Anger as child in pram pushed across frozen pond in Scots park

baby’s pram was set alight in a suspected act of wilful fire-raising.Julie O’Rourke, 40, clutched daughter Jessie and screamed for help from the window of her top floor flat in Gallowflat Street, Rutherglen after the incident in the early hours of January 1.The mum-of-one needed oxygen after firefighters helped her out of the building, while her next door neighbour spent several hours in hospital for treatment.Now she has appealed for information about the crime.Julie was in bed at around 3am on

Coffee chain bringing new jobs to PerthHowever, a reporter working for the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) signalled he was minded to grant Springfield Properties permission for the Pitdownies Farm scheme in July last year after the company appealed against the committee’s decision.Now the same reporter, David Buylla, has said he is minded to do the same with Persimmon Homes after it similarly appealed against the committee’s decision last October.Mr

Burns Supper to raise a glass to Scotland’s national bard.Coronavirus lockdown restrictions may have put mass gatherings to celebrate Robert Burns on hold - but that's not stopping Scots working at UK Embassies worldwide celebrating online.Scots working for the UK Government in countries including Bahrain, Chile, China, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Peru, Tunisia, and Turkey are among those participating in the virtual Burns Supper.Employees at FCDO’s

broadband customers in Scotland have been left without internet this afternoon following a service outage. Customers in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Irvine have all been left with service problems, which resulted in many flocking to Twitter to complain.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been another 1,307 cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland as the nation's virus death toll endured another substantial rise today.Figures have been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 76 patients, including six from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting Covid which means 5,704

army veteran who suffers from extreme anxiety-triggered PTSD has successfully fought for his local council to change their on-hold music, which he says can cause flashbacks to his time in Bosnia. Harry Marshall, 41, found the on-hold music used by the systems at Perth and Kinross Council triggered severe anxiety whenever he was forced to sit through it.

snow starts to fall. The Met Office have issued an amber warning for snow until 8am tomorrow around areas of the central belt and further yellow warnings for snow and ice in the country.

CCTV image of a man in connection with a historic attack on a woman in Dundee. The assault happened in the city’s Baxter Park last summer.

Scots teenager after a body was found near his home during a major missing person search. Santino ‘Sonny’ Hoggan was last seen leaving his house on Main Street in Glenfarg, near Perth, at around 6pm on Friday, January 15.

missing from his home on Friday evening. Santino Hogan - who is known as Sonny - vanished in Glenfarg, near Perth.

Cold Weather Payments have been triggered by a persistent drop in temperatures across Scotland. Those eligible will receive £25 to cover their heating bills, which is paid automatically by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) into their bank account.

sectarian graffiti for the second time during lockdown. Police were called on Wednesday morning after yobs used dark green paint to vandalise the social club building on Cathcart Road with offensive phrases drawn on a brick wall.

hospitals were at breaking point last night after a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases.At least one has no spare beds while another entire region said it is nearing 100 per cent capacity.The number of people in hospital with coronavirus is now higher than during the peak of the first wave last April.At University Hospital Wishaw, in Lanarkshire, there are no beds available.NHS Lanarkshire is dealing with more coronavirus patients than at any point since the pandemic began.As of 8am on Monday,

ongoing incident. Witnesses have reported seeing around five police vehicles near Rouken Glen park in E ast Renfrewshire.

lotto winner Jane Park has ditched the lockdown in Scotland to spend Hogmanay in Dubai.