‘Bomb scare’ at Scots shopping centre sparks emergency street closure

raced to Torrance Avenue around 10.45am on Sunday morning after reports of an alleged serious assault. The 54-year-old woman, who has been named locally as Catherine Stewart, was pronounced dead on the scene.

at Glasgow's Springburn Shopping Centre but it has been shut temporarily. In an announcement on Facebook at around 2:30pm today, the shopping centre warned they had closed due to an "incident".

robbed of his takings at knifepoint. Colin McKenna, 45, pretended he was the victim of an armed robbery while out delivering pizzas in Renfrew, so he could trouser the cash.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A new fund has opened to help support the Scottish Crannog Centre following the fire of June 11.Three weeks on from the loghouse burning down tourists are returning to tour the unaffected parts of the Iron Age history centre.Crannog director Mike Benson was delighted over £50,000 has been raised for the Loch Tay museum by Largo Leisure and also close to £15,000 generated through the Crannog’s own

fire broke out near military defence range yesterday. Mercy crews desperately battled flames for more than eight hours near Tain.

doctor has created his very own tropical marine conservation area, inside his Glasgow flat. Fish tanks full of rescued sea creatures and endangered coral reef have taken up residence in Dr Sam Walters-Gattani's city centre abode.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.The dry spell has sparked a water emergency at one of Renfrewshire’s finest walled gardens.Now a plea has been issued to locals to bring a container of water with them when they visit Barshaw Park in Paisley.The storage butt is running on empty as volunteers try to keep the garden from drying out.The parched three-quarters of an acre plot is full of shrubs, flowers and plants.There has not been a

pub owner has told how it looked like a bomb had gone off after a car ploughed through the front of the building while customers were drinking inside. Peter Mulholland, who owns Arthurlie Inns, says the terrifying crash sent dust and debris flying inside the pub, causing structural damage to the 200-year-old building in Barrhead.

retailer John Lewis is set to close one of their Scottish stores, the company has confirmed. The branch in the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen has been open since 1989 but its closure was initially announced in March.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Seagulls nesting on top of homes are terrorising residents on a number of Perth streets.And one person living in North Muirton has told the Perthshire Advertiser she is scared to leave her house because of the frightening flyers.The birds were previously a problem at the Arran Road Business Park.But falcons were brought in to move them on and the gallus gulls have made new homes in the residential area

Oban Sea Tours in Argyll and Bute. Customers who used the two hour circular tours from North Pier on June 19, 20 and 21 are being told to self-isolate and book at PCR test.

Pollen levels are set to soar across Scotland this weekend sparking misery for hay fever sufferers. The Met Office's daily pollen forecast map shows 'high' levels on Sunday, with grass and weed spores in its peak season and out in full force.

Johnstone as concern grows for his welfare. Gary Smith, 15, has been reported missing and was last seen at Johnstone Train Station around 11.35am on Monday morning.

WW2 device was discovered. Specialist units raced to the town of Stromness this morning after the alarm was raised on Orkney.

Rod Stewart has hit back at critics who slammed him for singing the wrong lyrics to Flower of Scotland live on the BBC this morning. Many unimpressed Scots took to Twitter to hit out at the Maggie May singer for singing 'a wee bit heather and glen' instead of 'your wee bit hill and glen'.

Rod Stewart had an on air blunder today as he sang Flower of Scotland, with the wrong lyrics live on BBC. The 76-year-old appeared on BBC breakfast to speak to Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty about supporting Scotland and when the presenting duo asked Rod for a song, he opted to sing the national anthem for them.

mum who survived losing five litres of blood, a haemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy, is backing a campaign to urge Scots to give blood and 'save lives'. Annie Kenyon from Aberdeenshire would love Scots to back the Pledge a Pint campaign off the back of World Blood Donor Day on June 14.