Friday's headlines: OAP 'beaten up and stabbed' in own home and police launch probe into Glasgow fireball

A Scots who boarded a sleeper train in Glasgow expecting to travel to London was left stunned when he woke to find the train didn't leave the station. Jim Metcalfe said he woke up in the wrong city after he and other Caledonian Sleeper passengers were left to snooze without knowing the train had been cancelled.

Plans to create Scotland’s first artificial surf park just outside West Lothian have taken a step forward.

Anthony Fauci, who has been the public face of the federal response to the Covid crisis, said that he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s current term, which is in 2025.

M&S is set to make a major change to hundreds of its fresh produce as it plans to tackle food waste.

A serial abuser who terrorised women and girls over three decades is due to be released from jail despite threatening to kill all his victims when he is freed.

Scotland's rivers and reservoirs could be at risk of water scarcity as temperatures continue to soar across the country and Scots make greater use of water than usual to keep cool.

A man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Glasgow. Police say that the 39-year-old was left with serious injuries following the incident on Henrietta Street in the Scotstoun area at around 2.30pm on Wednesday, 13 July.

Paul Whelan have said they are “astonished” that US President Joe Biden has not spoken to them personally while he remains detained in Russia. Elizabeth Whelan, the 49-year-old’s sister, said the Biden administration had not spoken with them since May in an interview with CNN on Wednesday. Hours earlier, Mr Biden said he and vice president Kamala Harris had spoken with the wife of the WNBA star Britney Griner amid her trial in Moscow and calls from her supporters for her release.

Glasgow Caledonian University has renamed one of its most prominent buildings in honour of the legendary Annie Lennox. The Scots singer became Chancellor at the university in 2018 and her name will now proudly adorn the Annie Lennox Building in celebration of the first female to take on the role.

Police Scotland has issued an urgent warning to drivers this summer as the force launches its two-week crackdown on drink and drug driving.

This is the brilliant moment when a raving "granny" sent Calvin Harris fans wild with some crazy dance moves at last night's Hampden Park gig.

Paolo Nutini has said that he was too worried to ask Danielle Haim to feature on his new song ‘Acid Eyes‘ in case she rejected the offer.The Scottish singer-songwriter admitted in a new interview that he had the main Haim singer in mind for his latest single but was too “anxious” to ask her.He told The Sun: “I wrote [Acid Eyes] in my living room. I wanted to try and write a song that maybe Danielle from the Haim girls would sing with me.

A frail Scots pensioner suffered horrific injuries after he was attacked and robbed in his own flat.

Police have locked down a major street in Glasgow city centre this afternoon after a man was allegedly assaulted. Officers received a report of a man having been attacked on Union Street at around 11.30am.

A man has been rushed to hospital following an early morning 'disturbance' in North Lanarkshire.

Cops are probing a hate crime after racist graffiti was spray painted onto a building at a Scots playing field.

Children and adults with Long Covid yesterday bravely told of their pain and suffering as they demanded urgent action from the Scottish Government.

Scots supermodel Kirsty Hume tied the knot this week in a sweet ceremony in the Highlands. The Ayrshire-born beauty married her chocolate magnate partner Frederick Schilling in an intimate affair at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel.

Today has marked the first day of the UK-wide RMT rail strikes, which has slowed ScotRail operations to a near-halt with just five services running.

Police are hunting for a teenager who sexually assaulted a cyclist on a popular bike route road.