Five children and two adults rescued after plunging into sea when dinghy capsized off Scots coast

Conservative councillor for the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch ward on Fife Council, has been charged with two offences.

This week has been a very busy yet heartwarming trip for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Police have posted two new CCTV images of a woman who went missing from a Fife town on Friday as officers become increasingly concerned for her welfare. Kathleen Ritchie 35, was last seen around 8:05pm at a Tesco store at the Glenwood Centre in Glenrothes, She left the store then crossed the road at South Parks Road, she has not been seen or heard from since.Described as being around 5ft.

Police say concern is growing for the safety of a woman who vanished overnight in a Fife town. Kathleen Ritchie was last seen at around 8.20pm on Friday, May 21, in the Annandale Gardens area of Glenrothes.

sex attacks against women and children over a nearly 30-year period. Edwin Cuschieri, from Orkney, was found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh of six charges, including rapes, sexual assaults and indecent assaults against two women and a number of children on the island between 1988 and 2016.

mums have branded Professor Richard Dawkins as 'ignorant and dangerous' after he said babies born with Down's syndrome 'increase suffering on the world'.

Edinburgh park. Officers launched an investigation following reports of a man acting aggressively during a disturbance at Lochend Park on Friday, May 14.

jailed for 28 months today. Andrew Hendry, 20, had washed down Valium and cocaine with Buckfast, vodka and Dragon Soop before launching the unprovoked attack, stripped to the waist, kicking elderly Alexander Fife SIXTEEN times to the head, in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire.

Perth and Kinross Council after a successful Scottish election. The party polled third on the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list vote in both Perth and Kinross constituencies last Thursday - ahead of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Jupiter's Legacy has attracted more viewers than any other show in the world over the last five days. The Netflix show is the very first television adaptation of a comic by Mark Millar from Coatbridge and has been doing record numbers on the channel.

Kirkintilloch at the weekend. The incident took place on Saturday evening at Merkland Nature Reserve.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday. He admitted driving in Nivensknowe Road in Loanhead, Midlothian, with 106 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Perthshire community has been left disgusted after a children’s playpark was allegedly smeared with dog poo over the weekend. The incident has seen suspected faeces spread over swing seats, the play chute and on the handles of the rocking horse along with numerous other surfaces at the site on Hunter Street, Auchterarder.

Emergency crews raced to the scene after the incident happened at a property on Bowhouse Road in Grangemouth, near Falkirk, at around 12.15am on Monday, May 10. The victim of the robbery, a 37-year-old man, sustained "minor injuries" as a result.

children with cancer to scare parents into paying for private treatment has been raking in cash training other medics while a decision on his future has been delayed. Dr Mina Chowdhury was found to have frightened three sets of parents into paying for private scans and tests at his Glasgow firm Meras Healthcare at a tribunal 17 months ago.

sex beast who targeted women and children over a 35-year reign of terror can be unmasked today. David Paterson, 53, abused three women, two girls and a boy between 1983 and 2018.

holiday to Spain.