Couple airlifted to hospital after trying to rescue dog at Scots beach

MSP Ms McAlpine, who has raised the issues with health secretary Jeane Freeman, said: “I believe that we have a responsibility to help children who have been left requiring considerable support for the rest of their lives.“Ms Freeman has reassured me that the Scottish Government is giving careful consideration to all the recommendations in the report and will be consulting with all the patient groups before responding with their plans.

couple who lost their dog in a horrendous house fire has raised over £12,000.Callum Martin, 30, and wife, Melissa, 29, from Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, were left devastated when a horrific fire took hold in their home and killed their beloved Luna on August 10.The couple were out having lunch when they received a phone call from a neighbour to say their house was up in smoke after an electrical fault in their kitchen took fire.Despite best efforts from firefighters, the couple's home could not be

policeman has relived the moment he and his dog were run down as they tried to halt car thieves.The officer and his four-legged partner Rudi had left their vehicle to chase three suspects who had ditched a car near London Road in the east end of Glasgow.But a second stolen vehicle was waiting to pick up the fugitives and its driver mowed the police pair down.The unnamed officer had to undergo two months of intensive physiotherapy for back and leg injuries before he could return to duty.Rudi

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scotland’s Health Secretary was joined by the nation’s clinical director last week as they paid a visit to the town’s hospital.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman MSP, joined by National Clinical Director Jason Leitch, visited the University Hospital Hairmyres on (Monday, August 31) to thank staff for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic and to see how the hospital has changed as services recover.They

Fife beach after bad weather saw the levels of bacteria skyrocket. Tests were carried out at the Silver Sands beach in Aberdour on August 17 and discovered a disturbingly high level of human and animal waste.

missing airman Corrie McKeague has said that police have been unable to reassure her that bones found in bin bags in a Suffolk river are not her son's. Nicola Urquhart said she was "trying to keep a sensible head on" after the discovery of human remains in the River Stour in Sudbury on August 27.Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, around 16 miles north of Sudbury, on September 24 2016.

Aberdeen. Cops were called to the city's Back Hilton Road last night amid reports of a disturbance.

coronavirus pandemic, a new report warns. The financial downturn in the wake of the pandemic is as serious as the economic crash in 2008.

beautiful holiday cottages in the Scottish Borders is on the hunt for a couple who will move there to live and work - and get paid £35,000. Lucky applicants of the one-of-a-kind job opportunity will get to stay in a two-bedroom cottage with bills paid for and can even bring their pet.

Glasgow street over night. Cops were called to Glenisla Street in the east end at around 2.25am to reports of a 'serious assault'.

Bolton, at around 7pm on May 28, 2020, following a report of fraud. Earlier that day, a woman aged in her 80s had received a phone called from a man claiming to be an officer from ‘Scotland Yard’.

Glasgow hospital has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found earlier this morning. Eyewitnesses said they saw people being moved from the Gartnavel General Hospital at around 10am with police officers present.

hospital six months ago. Norwegian Anne Vetvik was reported missing by staff at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow on February 13.

dog is officially retiring after a career responding to more than 300 incidents across Scotland over 55 ‘dog years’. Springer Spaniel Diesel has officially hung up his protective boots and doggles after helping protect communities for eight year – or 55 ‘dog years’.

police. The grim discovery was made at Inverkip beach on Monday, 10 August.

mask-clad thugs held couple at 'gunpoint' in their own home in a terrifying robbery in a Scots town last night. Three men broke into the house on Clydebank's Montrose Street at around 5pm last night.

hospital after being assaulted during a big beach gathering of youths on a Scots beach. The 16-year-old was part of a group of around 20 youngsters aged between 14 and 16 who massed on Troon beach on Saturday.

crash after they took their new car out for a drive was jailed today.Stephen Jones repeatedly drove a service bus onto the opposing carriageway before driving into the path of an oncoming Vauxhall Corsa resulting in the deaths of Ian and Helen McKay.Mr and Mrs McKay, aged 78 and 79, from Bathgate, in West Lothian, suffered multiple injuries in the resulting collision and were pronounced dead at the scene.Four passengers who were travelling on the bus Jones was driving from Linlithgow to