'Gun shots' in Scots town as armed police lock down area and launch major probe

Scots academics have criticised the Scottish Government for allowing the country to lag behind the rest of the UK for Long Covid rehabilitation services. A report by professors at Stirling University and Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen highlights the lack of funding in Scotland to help those suffering.

raped on a street in Edinburgh. Officers say the 29-year-old was the victim of a serious sexual assault at the junction of Broughton Street Lane and Union Street.

injured on a Scots street sparking a police investigation. Officers were called to reports of a 37-year-old injured in Shuttle Street, Paisley, at around 11.50pm on Friday July 30.

Dunfermline at around 5pm on Friday July 30. The disturbance involved two men and part of the street has been cordoned off.It has not yet been confirmed if there have been any injuries as a result.Enquiries into the nature of the circumstances remain ongoing.

Scots woman who was raped and sexually assaulted by a hotel worker on a package holiday with her husband has won an 11-year fight for justice after the Supreme Court ruled that a tour operator was liable for the attack. The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was attacked by an on-duty hotel employee in a Kuoni resort in Sri Lanka in 2010.

missing as police appeal for assistance to help trace her. Sarah Flint, 14, has been reported missing from the Inverness area, according to Police Scotland.

stabbing an ex-bodybuilder to death has died in prison. Marius Bauba, who flouted eight different bail orders when he knifed Morgan Dunn in the heart last year, was found by guards at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire, on Saturday, where he was serving an almost 10-year sentence.

Police have locked down a road next to a holiday park near Castle Douglas as emergency crews deal with a serious crash. Cops were alerted to the incident on the A713 between Parton and St John’s Town of Dalry at 4pm this afternoon.It is unclear as to how many vehicles are involved in the incident.Traffic Scotland say that the crash happened just metres away from the Loch Ken Holiday Park.

Scots waterway taking the horror total of deaths in the last 24-hours to SIX.

missing as police appeal for information to help trace him. Stephen James was reported missing from an address in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Police have shut down a Scots road amid an ongoing incident at a river near Loch Lomond. Officers were called to the scene at the A82 between Crianlarich and Ardlui at around 8.20pm this evening.The Scottish Sun reports that a Coastguard helicopter was deployed to the scene earlier but is no longer there.

emergency response in Stirlingshire. Crews were called to the section of water at Lock 16 of the Forth and Clyde Canal just off Union Road in Camelon, Falkirk on Wednesday.

investigation. Kevin Hughes was reported missing when he didn't turn up for work on Monday.

Fife street. Police were called to the scene on Chapel Street in Lochgelly shortly before 9pm on Saturday, July 16.

Fife has sparked a major police investigation. Officers were called to Whitehall Avenue in Cardenden, Lochgelly on Thursday evening.

sexually assault at a Scots park. The incident occurred between 5pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, July 10 near Castle Green Playpark in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

Bathgate when the suspects entered a property. They demanded the keys to the residents' car and two of them got into the black Audi S1 with the registration plate SO65 NZJ and drove away in the stolen vehicle.

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iOS - Android Video posted on Twitter shows armed cops patrolling the area and there remains a high police presence.Rutherglen residents also posted that the helicopter was hovering over the area for a lengthy time. Police Scotland have been contacted for comment. *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here. And did you know Lanarkshire Live had its own app?