Fears grow for missing Kirkcudbright woman Joyce Kirkland after major search

Garraway and Adil Ray on his party's ambitions for the Scottish Parliament elections on May 6. Both hosts were keen to speak to the 66-year-old about his court case where he was cleared of sexual assault in 2020, and his relationship with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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exams system is set to descend into chaos for the second year running, opposition MSPs claim.There is currently no uniform policy for assessing pupils’ grades.Deputy First Minister John Swinney said there would be no national exams this year but many schools have abandoned continuous assessment and switched to a ­traditional exam timetable.For some pupils, who will return full-time to the classroom after the Easter holidays, that could mean sitting prelims then full exams – with only a week in

missing Scots woman who hasn't been seen for a week. Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace 50-year-old Maria Radford, who is from the Morningside area of Edinburgh.

Lockerbie bomber has vowed to take the fight to clear his father’s name to the highest court in the UK after Scottish judges refused the family permission to continue their legal battle. The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi say he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice when he was convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people in December 1988.

the First Minister due to her demands for a second independence referendum while at the same time calling on Labour to help the Conservatives protect the union. The leaders clashed during a lively BBC debate that was dominated by the constitution and how the country can recover from months of gruelling lockdown.On the issue of independence, Ross told Sarwar: "I wonder why Scottish Labour can't understand the threat we are facing.

blocked after an HGV careered across the carriageways before coming to rest in a bed of daffodils.

veterans who have battled from the brink of despair have now been plunged back to their darkest days during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Record has discovered that for many ex-service personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the coronavirus crisis feels like being back in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan.Our probe also revealed that one of the UK’s leading PTSD experts has also warned that the condition is not limited to the military community, with many civilians facing

Alex Millar is safe to release back into the community – 45 years after his sickening crime shocked the nation. Millar, now 74, is due to have his freedom plea considered at a mental health tribunal chaired by Mungo Bovey QC.

cancer just four months after giving birth to her baby girl.

coronavirus  has called for a public inquiry into the Government's handling of the pandemic. Alison Saunders said 'the whole system failed' following the death of 58-year-old James Yates, who was only mildly asthmatic, at the hands of the  killer bug.

M8 this afternoon. Emergency services scrambled to the busy motorway after two vehicles collided near junction 25a at Braehead.

North Lanarkshire.Officers have been in talks with Hope United Church in Motherwell after reports by a local MSP.BBC Scotland reported that the church held broadcast services with members gathering with little social distancing, with parishioners filmed with no face coverings during the communal events.Communal services are currently banned across mainland Scotland, although restrictions are due to be relaxed later this month.Clare Adamson, who said she reported the church to police, said:

Police say they are “very concerned” for the welfare of a missing Scots pensioner who vanished on Friday.Joyce Kirkland, 72, was last seen around 10pm on March 12 in a house on Rankine Place, Buchanan Street, Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway.At 4.30am on Saturday March 13 she was reported missing to police.Joyce is described as around 5ft 6in tall, medium build with grey shoulder length hair.

coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots, the UK’s medicines' regulator has said. The MHRA said that it is ‘closely reviewing reports’ after Ireland moved to temporarily suspend the rollout of the jab.

died in his arms just over six hours after he bought it. And heartbroken Richard Gray believes he and the tragic Border Collie called Bear were the victims of callous puppy farmers.