CHIEF Constable Jo Farrell has visited just 15 per cent of Scots police stations since taking on the job over a year ago. A Freedom of Information request has revealed Scotland’s most senior officer has only visited 36 cop shops during the first 15-months of her tenure reports The Herald. Scotland’s chief constable Jo Farrell … Read more
IT looks like a priceless piece of business. That’s because financially-ravaged Inverness Caledonian Thistle have managed to clinch the double loan signings of Aberdeen duo Alfie Stewart and striker Alfie Bavidge on loan from Aberdeen FC until the end of the season. 2 Alfie Bavidge in action for… Administration-hit Inverness net priceless double Aberdeen loan … Read more
A PENSIONER has died in hospital after being struck by a car amid New Year road chaos across Scotland. The woman, 87, was hit by a black Ford Fiesta at the Drumbrae roundabout and Corstorphine Bank Drive in Edinburgh on Monday, December 30. Emergency services raced to the scene after the alarm… Pensioner, 87, dies … Read more
THREE men have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged attempted murder in quiet Scots town. Cops raced to the scene of the alleged disturbance at a property on Wallace Court in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, at around 11.30pm on Thursday. A 38-year-old man was taken to… Three men charged in connection … Read more
BRITS are braced for up to 14 inches of snowfall today with the Met Office issuing two rare amber warnings. Temperatures plummeted to -5C overnight as the country prepares for more sub-zero conditions over the weekend. 3 A person cycles through snow in the Pentland Hills, Balerno, Edinburgh… UK weather: Rare amber snow warnings issued … Read more
ALISON Hammond left fans in stitches after getting tipsy in the Great British Bake Off tent during a Hogmanay New Year special. Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, along with presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding, were joined by a bevvy of Scottish bakers from across the years. 5 The… Watch the moment Alison … Read more
THE operating theatre is already tense and the surgery is at a crucial point when the unthinkable happens — the power cuts out. The stress is ratcheted up to the max as the under-pressure medical team are plunged into total darkness. 10 Dr Kinyua Ndegwa watches the new solar… How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world …C0NTINUE READING >>>>
ONLY one in 14 “upskirting” reports to cops are passed to prosecutors, shock figures reveal. The Scottish Government faced calls last night to review the law amid fears offenders are exploiting “loopholes” — leaving police unable to nail perpetrators. Figures obtained by the Scottish… ‘Upskirting’ sickos dodge cops by exploiting loophole leaving victims living in … Read more
DONALD Trump today tore into the UK Government’s anti-oil stance and urged Labour ministers to “open up the North Sea”. The US President-elect used his social media platform Truth Social to launch a fresh attack on offshore windfarms – following his feud with SNP chiefs over turbines near… Donald Trump launches blistering attack on UK … Read more
HUNDREDS of Loony Dook bathers splashed about on New Year’s Day just yards from raw sewage pouring into the sea. The sickening waste spewed from an overflowing drain on the beach next to where unsuspecting revellers were diving into the Firth of Forth. 5 Brave souls took to the murky waters of… Unsuspecting Loony Dook … Read more