Former soldier shown mercy by court after dramatic meltdown

appeared in court charged with murdering a Scots mum whose body was found in a parked car. Jane Fitzpatrick was discovered dead inside the vehicle on Cable Road in Glenrothes, Fife, at around 9am on August 9.

stun gun on a Scots street as passing drivers watch on. The man was arrested amid reports two officers were seriously injured after an alleged baseball bat attack on Murray Street in Paisley on Sunday afternoon.

ending the uplift to the benefit next month despite pleas from several Tory MPs and numerous anti-poverty charities. A survey by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) found 74% of its users who claim Universal Credit said they would be unable to cope with the reduction in payment, while 26% said they would no longer be able to pay for essentials, and 14% said they would no longer be able to pay for food.

Dunfermline, on Saturday night, September 4. Police descended on the Hospital Hill venue after calls were made at 8:30pm.

gangland hardman has offered a £20,000 reward after claiming his son has been abducted and taken to Romania.

iOS - Android One local told Lanarkshire Live the smell of cannabis could be smelt around the village. Our source added: "Police raided the empty Clansman pub in Caldercruix this morning [Saturday], where a cannabis farm was established inside."The stench of it can be smelt all around the village." Cops are continuing to investigate their findings, with a Police Scotland spokesman telling Lanarkshire Live "enquiries are ongoing".

Officers seized the drugs at the empty Clansman Inn in Caldercruix, Airdrie, at around 1am on Saturday, August 28.

Laurieston in Falkirk, marks the 10th anniversary of his death.

custody. Neil Meager, 38, was allowed to walk free from court despite being convicted of attacking the teenager just three years after he was caught beating up his wife.

SNP Government was agreed last week. The pact, which would give the SNP and Greens a clear majority at Holyrood, commits the parties to a shared agenda, but also flags up excluded policy areas.

Girvan Harbour on Wednesday night. Cops, fire crews and coastguard teams raced to the scene after the fire took hold.

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social media. Emergency services rushed to the old Spateston Pre-5 Centre in Johnstone, Renfrewshire at around 5.35pm on Friday August 28.

WW1.The message is among a wealth of handwritten treasures which will be on display at the newly reopened Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum at Stirling Castle.Private Vincent Collins, 18, of the 8 th (Argyllshire) Battalion wrote the last letter home to his parents in 1915, the night before his unit moved into the trenches.Tragically, Vincent was wounded on 4 October that year and died from his injuries.The note is in an incredibly fragile condition so to bring it to life the team has

blaze in a communal area of a Scots block of flats. Firefighters and police were called to the scene at the block in Windmill Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire earlier after reports of waste ablaze in the back garden of a block of flats.

h it by a car. A shocking video posted online shows a biker cycling along the A92 between Bankhead going to Kirkcaldy with a car close behind.

Dunfermline as they carried out the operation. Two ambulances also appeared to be in attendance at the raids on Thursday, August 13.A shocked driver captured the scene as he passed and can be heard saying: "F****** hell."The force confirmed officers were executing search warrants at two addresses in Ballingry area of the town.

Edinburgh. A man has now been detained by officers in connection with a variety of alleged road traffic offences after being nicked in the Dalkeith area on Thursday.

swimmer was saved in a dramatic rescue after struggling in the water this afternoon. The alarm was raised at around 4pm after a bystander spotted someone in trouble at an Aberdeen harbour.

Love Island security were sent into "meltdown" after they feared the boys on the 2020 winter series in South Africa had been kidnapped. Scottish winner Paige Turley, who won the series alongside Finley Tapp, has recalled the moment that the boys were seemingly lost while returning from a challenge.