Banged-up Scots thug who helped mug teen girls admits more crimes

Outlander actress Lauren Lyle will star as Karen Pirie in ITV cold case murder drama, based on author Val McDermid’s novel The Distant Echo. The new series will be adapted by Emer Kenny and will be produced by World Productions, the makers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard.True to Val McDermid’s iconic character, DS Karen Pirie is a young and fearless Scottish investigator with a quick mouth and tenacious desire for the truth.

dog the talk of the park when you're out for your daily 'walkies' due to their constant barking? If your pooch is badly behaved then maybe it's time to call in the experts - the Super Nanny of dog world, 'The Dogfather' Graeme Hall. Fed up dog owners are being urged to sign up their naughty furry friends to take part in the new series of Channel 5's Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly with 'The Dogfather' Graeme Hall.

Kirkintilloch at the weekend. The incident took place on Saturday evening at Merkland Nature Reserve.

Emergency services have raced to the scene of an incident at a hotel in Falkirk. The alarm was raised this afternoon and a woman has been taken to the nearby Forth Valley Royal Hospital to be treated for her injuries.Cops and paramedics received a call to attend the Premier Inn at Glenbervie Business Park in Larbert.

boozy all-night party. Shan Marshall, 27, left Chantelle Mitchell permanently disfigured following the attack which happened in Cardenden in Fife.

Police have launched an urgent appeal for information after a mother and her two young children disappeared from East Kilbride.Lauren Young, 23, and her children Zak, aged five, and three-year-old Mason have been reported missing after last being seen around 3.35pm yesterday, May 10 on Livingstone Drive in thee Murray area.They have not been seen or heard from since and police say concerns for their welfare are growing.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to

sea shanty hitmaker Nathan Evans performed his first live rendition of his chart-topping shanty on board a boat on the Thames. Former postie turned Tik Toker and music star Nathan rose to fame with his cover of Wellerman and was signed to Polydor before soaring to number one and achieving global success.

Falkirk investigating a robbery which left a man injured are understood to have discovered a discovered a cannabis cultivation within the property. Officers were called to a flat in Bowhouse Road in Grangemouth at around 12:15am on Monday May, 10, after reports it had been robbed.

tumour which weighed more than a kilogram has defied the odds to celebrate her first birthday. Lily Graham was born on May 5 last year but was quickly whisked away by medics who discovered she had a rare tumour called Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT).

Gordon Ramsay after he tried to play a prank on them before he says he is 'off to Falkirk '.

Proudlock changed his name to 'ProudScot' for a brilliant Scottish words challenge set by his model wife Emma Louise Connelly.

mental health battles. Bradley Allan, who penned a book about his own struggle, ran a hugely successful Facebook page called The Anxiety Bloke where he spoke of his personal journey.

Scot Squad star Darren Connell has divided Scots - with a scran pic posted on his Twitter page.The actor, who plays Bobby Muir in the hit comedy show, asked his followers what they called a roll filled with chips.And he anticipated the impending good humoured arguing, captioning the picture: "Time for chaos lmao.

Sir Andy Murray has been included on a “Celebrity Investments Index” – alongside names such as Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Leonardo DiCaprio – for his role as a multi-million-pound investor in the tech sector. The Scottish tennis legend was found to have helped serve up an investment portfolio worth more than £11m as part of the study of the business activities of 30 A-listers.

Edinburgh bus missed her baby’s head by an inch.

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.

Martin Compston was interrogated by SNP MP Mhairi Black over clues for the Line of Duty final as the actor called on voters to turn out for the election. The Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP spoke to the Scots actor about the upcoming ballot during an online rally - and couldn't help but quiz the star about the BBC crime show's season finale.

legal dispute with his gran after £50,000 of her savings vanished was ordered to repay thousands of pounds to relatives.We revealed last week how James Mill, from Irvine, Ayrshire, had failed to fulfil a court order to return the money Isabella Mill and her partner gave him when he offered to help them buy a home together.Now it has emerged that a firm linked to the 33-year-old’s hotel business “unlawfully deducted” wages from his mum’s cousin’s wife and her son – while the dispute with his gran

young dad accused of breaking a toddler's legs fought back tears today as he insisted he was not responsible for her injuries.Father-of-two Connor Murray said he had never raised his hands to the child, who is not his daughter and can't be identified for legal reasons.She was found to have a broken right tibia, and a spiral fracture to her left femur, after being in his care at a property in Tarbolton, Ayrshire.Murray denies abusing her when she was just 22-months-old.Prosecutors claim Murray,