Fire melts two double decker buses as inferno rips through Scots depot

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.An independent investigation is to be launched into former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbying for the collapsed financial firm Greensill and the role of the scandal-hit financier Lex Greensill in government.Downing Street said Boris Johnson had called for the independent review to be launched into Greensill Capital due to “significant interest” in the matter.The Prime Minister’s official spokesman

Glasgow.Emergency services raced to the scene on Copland Road shortly before 10.30pm on Friday, April 9. A large cordon was put in place near to Ibrox Subway station, with the road closed off to traffic between Summertown Road and Woodville Street, Glasgow Live reports.

police after brutally attacking two officers with a meat cleaver in North Lanarkshire. David Dowson was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow today after seriously assaulting PC’s Josh McCorry and Glenn Coletta in Wishaw in June last year.

stalked his wife for more than four years over suspicions she was carrying on a secret affair with his business partner. Business owner Scott Ennis secretly filmed her in the bedroom, recorded her work conversations with a hidden microphone and deployed a member of his staff to spy on her.

schoolboy was left with horror facial injuries after four men jumped out of a car and attacked him. The 15-year-old was assaulted on Friday at around 7.30pm in Ferniegair by the group of thugs.

forest have been blasted as 'utterly irresponsible'. Local dog walkers were shocked as they took their pets for a stroll to see smoke rising from Carnie Woods in Westhill, Aberdeenshire yesterday.

Fife this evening after a group of youths were seen sparking the inferno. Around 30 rowdy youngsters were spotted at Coul Reservoir in Glenrothes this evening before they set fire to the area.

child abuse victim who died just months before his attacker faced justice yesterday said the monster is to blame for the tragedy.Tragic Brian Sirrell was tormented by “demons” after struggling to cope with the sexual abuse David Alexander subjected him to as a 12-year-old in his skyrise flat in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, two decades ago.His family were left shattered when he died of an accidental overdose aged just 34 last July.Brian’s evidence was used to jail Alexander for five-and-a-half

paedo Waverley skipper ruined her son's life - and she was pleased the pervert died behind bars.David Neill, 76, died in December last year after being locked up in February following a conviction over four charges of indecent assault.He was jailed for seven years, and had also been jailed in 1998 for three years for abusing five teenage boys in his cabin on Clyde trips or while berthing at Glasgow.The pervert skippered the world famous ship between 1975 and 1997, luring teenagers onboard by

slashed a man at a bus stop with a piece of broken glass was had been jailed. Theresa Spiewak, 54, had earlier threatened to "deal with" with her victim over the way he'd allegedly taken money from her teenage daughter.

Scottish Borders. Emergency services raced to the scene at 4.20pm yesterday to the aid of the 54-year-old working at Crichness Law in the Lammermuir Hills near Cranshaws.

Jimmy McCulloch had ­broken records with a No1 at 15 and he was in Wings – one of the world’s biggest bands. He rubbed shoulders with the likes of Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Harry Nilsson and David Cassidy.

police constable’s face and told officers arresting him: “I will bite your b***s off.”David Wellwood was repeatedly visited by police at his Edinburgh home after calls from neighbours about threatening and antisocial behaviour.Wellwood, 57, had told one woman: “F*** off back to London with your big t**s you b***h.”On one occasion officers went to his flat, Wellwood called 999 twice to try and report them as “bogus” cops.

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Police in Fort William said that a 29-year-old male was arrested and charged with vandalism, wilful fireraising and a break-in at Lochaber High School in the Camaghael area in the morning of March 15.The incidents happened at around between 3am and 7am on Kilmallie Road and the school.The man is due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on March 16.

Police are calling for witnesses after a car was set on fire at a Scots high school.Emergency services in Fort William were called to the scene of the blaze at Lochaber High School in the Camaghael area around 6am this morning, March 15.Around 7am officers received reports of a break-in at the school.Scottish Fire and Rescue managed to extinguish the blaze and police have confirmed the fire is being treated as deliberate.Thankfully no one was injured in the incident.Officers are looking for