Accused burst into witness room just before his trial and made 'cut throat' gesture

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justice. This week marks three years since her body was discovered lying face-down in grass, behind a drystone dyke on a remote countryside spot near Dunning in Perthshire.

Scot Squad star Darren Connell plans to contact police after receiving abuse from a 'vile' troll who told him to kill himself. The online bully also said he hopes Darren's 'future kids' are 'raped' and threatened to smash the actor's face in.

Starmer tried to regroup with a reshuffle that saw Scot Annelise Dodds replaced by Rachel Reeves as shadow chancellor. Dodds will now become the Labour Party’s chair, replacing deputy leader Angela Rayner, who fought back against a move to make her carry the can for the loss of Hartlepool.Rayner fought off attempts to scapegoat her for the poor election performance and won a promotion to shadow Michael Gove at the Cabinet Office and be shadow secretary of state for the future of work.

knifed her in the back - leaving her in a pool of blood at their holiday home almost four years ago.But after several delays she now can’t afford to quarantine under Covid rules if she returns to Scotland and if she does return may be barred entry back into Spain - which could jeopardise the trial.The 60-year-old, from East Kilbride, said she is a victim of crime but is being treated like a prisoner.She said: “I didn’t come to Spain to build sand castles.

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

mum gave birth in her living room while her entire family were in the house and plumbers fitted her new washing machine next door.Amy Sheddon, 29, and husband Harry 32, welcomed baby son Angus at their Girvan home on April 26.The Girvan couple had planned to have a home delivery and had a birthing pool set up in their livingroom ready for the big day.However Angus made a very unexpected appearance when Amy's waters suddenly broke with no contractions, forcing her to give birth while their new

Pundit Gordon Duncan has been speaking about Everton full-back Seamus Coleman’s link to Celtic from before he signed for the Toffees.  Gordon was hosting the latest episode of Clyde Superscoreboard and the panel talked about numerous issues involving Scottish football.

on sale. Wynndun is a beautiful property found in the popular town of Banchory, which is located along the picturesque River Dee within easy commuting distance of Aberdeen.

motorway, northbound at Junction 3, Halbeath, around 9am this morning after the van burst into flames following a two vehicle crash. Drivers are being urged to avoid the area and take an alternative route if possible.Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended the incident.

Dumbarton on the west coast on the last day of campaigning. While the SNP are certain to emerge again as the largest party in the Scottish Parliament when voting closes, Sturgeon is fighting hard in a bid to win an overall majority of MSPs - allowing her to make a further push to hold a second independence referendum.

Romanian woman who vanished in January. The tragic discovery was made near Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club on January 30 - 11 days after Marilena-Maria Maftei was last seen in Inverness.

Scottish Government of 'putting pints before play' after being told centres must remain closed. Jennifer McNaughton runs Pandamonium in Erskine and says the Scottish Government are leaving children behind on their decisions to lift Covid restrictions.

Love Island winners Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have shared their advice to the new islanders heading into this year’s series. Scottish beauty Paige, 23,and former semi-pro footballer Finn, 21, won the last series of the show, filmed in South Africa before the pandemic locked the country down.

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MPs were shocked to hear evidence that salmon companies sent 5,000 tonnes of fish into the EU in January but HMRC recorded exports of only 80 tonnes for the period. Hamish Macdonell, of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, told MPs that the export figures for Scottish salmon published by HMRC were off by 97 per cent.

raping a British holidaymaker has been suspended because the translator was not up to scratch.Alasdair Euan Randalls, 27, from Aberdeen, now faces a 10-day quarantine after paying for return flights to Majorca and costly Covid tests for a one-day trial halted less than half an hour after he took the stand.He has been told to return to the holiday island in July so he can try to clear his name and lift the threat of a six year jail sentence hanging over his head if found guilty of the alleged sex