Drink driver who 'downed' vodka before hitting two police officers found drunk behind wheel again

The number of drink related deaths had dropped in West Lothian, after a spike during the two years of Covid lockdown.

Lorraine Kelly has teamed up with a choir of women who discovered they had breast cancer after watching her chat show to create a charity single. For the last five years, ITV’s breakfast programme Lorraine has ran the Change + Check campaign to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of the condition, and encourage women to have their breasts examined. As part of this year’s drive, 20 women who were prompted to get checked after seeing the campaign have joined together to record the song Golden.

Michaela Zee “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Paul Schrader has expressed his disapproval of Robert De Niro reprising his role as Travis Bickle in an Uber ad campaign. “Ouch. Why Bob would do this is beyond my reckoning,” Schrader wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening.

A body has been found in the search for a missing man who vanished from a campsite in Skye.

Police say a man who vanished six days ago from Penicuik may be in Edinburgh.

A grandad who disappeared while 'pottering around in his garden' has been found supping a pint in a Wetherspoons pub.

A young man who murdered a taxi driver issued a violent threat as he was dragged out of court after being sentenced to life in jail. Oliver Pugh, 20, was told he will serve at least 27 years behind bars for the unprovoked stabbing of Mohammed Istakhar in Solihull, West Midlands, last November.

A body has been discovered during the search for a missing pensioner.

A nine-year-old girl who died after she was struck by a tractor while riding her bike has been named locally as Naomi Ferrans.

Police are searching for two missing schoolgirls who haven't been seen for two days.

A frantic search has been launched in an effort to locate a Scots man who vanished two days ago.

A Mercedes driver has died following a horror crash with a tractor and a van in Perthshire.

A Bathgate-based butchers toasted success at the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards.

A major Scots road was closed after a car burst into flames this morning. Emergency services rushed to Edinburgh City Bypass around 9.26am on Sunday to reports of a car on fire.

Holly rings her school to tell them she is staying at home. She isn’t sick. She just can’t bring herself to go. “Bad things are going to happen today,” she says just above a whisper, her voice cracking.

People across the UK are sweating through the heatwave which is common in hot weather.

Five former police officers have admitted sending grossly offensive racist messages, including one about the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle.

Ferrari has defended the casting of Adam Driver against claims of cultural appropriation.Andrea Iervolino, an Italian-Canadian film producer on the Enzo Ferrari biopic, rebuked claims made against Driver’s casting by actor Pierfrancesco Favino, who questioned why Italian actors were not cast more often in Hollywood films.In response, Iervolino said Italy had failed in comparison to other countries in producing Hollywood stars with worldwide visibility, citing examples like Javier Bardem and Antonio Banderas from Spain, and Marion Cotillard and Vincent Cassel from France.Speaking at the festival (via the Telegraph), Ierovlino said: “Italian cinema needs to look beyond Italy and come up with synergies with the international film industry, which wants to invest in Italian icons. Films like Ferrari, which will be distributed in 150 countries, promote Italy and Italian genius.”The producer called on the Italian film industry to “make films based on stories that speak to the whole world, with international stars who work side by side with our own talent”.In his original comments, Favino, who stars in a movie called Comandante which opened this year’s festival, asked why actors on the level of Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) were not cast more often in Hollywood productions.“There’s an issue of cultural appropriation,” Favino said.“Instead, the parts are given to foreign actors who are distant from the story’s real protagonists, starting with the exotic accents,” he added.

Wetherspoons will be slashing its food and drinks prices for one day only. Punters heading to the pub chain will see prices reduced by 7.5%.

The story of a Scottish countess who escaped perishing on the Titanic will be revealed through a collection of mementos linked to the infamous ship.