Evil gangland knife thugs will carry out attacks in Scotland for just £800

police assaults after a big rise in attacks – but a drop in those being prosecuted.The Scottish Police Federation said recorded assaults on officers rose by almost 88 per cent, from 898 to 1685, in the last three years.But at the same time, the Crown Office proceeded with 31 per cent fewer police assault cases.Following an increase in the number of assaults on police officers since lockdown restrictions were eased, and especially since pubs reopened, the federation is demanding that police

drink from a petrol station in Scotland. The girl made the eye-brow raising road trip from England to up north after discovering a secret dessert bar going viral on social media.

New pedestrianised zone created in city centre to help with social distancing His financial report warned members health board’s financial position for 2020/21 is “very much dependant on the level of Scottish Government funding received to offset the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.”But Mr Lyall stressed to board members on Thursday: “We are looking to get funding allocations by the end of 2020.“We are on top of this. The Scottish Government is on top of this.

cancer. Holly Blake, 35, dialed NHS 24 after a persistent pain in her right calf and breathlessness, which she initially feared was a pulmonary embolism - a type of blood clot in the lungs.

Do you have a coronavirus related story? Email [email protected] enhanced testing regime for Covid-19 in schools might not be ready for the full-time return to class on August 11, John Swinney admitted.The Education Secretary said public health officials are working to that timetable “at speed” but he could not give a guarantee to MSPs probing progress today.Swinney was providing with just three weeks until schools can resume in Scotland.Swinney said there will be sample testing to

stabbed a Scots housing association worker who was trying to help him has been jailed for life. Peter Cannon launched the unprovoked attack on Lynne Robertson as she sat behind her desk at River Clyde Homes, Greenock, on September 30 last year.

cancer weighing just three stone after her benefits were stopped.Christine McCluskey, 61, from Dundee, was severely malnourished and had to be fed through a tube at the time she was assessed by the Department of Work and Pensions in May 2018.At the time, she was fighting a number of health issues including Crohn's disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.But despite her struggles, the DWP, removed Christine's £117.85 a week she received in Personal Independence

police officer in Canada has died after being attacked with a weapon while trying to intervene in a disturbance. Police Constable Allan Young, originally from Dumbarton, was off-duty when he was set upon by a man in the city of Nelson, British Columbia, last Thursday.

Showcase Cinemas will be welcoming back film buffs again later this week - with the price of tickets being slashed. The cinema chain will reopen its Showcase Cinema de Lux branches in Glasgow and Paisley on Friday, July 24.

Motherwell’s Sitel call centre while delivering food to staff.The site, in Maxim Park, which has now become the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak, is currently under investigation for lack of social distancing.A driver, who asked not to be named, told the Daily Record he observed no compliance with Government guidance at the site when delivering food multiple times a day.He said employees were seen hovering around reception, out smoking together in large groups and failed to comply with the

Now pet owners are being urged to remain vigilant after the alarm was raised on June 18. Scottish SPCA chief inspector Laura McIntyre said, “This has been an incredibly upsetting and stressful time for the owners of the cats and we would like to get to the bottom of what has happened.

raped and assaulted a 15-year-old girl has been detained for more than three years. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday having earlier admitted his brutal crimes.

cats in distressing attacks in Ayrshire. Brutes have left three cats seriously injured in violent attacks in the Auchengate area of Irvine.

Police Scotland has a vendetta against Scott Bennett, who has served jail time for drug offences and was shot in the face in a gangland hit.Brockett’s Hyde ’N’ Seek ­Pinocchios nursery in ­Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, was recently graded as generally “adequate” by the Care ­Inspectorate and had no complaints against it.But a subsequent application by Brockett to Disclosure Scotland brought problems she blamed on police trying to disrupt activities relating to her and Bennett.She posted a letter

Glasgow’s Drumchapel housing estate for weeks.Prime Secure has been contracted to guard the area.The firm is run by brothers Robert and Barry Dempster, who have links to Scotland’s criminal underworld. Their dad is notorious crime figure Bobby “The Devil” Dempster.All three men had their licences to work in the industry revoked by watchdogs.

road rage attacker who drove at 40mph with his victim clinging to the bonnet has been locked up.Boy racer mechanic Josh Mills sped off with 64-year-old Gordon Davidson hanging on to his car for dear life.Gordon’s ordeal in Dundee took place after he tried to take a photo of Mills in the wake of a run-in over a badly parked car.Prosecutor Eilidh Robertson told the city’s sheriff court the incident was sparked by Mills blocking a narrow street with his Seat Leon.The men “exchanged words” and Mills

Police officers were pelted with eggs after being called to a street protest against an alleged paedophile in Fife. A large crowd gathered in Blamey Crescent, Cowdenbeath, at around 6.40pm on Wednesday demanding the man be removed from the area.

raped a teenage girl before threatening to “ruin her” has been jailed for four years. William Hailes ignored the 16-year-old’s frantic pleas for him to stop during the horrendous attack at a house in Livingston, West Lothian, on November 8 last year.

sexual assaults at one of Scotland's top universities, despite allegations made online. Cops have been working with bosses at St Andrews University amid claims of a culture of sex crimes taking place on campus.