Homes evacuated and road closed after grass fire takes hold in Highlands

Lanarkshire.Emergency services were called to the scene on the A89 Airdrie Road, near the Woodside Road junction, at around 11.45pm on Sunday, May 16.

cannabis and a stash of weapons after pulling over a car in a Scots city. Police stopped the black BMW 1 series around 11.15pm on the eastbound section of the A90, Kingsway West in Dundee on Friday night.

Kirkcaldy leaving him hospitalised. Officers were called to reports of a nine-year-old boy struck by a car on Fair Isle Road at around 4pm on Thursday May 13.

iOS and Android.A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "About 12.40am on Saturday, May 8, police were contacted and attended at Paterson Street in Ayr in support of Scottish Fire and Rescue and bin fires were extinguished."A 43-year-old was arrested and charged and held in police custody to appear at Ayr Sheriff Court on Monday, May 10."Don't miss the latest Ayrshire headlines – sign up to our free daily newsletter here

Aberdeen. Westburn Road is currently closed following the incident just after 5pm today.Road users are being urged to take an alternative route to allow police and ambulance crews to deal with the accident.The extent of the motorcyclists injuries are not yet known.

Police are dealing with an ongoing incident on the M8 motorway in Glasgow.Drivers have been advised to be aware of delays as the road is currently closed in one direction due to an ongoing police incident.Glasgow Live report that the motorway is closed eastbound between Junction 12 (Cumbernauld Road Interchange) and Junction 11 (Stepps Road Interchange) as a result of the incident.

iOS and Android.East Dunbartonshire has the second highest rate of 41.4 while East Ayrshire is third with 41.0.Currently, 21 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 21.4.This includes South Ayrshire (13.3) and North Ayrshire (16.3).0.0 Orkney Islands / Shetland Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar 1.9 East Lothian2.3 Argyll & Bute 3.2 Midlothian6.9 Scottish Borders 7.7 Inverclyde8.7 Dundee City9.5 Angus11.0 Highland 11.5 Aberdeenshire12.3 Renfrewshire13.2 Pe

Edinburgh nursery. The alarm was raised at the Lanark Road Nursery at around 7.19am on Wednesday, May 5, after smoke could be seen coming from the building.

Emergency services raced to the reports of a house fire in the Dores area near Inverness in the Highlands at around 10pm on Monday night.

Police have now arrested a 31-year-old man who is due to appear in court.

iOS and Android.East Dunbartonshire has the second highest rate of 42.3 while East Ayrshire is third with 36.9.Currently, 21 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 21.3This includes South Ayrshire (13.3) and North Ayrshire (14.8).The encouraging figures comes as the NHS Ayrshire and Arran Health Board region recorded a further 18 cases of the disease in the last 24 hours.0.0 Orkney Islands / Shetland Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar 1.2 Argyll & Bute2.2

Scottish Highlands as a chill sweeps the country in May. Several inches of the white stuff was spotted in the Cairngorms in the north of the country - making for good skiing conditions on the mountain range.

Grand Designs has featured some major success stories with dreams homes, but sometimes owners face a living nightmare instead.Yesterday, the unlucky star of the 'saddest episode ever' revealed he is still building his luxury lighthouse-inspired home 10 years later despite never getting to live in it.Edward Short, 52, says he will have to immediately sell the Chesil Cliff House in Devon as it has plunged him into millions of pounds of debt, with the disastrous project's cost spiralling to

NHS worker Lybi Halliday has been found following a frantic police search. The 21-year-old, from Hamilton, had vanished after a night out in Glasgow city centre on Friday, April 30 at around 11.30pm.

Perthshire town. Officers arrested three men aged 37, 39 and 53 and a 53-year-old woman after the intelligence-led operation in the Blairgowrie area yesterday morning.

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