Balaclava-clad thugs wielding hammer and knife burst into Scots home and attack couple

shopping centre. The 39-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the 26-year-old woman on Saturday at around 1am near Aberdeen's Union Square shopping centre.

nurse working on the frontline is on a mission to make the lives of palliative patients more comfortable. Hannah Brockett has watched dying patients become more and more distressed at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where she works on the coronavirus ward.

Erskine home.Detectives are investigating after a 41-year-old man was seriously assaulted in Blantyre Court at around 10.50am on Sunday.It’s understood the attacker forced himself into the victim’s house before brutally assaulting him.Cops, who are treating the incident as serious assault, said the injured man sustained a number of slash and stab wounds in the onslaught.He was rushed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for treatment and later released.A manhunt is now underway for the

Sam Smith, Christine and the Queens, and Halsey are among the friends and fans saluting experimental pop musician and producer SOPHIE following the Scottish star’s sudden death.The Grammy-nominated artist, also known as Sophie Xeon, died in a tragic fall at her home in Athens, Greece on Saturday (January 30, 2021), aged 34.A flood of tributes poured in following the sad news, with Smith among those mourning the transgender star’s loss on social media.“Heartbreaking news,” the singer tweeted.

Scot Squad creator and narrator Joe Hullait has announced that this series of the award winning show will be his last.

police investigation has been launched after memorial benches at a Fife park were completely destroyed having been set on fire by heartless firebugs. The wooden seats in Dunfermline’s Pittencrieff Park were found ablaze at around 7pm on Wednesday, January 27.

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

Sir Sean Connery's widow Lady Micheline, his son Stephan and granddaughter Saskia have created a new tartan which will represent the actor's favourite places.The new tartan will be unveiled as 007 actor Sir Sean is commemorated at this year's Dressed To Kilt fashion show in Long Island this summer.Edinburgh born Sir Sean founded the Friends of Scotland charity in 2002 who in turn organised the Dressed To Kilt charity fashion show and he hosted the stylish event with his family several times.

Kilmarnock. The 'shaken' 16-year-old was confronted on a cycle path near Knockintiber.

Scottish police fear losing the right to extradite serious criminals from many EU states, including Germany and Poland, as a result of Brexit.The UK assured the 27 remaining countries that it would continue to co-operate with them all if a UK citizen was wanted for a serious crime on the continent.But 13 of them resolved to refuse future extradition requests from the UK because of fears the human rights of their citizens would not be respected post-Brexit.Extradition was used in 2008 to bring

lawyer he believed was subjecting him to anti-Semitic abuse. Glasgow -based Berlow helped fake a graffiti attack at his home and dragged ­political opponents into the firing line by making false claims against the Scottish ­Palestine ­Solidarity Campaign on social media.

manhunt has been launched after a pensioner was brutally attacked in the middle of the day on a Scots street. The 72-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was set upon and beaten up near to the junction of Tomnahurich Street and Montague Row in Inverness.

beat a Staffordshire bull terrier belonging to her daughter - which turned on him, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard, bringing the unprovoked attack to an abrupt end. As a result he spent two days at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary having the bite wounds cleaned and stitched.Despite the attack the couple are still together, expecting a baby, the court heard.

dog is alleged to ahve attacked a pedestrian in Angus. The American Bull Dog is believed to have pounced on the man in South Esk Street, towards Castle Street, in Montrose on Wednesday.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A depraved thug bound a man with carpet fitting tape before carrying out a horror attack, beating him with a hammer and slashing him with a knife.Paul Davidson burst into the victim’s Edinburgh house and knocked him unconscious before tying him up and putting him on a chair.The 29-year-old inflicted a brutal torture ordeal on Gary Robinson as he screamed out with his mouth covered.Davidson used a kitchen

Police have welcomed the conviction of a relative of the Queen who admitted sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home. Simon Bowes-Lyon, 34, the Earl of Strathmore, attacked the woman at Glamis Castle, Angus, in February last year.Bowes-Lyon, who is the son of a cousin of the Queen, will be sentenced at a later date and is being placed on the sex offenders register.Dundee Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday that the incident happened in a bedroom at the castle.

prisoner slashed in the throat during an attack inside has died.Dean Ramsay was targeted at Glenochil prison on Saturday morning after an altercation with another prisoner.Ramsay, from Maryhill, Glasgow, was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but it's understood he lost his fight for life last night.Prison sources said Dean, known as Deano, was slashed then stabbed in the neck.The source said: "There was some sort of argument then Deano went to his cell and he was attacked there."A

killer has 'left another prisoner fighting for his life after a brutal attack inside' according to prison sources. Murderer James O'Rourke is alleged to have targeted Dean Ramsey at Glenochil Prison near Alloa at the weekend.