Dumfries family wins five-year fight to stay in Scotland and avoid being sent back to Pakistan

as more results are declared. Siobhan Brown (Ayr) In what could rank as the SNP's biggest win of the entire election, Siobhan Brown gained Ayr for Nicola Sturgeon's party from the Tories in one of the closest run races of the campaign.

mum gave birth in her living room while her entire family were in the house and plumbers fitted her new washing machine next door.Amy Sheddon, 29, and husband Harry 32, welcomed baby son Angus at their Girvan home on April 26.The Girvan couple had planned to have a home delivery and had a birthing pool set up in their livingroom ready for the big day.However Angus made a very unexpected appearance when Amy's waters suddenly broke with no contractions, forcing her to give birth while their new

Outlander star Graham McTavish has spoken about the possible return of one of his characters to the hit show for season six. The Scots actor, who has just signed up to join the cast for season two of Netflix's The Witcher, spoke about his role as Buck Mackenzie in an interview with a British magazine.

devastating blaze will need to carry out demolition works themselves due to a lapse in the insurance. Jill Davies watched the Ashgill home she previously shared wth her late husband and childhood sweetheart Steve go up in flames.

missing Scots teenager who had been missing since Saturday. Emma Pollock, 13, was reported missing from the Shettleston area of Glasgow on Saturday.

issing NHS worker Lybi Halliday, from Hamilton, did not come home after allegedly being "approached by a man" in Glasgow. Police are now frantically searching for Lybi after she was last spotted in the city centre at around 11.30pm on Friday, April 30.

Nicola Sturgeon has thanked the people of Scotland for their sacrifices over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic. The SNP leader wrote an open letter which has been published in a number of Sunday papers including the Sunday Mail.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionShe has now set up a production company in Scotland, Firewalker Films, and is running film-making workshops to encourage a new generation of local film-makers.The mum of two said: “When I was little, I remember seeing ­Gregory’s Girl on television and I thought it was so funny and romantic.“I talked about it with all my school friends and we were all very excited because it was

care home - after being described as a 'fire hazard', her outraged family claim.Former headteacher Susan Lynas, 75, was hospitalised after breaking her back last year and was unable to receive physiotherapy due to the pandemic.She gained weight due to being immobile for months and also contracted coronavirus, and is now suffering from long covid as well as severe asthma and diabetes.Gran-of-three Susan has been in an interim care home, Craigmair, in Livingston, West Lothian, which is run by the

“We have been working closely with VisitScotland and other key stakeholders across the region to ensure that we provide a coordinated approach to visitor management – we all want to make sure our visitors and businesses have the best possible experience.“As well as providing a toolkit to support our businesses reopening, we have created a new visitor charter which we’ll be promoting across our Scotland Starts Here consumer channels and we will also be launching new online features and advice for

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A man was caught with £3,000 worth of coke in his family home after becoming involved in dealing to feed his own habit.John Gallacher appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week after pleading guilty to the offence which his lawyer said had caused “embarrassment and distress” to his family.Police executed a search warrant for the property in the

Line of Duty fans have gone crazy over the latest Line of Duty blunder which saw Scotsman Martin Compston make two major mistakes about what happens in his native land. The Greenock -born actor came up with a couple of clangers in Sunday night’s record-long interrogation of Acting Detective Superintendent Jo Davidson in the hit BBC show.

Nicola Sturgeon blasted hundreds of anti vaccine campaigners who protested in Glasgow demanding for an end to lockdown. The First Minister tweeted her fury as photographs of protesters holding signs declaring Covid to be a hoax went viral across the internet.

Perth in June 2019.

toddler Sandy Davidson says the family are still desperate for answers - 45 years after he vanished.On what is the 45th anniversary of her brother's disappearance Donna Davidson says she and her parents are "living in limbo" and fear they may never learn what happened to tragic Sandy.Donna last saw her big brother when she was aged just two and Sandy was three-years-old, while the pair were playing in the sunshine at their grandparents' house in Bourtreehill, Irvine.It is believed Sandy ran out

Scotland's Home of the Year has left viewers 'blown away'. The Garden House, in St Andrews, appeared in the latest episode of the BBC property show, and is a stunning home built around a pond and greenery.

justice.Robert Fleeting's devastated mum Susan and the widow of tragic Dean Sprouting, Linda, have vowed to never give up their years long search into what happened to the men.The two women were separately fighting their cases but have now communicated with each other through the Justice4Troops campaign group.Robert from East Kilbride, was a firefighter in the RAF and engaged to be married when he died aged just 24 at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, in 2011 in what has been ruled as a suicide.But his