Edinburgh student befriends 94-year-old pensioner in sweet friendship capturing hearts around the world

Edinburgh Zoo are celebrating the births of two critically endangered Scottish wildcat kittens.

Edinburgh University are lobbying for a campus building to be renamed after the first Scot to win Bake Off - who studies there. Pete Sawkins, 20, became both the youngest person to win the Great British Bake Off and also the first Scot, on Tuesday night.

baby daughter by shaking her twice when she woke him with her crying. Evil Joseph Ray was today jailed for seven years for the fatal attack on tiny Ava Ray at a flat in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

Leith Docks in Edinburgh today.Four fire engines from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are tackling the massive blaze at Leith Docks which broke out at around 12.20pm on November 25.Thick black smoke can been seen billowing into the skies above the capital after it was believed that industrial equipment went on fire.A fire service spokesman said the blaze was still being tackled.It is unclear if there have been any injuries or how the huge fire took hold.Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire

killed his two month old baby daughter by shaking her twice when she woke him with her crying was today jailed for seven years. Joseph Ray, 32, carried out the fatal attack on tiny Ava Ray at their flat in Prestonpans, East Lothian on November 1 2012.

Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to the scene on Oxgangs Park shortly after midnight on Saturday, November 14.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The leader of South Lanarkshire Council says it’s disappointing but necessary that the area is moving into Tier 4 of Covid restrictions.John Ross reacted to the news of the local authority area going into the strictest lockdown rules from today.Mr Ross said: “I know that everyone will share my disappointment that it has been necessary to place Lanarkshire and other parts of Scotland in Level 4 of the Covid

Cops are pleading with witnesses to come forward after two women were attacked in Edinburgh. The assaults happened on Sunday, October 25, 2020 in Cranston Street and West College Street.

Edinburgh Airport named after Sean Connery has been rejected.Fans of the James Bond actor, who died last month at the age of 90, had lobbied airport bosses.Petition organiser Andrew Morton wrote: “Liverpool has John Lennon airport, Belfast has George Best airport and with the death of one of her most famous sons, Edinburgh should have a Sir Sean Connery airport.”But an Edinburgh Airport spokesman said: “If we ever consider renaming the airport, then we would have a wealth of famous and historic

Read More News: In 2015, Renfrewshire was among the first Scottish councils to welcome Syrian refugees.Five years on, the Paisley Museum team is working closely with some of the town’s refugees to create a modern-day response to its glass collection for a brand-new display.Despite being held in Paisley Museum’s collections since the 1940s, the potential significance of the glassware was only recently realised by research assistant Joel Fagan while he was moving objects into The Secret

Royal Mail delivery hub after a ‘suspicious package’ was found. A bomb squad has been called to the scene at the Sighthill office on Cultins Road after the alarm was raised shortly before 10.30am on Saturday.

teenagers following an alleged assault on a teenager.Police arrested three boys aged 12,14 and 15, today following inquiries in to an alleged attack on a 13-year-old boy in the Fudstone area of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire at the weekend.Another boy, aged 14, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the same alleged assault.How to get the latest Scottish news stories sent straight to your inbox with our newslettersThe arrests come after videos allegedly showing an attack on a young boy were posted on

Netflix has released the first official trailer for a movie starring Vanessa Hudgens - which was filmed partly in Scotland. The Princess Switch: Switched Again is the second in the film series and will be released on Netflix November 19.

Edinburgh. Raymond Nyiam, 28, was found guilty of the sickening attacks in the capital following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

Nicola Sturgeon will make a statement to the Scottish Parliament later today on lockdown levels across the country.The First Minister and her Cabinet will this morning sign off the latest set of restrictions for all 32 local authority areas before they are announced at Holyrood this afternoon.Sturgeon warned Scots yesterday it was "unlikely" there will be an easing of restrictions in any part of the country - but some council areas could see them tightened.A five-tier framework to set local

seriously injured after a discarded box of fireworks exploded in an Edinburgh park.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.School pupils in South Lanarkshire are being the given the chance to once again name the council’s gritter fleet.Last year’s competition for South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads department saw Gritter Thunberg, Lewis Caploughdi, Salt Disnae, Oh Plougher of Scotland, Nitty McGritty, Gritty McVitie, Snow Coo and Spready Mercury out gritting the roads, supported by Snow Blow Patrol the snow blower.This year