Cops launch investigation after attempted robbery at Lanarkshire bookies

Glasgow motorway. The 30-year-old was walking on the M8 near Charing Cross when he was hit by a blue Renault Clio.

Emergency services raced to Old Town in Broxburn around 12.40am on Sunday to reports of numerous vehicles on fire. Three cars, a silver Mercedes, a Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Corsa were destroyed as a result of the blaze.

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Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterPolice in Grangemouth are trying to find the owner of a grey coloured dog found wandering alone in a street.Officers were alerted after the pooch was discovered by a passerby in Union Road at around 6pm on Friday July 15th.They've now taken to social media to find to 'lovely wee dog's' owner.Falkirk Live is an exciting new title bringing you the latest headlines from Falkirk and

in Hill Road at around 5.25am on Sunday, July 18. A man approached her from behind, while she was near to the underpass at Berry Hill Road, and knocked her to the ground.The victim was not injured in the incident but was left 'extremely upset'.Police have now launched an investigation and are hunting the suspect.

cars near a Scots harbour. Police are investigating the video that appears to show the woman approach two parked motors in Burntisland, Fife, before spraying an unknown substance across the windscreens and bodywork.

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torched a pricey car in the driveway of a Scots home. The Jaguar XF, which retails at around £31,000 new, was found ablaze in a bay in Norman Rise, Livingston around 1am this morning, July 13.

Bathgate when the suspects entered a property. They demanded the keys to the residents' car and two of them got into the black Audi S1 with the registration plate SO65 NZJ and drove away in the stolen vehicle.

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Glasgow nursery.Specialist officers were called to the scene on Prospecthill Circus in the Toryglen area at around 10am on Wednesday, July 7, after the alarm was raised.The street was locked down by police following reports of a man entering a building which is shared by Orchard Grove Kindergarten and the Southside Boxing Summer Camp.Parents were left shaken after receiving calls that a man allegedly armed with a machete and a gun had been seen in the area.Dramatic video footage obtained by the

cops swarmed a quiet residential street after reports of a man carrying an 'axe or hammer'. Officers raced to Falside Crescent in Bathgate after the alarm was raised at around 8pm on Monday, July 5.

missing Scots pensioner. John Lumsden, 78, was last seen in the Balmoral area of Galashiels around 2pm today.

Cops in an area of Falkirk are on the hunt for thugs after a woman's car windscreen was smashed.

Police were called to Knapdale Street in the Lambhill area in the early hours of Saturday morning. The alarm was raised after a man was found injured within a common close.

Coventry on June 29, with police not seeking out anyone else in connection with the couple's death. Media reports about the discovery of the couple named them, adding that Mr Badial had made his money working in the Asian textile business.

Paisley man who hasn't turned up for an appointment. Police are searching for John Smith, 53, who was last seen on Brown Street in his hometown on Friday morning.