Charity's plea as day-trippers block ambulance and families visiting Balloch children's hospice

pets are being deliberately poisoned after five died and two went missing in a Scots town.One devastated owner told the Record she has lost three cats in suspicious circumstances within the last three months in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, as animal welfare chiefs confirmed they had launched a probe yesterday.The mum, who does not want to be named, found her pet Milo’s body had been laid on her driveway some time after he had died and no one has ever come forward to explain how the three-year-old

independence has increased to 54 per cent, according to a new poll suggesting a growing trend among Scots. The poll showed a 54-46 vote when people who haven’t made up their mind are removed from the findings.

dead in a Scots play park. 
Emergency services were called to the scene within Penilee Play Park on Barshaw Road, Glasgow, shortly before 10am on Saturday.

volunteers to help provide kids with a summer of fun.The Children and Young People Strategic Forum believes furloughed staff should be enlisted to help provide out of school activities.In an article, Forum Chair Jackie Brock wrote: “We have the people and places in Scotland to make blended learning a reality now – not a slogan for term-time only.”Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local

Donald Findlay has revealed successfully defending Paul Ferris for murder was his top courtroom moment.The QC represented Ferris when he was accused of killing Arthur Thompson junior in 1992.He was sensationally acquitted of the death and, at the time, it was the longest and most expensive criminal trial in Scottish legal history, costing £4 million and lasting 54 days.Ferris was a teenager when he was recruited as an enforcer for Glasgow's biggest crime clan boss, Arthur Thompson.He had been

A young Stirling piper took part in last Friday’s commemorations of a WW2 battle in Normandy which resulted in the capture of thousands of Scottish soldiers.Wallace High School sixth-year pupil Murray Mcneish travelled to Morayshire to play the pipes for 99-year-old veteran Donald Smith at his home in Forres.Murray’s great grandfather Thomas Mcneish was in the Seaforth Highlanders with Donald and both were captured in St Valéry-en-Caux, known as the ‘forgotten Dunkirk’ in June 1940.The

Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to appear at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

statues of slave traders to be taken down. Steve West, from Stand Up to Racism, said that putting up plaques explaining the history of the statues did not go far enough.

Half of Scotland's charities fear they will run out of cash within six months as fundraising is halted by lockdown and donations dry-up, a report has warned.

A Scottish mum transformed an old and rusty garden swing using simple DIY tricks for just £80.

A top Hollywood actor with close ties to Strathearn is urging ladies across Scotland to take part in the ultimate girls’ night in to help raise vital funds for a charity partly based in Kinross.

Bomb disposal experts have been called to an Ayrshire town after an object was found in a river.

One of the oldest residents of a Lanarkshire care home has embarked on an astonishing feat of musical endurance – to offer a note of reassurance.

Scotland is sitting on a potential cancer ‘timebomb’, according to a leading charity.

BELOVED Coatbridge entertainer Edward Reid will help provide an SOS from specialist charity Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) next weekend.

More than half of Scots want another referendum on independence to take place within five years, a new poll has found.

A new animated film highlighting children’s heartbreaking experiences of domestic abuse has been created by Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA).