Everything you wanted to know about Scotland's gang wars but were too afraid to ask

racism, identity and the history of the slave trade. Edinburgh -born Eunice Olumide tells her story in a BBC film that will be shared as a learning resource in schools.

Love Island Scot Laura Anderson wants contestants Liberty and Kaz to ditch their lads and go on to win the show as a same sex friendship couple. Laura reckons Liberty and Kaz both deserve to win the programme after being put through the wringer by their respective couplings.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

a gang of thugs battered a young man on a path between two Scots towns. The man was set upon by three or four others as he walked on Black Path between Galashiels and Tweedbank, in the Scottish Borders, around 10pm on Friday, July 31.

sunny summer at home or abroad and as travel restrictions lift even further across Scotland and the rest of the UK, many people will be planning a foreign escape for the first time in over a year. While travel overseas is still limited, as more people are vaccinated and outbreaks of Covid variants are identified and controlled, restrictions will continue to lift.

Scotland, says his family has received deaths threats from the Taliban because he worked for the British Army. He believes they should be allowed to follow him here as the Taliban launch revenge attacks following the withdrawal of US and British forces from Afghanistan after a 20-year war.Refa worked for the Army in Helmand province and supported troops by translating street signs, documents and the intercepted communications of insurgents.

attacked by a gang of three men at his Angus home. The 46-year-old was viciously assaulted at an address on Croft Terrace in Kirriemuir in the early hours of Friday morning.

Glentruim and Perthshire.

Borders around 6.00pm on Tuesday July 27. All three of the men involved were dressed in dark clothing and all had baseball caps and face coverings, according to Police Scotland.

Getting there: Ferries from Oban to Colonsay take just over two hours, with services also running from Islay.

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Covid prevented early diagnosis of her skin cancer.And while Fiona Weir, 43, has had treatment for a malignant melanoma, she now faces years of scans and tests to ensure the cancer has not spread or returned.By the time it was discovered, it had already spread to the lymph nodes in her groin and she is only thankful it was detected before it metastasised into her organs.But her cancer is already at stage three – just one below the most serious stage.Fiona, who is studying criminal justice while

Scottish weather had been glorious recently with many of us sitting outside to bask in the beautiful sunshine but with the good weather comes a few downsides. Aside from getting sunburn the heat also makes our rubbish get warmer which can attract pesky flies and maggots, which nobody wants a wheelie bin full of.

Livingston. The 19-year-old man was pounced upon by five men as he walked through to the ASDA store on Almondvale Boulevard at 11.30pm last night.

Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletterIndiana Jones 5 and Narcos actor Boyd Holbrook said he has 'avoided' haggis but wants to return to Scotland as he and his cast members wrapped up their filming of the Hollywood movie in Glasgow.Boyd, who has been pictured on set in the film alongside Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Shaunette Renee Wilson and a Harrison Ford body double, was asked how he enjoyed Glasgow by some fans outside of his

Perth area, other parts of Scotland - and even as far afield as Spain - were able to pay their last respects by tuning in to the live-streamed service. In a wide-ranging eulogy, the Rev Alex T Stewart, minister at St John’s Kirk in Perth, paid tribute to George’s “loving and generous spirit”.