Fury over 'shameful' rise in homelessness among Scots with mental health issues

arrested and charged after an alleged incident at a Scots home. The First Minister's sibling Gill, 46, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the same alleged incident as a 50-year-old man in Kilwinning, Ayrshire on Saturday.

stroke victim has been left feeling like "a prisoner in his own home" after being stuck in a top floor flat. Graeme Baxter's life was turned upside down when he suffered a devastating total anterior circulation infarct (TACI) on June 17 last year.TACI is a type of cerebral infarction affecting the entire anterior circulation supplying one side of the brain, and the 56-year-old has been left completely paralysed down the left side of his body since falling ill.

Drag Race UK winner Lawrence Chaney is taking over Radio 1's airwaves with fellow Scot Arielle Free as part of the BBC station's Drag Day. Lawrence, who slayed the RuPaul show, will join others in the line up including Bimini Bon-Boulash and Tayce for the takeover on August 21.

Ford Transit van was one of two main delivery vehicles for social enterprise Edinburgh Community Food. It's believed the van was stolen in the Leith area on Tennant Street sometime between 1.30pm on Monday, August 9, and 6am on Tuesday, August 10.

Scots serial sex offender has been jailed for 15 years for "devastating" historical crimes against nine women and girls.George West, from Stranraer, was convicted of sixteen charges, including pushing one victim down a set of stairs while she was pregnant.He also held a knife to the neck of another victim, with the crimes having a "devastating impact" on the females involved.Following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month, the 55-year-old was convicted of a string of attacks, which

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RAF base have been scrambled after an 'unidentified aircraft' approached the UK. The Typhoon fighters from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray are currently operating under a quick reaction alert.

Perth and Kinross on Monday.The Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival, organised and hosted by local charity Trauma Healing Together, will run from August 9-15 and will be held mostly online.A keynote speaker will be best-selling author Michael Byrne, a survivor of the Clutha helicopter tragedy, who battled complex PTSD and recently featured on BBC documentary ’Disasters that Shocked Scotland’.Perthshire North MSP John Swinney will also speak at the festival’s welcome event on

pervert used social media to send vile images to girls as young as seven years old.Ross McFadyen, 41, pretended he was a 12-year-old boy when he contacted his victims on Snapchat and Instagram.He forwarded them indecent images of himself and convinced the youngsters to send him intimate pictures and videos.His youngest victim was just seven years old. He contacted her through Instagram and asked her to send him a photo.McFadyen also asked her to perform a sex act on him.

Nicola Sturgeon. The First Minister wrote to Johnson earlier this week inviting him to Bute House in Edinburgh to discuss covid pandemic recovery.

Hibs. Jack Ross admitted the 19-year-old was “highly likely” to leave Easter Road this month after interest in Scotland’s young player of the year stepped up in recent days.

Scots serial killer Dennis Nilsen hunted victims. Crime fans will pay £29.99 for the excursion, which features a trip to the boozer where the Fraserburgh-born murderer lured his prey during a 15-year reign of terror.Nilsen died in 2018, more than 35 years after being caged for life for killing up to 15 men he picked up from the streets.

Glasgow amid filming of the new The Flash film.Little Louis McGinnes, from Hamilton, turned up to the set in the city centre dressed as the caped crusader in the hopes of spotting his favourite superhero.But the four-year-old got the surprised of his life when Batman stuntman Rick English saw him and decided to go over for a chat during a break in filming.A video of the sweet moment was captured by a fellow visitor to the set, according to Glasgow Live.Louis was clutching his Batman walkie

alcohol addiction has been jailed for 14 months for a street attack on a stranger. Sophie Robbins pulled out clumps of a woman’s hair in Edinburgh’s Leith Walk after targeting her in an unprovoked assault.

Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill has admitted she likes Scots born barber Dale Mehmet as she watches this year's show.. And as Amber complimented him online, fans reckons that the heavily tattooed Conor McGregor lookalike actually prefers Kaz to his current love interest Chloe.

Europa Conference League action as they look to stick Santa Coloma away in Thursday's second leg. The first match at Easter Road descended into farce despite two goals from Martin Boyle and another from Scotland striker Kevin Nisbet getting the job done to generate a 3-0 advantage for the trip to Andorra.

SNP 's Public Health minister Maree Todd during her visit to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh earlier today. The fund will offer cash to cover travel, food and overnight accommodation expenses for the parents and siblings of young people in hospital.