Five teens arrested after memorial benches torched at Scots park

Scottish Government of “spitting” on her profession by paying dental hygienists, optometrists and doctors five times more for giving vaccinations.Jane McCallum has criticised a deal struck by ministers in November which allows NHS boards to give contractors £230 per three-and-a-half-hour shift – the equivalent of £66 per hour – at inoculation centres.General practice nurses, meanwhile, are receiving as little as £13 an hour to do exactly the same job while often having to train the rookie

Fife town following reports of a significant incident.Police Scotland said officers attended an address in Pitcoudie, Glenrothes, to deal with reports of a disturbance.They confirmed a 29-year-old man has been arrested at a property in Uist Road.It is unclear if anyone was injured in the incident which took place at about 7.10pm, but ambulances were placed on standby to take people to hospital if needed.A post on the North Glenrothes Community Council Facebook page said: “We are aware of an

Aberdeen in a chilling phone threat.Locals reported seeing armed police and dog units swoop on the city's Greenburn Drive in the Bankhead area.Dramatic pictures show several police vans and cars near the Crofter's shop.It comes after a man phoned the police and said he had a knife and wanted to harm officers.Cops searched for the caller around the city and traced a man at Greenburn Drive at around 2pm.Police have said a 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.A Police

Glasgow park sparking a huge police investigation. The 18-year-old woman was attacked in Festival Park, in the Pacific Quay area of the city.

drugs offences after a 'pre-planned operation' by cops in Cardenden this morning.Earlier we told how at least four marked police vans had been spotted on Dundonald Park in Cardenen, near Lochgelly, Fife.Emergency services - including a National Risk Ambulance and specialist forensics officers - were sent to the scene as part of the planned operation.At around 9am officers acting on a warrant carried out a search of the house.A 37-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman have now been arrested and

Highland Perthshire. Officers swooped on a derelict building on Crieff Road in Aberfeldy on Wednesday afternoon.

Perthshire.Michelle Lizanec was discovered by officers after they broke down the door of a property on Orchard Way, Inchture, at around 11.40pm on Saturday.She was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.A police guard remained at the terraced house on Monday just hours before officers confirmed they had charged a man in connection with her death.John Lizanec appeared in private at Perth Sheriff Court on Tuesday afternoon.The 46-year-old made no plea during the short hearing where he faced one

police chief has paid tribute after the death of a fellow officer who spent almost 40 years fighting crime.John Cordiner passed away with his loving wife and family by his side in Kirkcaldy on Monday, February 1.The 74-year-old has been hailed for a distinguished career with Fife police where he worked as a traffic warden.The dad-of-two moved to work in the Disclosure Unit before retiring in 2011.Police Scotland announced his tragic passing on Tuesday with a statement from Divisional Commander

West Dunbartonshire on Saturday night.Detectives in Clydebank have launched a probe after the incident happened in Renton on Saturday, February 13.Police and ambulance crews raced to Main Street in the village after the report of the 39-year-old being assaulted by a man at around 9.45pm.Medics rushed the injured man by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he is being treated for a head injury.Hospital staff have described his condition as serious but stable.Cops are are now

Strathclyde Park in Motherwell and fell through.Fire fighters raced to the scene to help but by the time they got there the dog had sadly drowned.Onlookers said the tragic incident was heartbreaking to watch as their thoughts went out to the family affected.One woman posted: "My heart goes out to the family of Ted the dog who drowned today at Strathclyde Park."Honestly the saddest thing I’ve ever seen! If you have dogs and your near water please keep them on the lead as you never know what can

Scottish SPCA. The cubs were roaming the streets in Inverkeithing without their mother, on February 6.

Outlander'sSam Heughan and Graham McTavish want to take his new series Men In Kilts over to New Zealand, America and Canada.The Scots hunk, who plays Jamie Frazer in Starz historical drama Outlander, was talking about the launch of his new travel series Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham which airs on February 14, when he revealed that he's keen to take it around the globe, a fact that is sure to to please Outlander fans no end.Asked if they had plans to to make more than the eight

radio phone-in was caught nearly five times the drink-drive limit after smashing into a parked car.Lisa McMillan, 47, made the “stupid” decision to visit friends in Brechin, Angus, after drinking wine with her husband.She’d scooped £19,018.17 on the Radio Tay FM cash register competition the previous day, a court heardMcMillan, the boss of a plumbing firm got behind the wheel after midnight but was so inebriated she shunted a parked car yards down the road after crashing into it.It was her

Police Scotland has paid tribute to a force horse who tragically died after collapsing on duty in Kilmarnock.Orkney was on patrol in Dean Castle Country Park on Tuesday, February 2, when she suddenly became unwell.A local vet raced to the scene and tried to save the stricken animal but the 10-year-old mare passed away a short time later.The horse joined the force in January 2020 and served communities across the country with her highly trained and specialised officers from the mounted

crash in West Lothian last year. Police announced today that three men, aged 35, 38 and 39, have all been charged in relation to the crash between three cars and two motorbikes on the A7066 in Bathgate in July last year.

shopping centre. The 39-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the 26-year-old woman on Saturday at around 1am near Aberdeen's Union Square shopping centre.

Inverness. Four people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after the Mercedes E220 collided with the property at around 9.10pm on January 21.

murder bid on a young man in a Fife park. The trio, aged 52, 22, and 20, were arrested after the 21-year-old was allegedly attacked in the park on Links Place in Burnisland at around 5.30pm on Saturday January 30.

horror crash on a Scots road. Emergency services raced to the A91 in Fife between Auchtermuchty and the B937 at Birnie Loch at around 7.50am on Saturday January 30 following reports the two HGVs had collided.

Katie Hopkins after the notorious media personality backed 'Instagram influencers' holidaying in Dubai. Scots lotto winner Jane has been in the United Arab Emirates since November last year.