First picture of Scots man who died in horror Ayrshire street crash

Coronation Street viewers are working out the real identity of Mad Dog, the person texting Hope Stape. The 11-year-old has been the target of texts by a person going by the peculiar username.

Australian attacker Daniel Arzani has signed for A-League side Macarthur FC after enduring a disappointing four-year spell as a Manchester City player.

A Scots man was left physically sick after tucking into his beef dish from a local Chinese takeaway, only to find a used plaster in his food.

Guests at a Scots holiday park have slammed the “disgusting” state of the “luxury” apartment they paid a £126-a-night to stay in.

A couple have been reunited with their missing dog after it spent four days on the run – thanks to pet detectives using a hi-tech drone. June and David Hamilton had picked up the 18-month-old Spanish rescue Jack Russell terrier less than two hours before it escaped from the garden of their home in Bothwell, Lanarkshire.

A mum who spent £250,000 on a derelict baronial castle is to star in a TV show on its transformation into a top wedding venue. Nicole Rudder bought her dream project – dilapidated Garrion Tower, in Lanarkshire – in secret and is now working on £5million plans to restore the relic.

In a bid to stop the spread of bird flu in Scotland, conservationists have banned visitors from 23 islands.

A woman who attacked a child in the street claimed she had to act the way she did because the toddler was "having a meltdown." Rebecca Shipman, 32, hauled the child off the ground by his arm and slapped him several times on the body in front of shocked onlookers.

A disabled Scots mum says she is "trapped" in her own home and even has to rely on her husband to carry her up the stairs.

An angry pensioner confronted a group of people with an axe because he was furious about them parking a camper van close to his home.

A Scots mum who hit out after a house was built so close to hers she could chap her neighbour's door from her window is now being sued for £75,000.

Tributes have been paid to Scots man who will be "dearly missed" after he died when his kayak capsized on a Scots river.

A pedestrian who died after he was hit by a car on a main road in Dumbarton has been named as 42-year-old Alan Baker.

South Ayrshire Council has pulled a key part of its local development plan documents after it failed to consult on changes to draft guidance.

A man who died after a car crash ed with a bus on the A77 near Girvan has been named.

A Scots toddler has died after drowning in a swimming pool while on holiday with his family in Mauritius. Four-year-old Ozair Ali began having difficulty breathing while in the Lux Hotel's swimming pool in Belle Mare.

A Scots man has been arrested and charged in connection with large scale fraud offences spanning across four years.

Police have today named a man that was killed on an Ayrshire road.

The two per cent pay offer made to council workers is ‘nothing short of an insult’ when councillors "gave themselves a 5.2 percent increase", say trade unions.