for five years after he… Cocaine … Read more
A MUM has spoken of her horror after her daughter allegedly discovered she was being secretly filmed by a hidden mobile phone in a school toilet. The girl was using the loo between lessons at the Dundee school when she spotted the phone allegedly stashed inside a toilet roll holder. 2 Police… Horror discovery at … Read more
A DRUG addict who abandoned a frightened boy in a darkened wood before sparking a major missing person search was today spared a jail sentence. Ashley McGovern, 31, drove the nine-year-old into the countryside near her then home in East Lothian before leaving the child who had a fear of the dark. Drug addict who … Read more
SNOW has blanketed parts of Scotland today as a two-day weather alert looms. Residents in northern areas, including Perth and Kinross and the Highlands, woke up to see the white stuff outside this morning. 5 Snow ploughs have been out in force across parts of Scotland this morningCredit: Northpix
A CAGED crime boss’s brother was the victim of a brutal supermarket machete attack – carried out by a thug who was hours earlier warned by cops about a threat to his life. Dale Richardson, 35, was savagely assaulted in a Tesco in Edinburgh by George Baigrie. 4 The High Court in EdinburghCredit:… Scots underworld … Read more