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Daisy Street shortly after 6pm on Tuesday, August 24. Fire rushed to the scene where they discovered a blaze on the ground floor of a four-storey tenement building.

teenage tearaway tried to batter down her neighbours' front door - in a failed bid to leech off their WiFi. Neighbour from hell Nicole Wylie was so out of control during her drunken rampage that the police had to be called in.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “We have received a complaint in relation to a fire hydrant on Glenshalloch Road, Dalbeattie.“The hydrant has been inspected and reported to Scottish Water and we are continuing to assist them in resolving this issue.”

Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. But Nicola was horrified to discover her dad's plaque had been defaced by vandals who had ripped it off and used part of the memorial as a fire pit when she visited the site last weekend.

Emergency services dashed to the scene on Maidencraig Crescent after the alarm was raised at around 1:50pm. Dramatic photos taken by a bus passenger show in the vehicle in the middle of the road engulfed in flames.

swimmers were dragged out to sea after getting caught in a rip current at a Scots beach this afternoon. Emergency services raced to Hopeman East Beach in Elgin just after 1pm on Saturday to reports of several persons in difficulty in the water.

Firefighters rushed to David's Loan in the Langlees area of Falkirk, just after 4am on Saturday August, 21, after reports of a vehicle ablaze.

Addiewell prison, according to whistleblowers. The allegations regarding the West Lothian institution were made by insiders ­sickened by the way the privately-operated jail is being run.

NHS crisis. And exactly a week later 67-year-old Helena Walker was kept waiting eight hours for an ambulance before spending another eight hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor after a stroke.

Perth and Kinross.

Emergency services raced to the inferno in Dunoon town centre in the early hours of Friday morning. It's understood the fire took hold in a building on the town's Argyll Street.

bin lorry caught on fire on a Scots street before quick-thinking staff spotted the smoke to put it out. The dramatic incident on Monday morning happened while crews were collecting rubbish in the Tulloch area of Perth and Kinross.

blazes broke out in Pollokshields on Tuesday morning as fire crews scrambled to the scene at around 2.35am.Pictures showed massive black smoke clouds billow from Maxwell Road area leaving neighbours shocked.Police confirmed they believe the fires to be 'wilful' and are probing the incident.One vehicle is believed to have been set alight on Herriet Street before the fire spread to a car parked behind it.And another vehicle was then said to have been torched on nearby Maxwell Road, before that

Glasgow street sparking investigations. The blaze ripped through parked cars on the street in Pollokshields early this morning.

Prime Minister will hold the meeting this afternoon as a struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continues. Johnson' s spokesman said the UK will continue the evacuation effort for "as long as we are able to do so and as long as it is safe to do so".

the country's largest trade union body - has written to education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville to make the demand on the day classrooms reopen following the summer holiday.

Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla have arrived in Scotland as they relocate in order to keep the Queen company this month.The Queen moved to her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands on July 23 for the first time as a widow, following the death of her husband Prince Philip in April.The late Duke of Edinburgh would always join his wife at the royal residence for the summer, with other family members coming to stay for a few weeks at a time, but this year Her Majesty will be alone.

Police have launched a probe after a woman was conned out of a four-figure sum of cash by “shameless” fraudsters pretending to offer roofing work. Two men turned up at the home of the 66-year-old woman on August 6 claiming to be from a roofing company.