Heartbreaking letters from two tragic Scots soldiers to their mother during WW1 up for auction

coastline near Kirkcolm where he has been walking for 35 years. Armed with essentials, including his phone and suitable clothing, he never suspected he'd be left in a life-threatening situation.

Falkirk area have hit out at yobs seen launching dog poo at passing cars - with one branding them "Scotland's biggest d***heads".

reportedly raped in Fife. Officers were called to the scene near Oriel Woods in Kirkcaldy after the young woman was allegedly attacked at around 9.30pm on Monday, September 6.

laying out her government's priorities for the year ahead. The SNP leader said: "Last, but by no means least, we will introduce the Miners’ Pardon Bill to provide a collective pardon for those convicted of certain offences during the 1984/85 miners’ strike.

car from Wind in the Willows back to life after bagging a bargain at auction. Gordon Grant, from Comrie in the Highlands, picked up the neglected motor used in the 1996 film for just £4,500 before transforming it during lockdown into a museum showpiece valued at up to £50,000.

handed food at a Glasgow soup kitchen. The shocking image shows the woman and her toddler daughter being handed a package at the regular stall on the city's Argyle Street ran by the Homeless Project Scotland charity.

residents has died after leaving a heartbreaking final plea to politicians. In a harrowing video message before she died, Mary Fowler begged politicians to act to help her, and ­others like her, see their families.

Scots motorway. The 60-year-old woman was driving on the M9 in West Lothian when a bicycle smashed through her windscreen.It is believed to have come free from a vehicle driving on the opposite carriageway.

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

teenage thug who branded his grandmother "a w****" and pulled out a knife at her home in a drunken rampage has been jailed. James Cumming also phoned police and falsely reported a murder - then laughed at the officers who raced to the scene.

drugs during a police raid which recovered £36,000 of cannabis has been jailed for 12 months. William Dorward was caught with the haul of the Class B drug after cops searched his Edinburgh flat.

smashed through a chip shop on a busy Stirling street. Emergency services were called to Main Street in Plean, at around 6:50pm this evening, Wednesday August, 25.

Scots square. Police raced to the Square in Kelso in the Borders in the early hours of Sunday morning following reports of 20 people being gathered there.

Rod Stewart's heart wrenching split from his wife Penny Lancaster was the inspiration behind one of one of the singer's hit songs. Celtic fan and honorary Scot Rod, 76, admitted that he and his third wife Penny, now 50, had split for two weeks and that he recorded a song in tribute to their feelings for one another for his 2013 'Time' album.

Fife. Police confirmed that the driver of the white van had been arrested following a "short pursuit" which started in Dunfermline and ended in Mossend Terrace, Cowdenbeath.

Grangemouth road. Emergency services were called to help shortly after 8.30pm on Friday following reports of a one vehicle collision.

Grangemouth. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to reports of a car hitting a tree on Union Road, shortly after 8.30pm on Friday August 20.

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

mum has shared a heartbreaking back-to-school message after losing her five-year-old son to a deadly virus. Arlene Smith's son Jack passed away in December 2012 after falling ill with a adenovirus infection - a common virus which in most cases sees patients suffer from upper respiratory symptoms.