Huge Scots forest fire breaks out near military defence range sparking emergency response

tycoon who lived a lavish lifestyle and painted himself as a charity hero has been caged over a £300,000 fraud. Joseph Quinn touted himself as a philanthropist who climbed Kilimanjaro for charity.

hunting thieves who made off with massive statues of baby angels from a posh Scots estate. The four stone pieces, which weigh around six stone each, were lifted from an estate near Kinross, Perthshire and are worth thousands of pounds each.

Scots woman has been driven to 'breaking point' as ants swarm her council flat in Hamilton. Chelsey Campbell, 28, moved into the flat on Brankholm Brae in Hamilton in February last year and has suffered from the ant infestation ever since.

collapsed again leaving Scots without running water. The sinkhole, in Murano Place in Leith, Edinburgh first caused chaos in February this year when the waste truck became stuck sparking an emergency response.

BBC passenger Chris Clotworthy, who had been traveling home from Glasgow, said code words were announced over the ship intercom. He said: "The boat did a complete 180 degree turn and looked to be heading back to Scotland, this was when it was level with Blackhead (in County Antrim).

Get the latest Scotland Now stories sent straight to your inbox with our twice-weekly newsletter.An NHS chief has said that clearing the backlog of hospital operations will take years 'will take years'.Professor Caroline Hiscox, who is the chief executive of NHS Grampian, said the current workload from the rising numbers from the coronavirus pandemic has left staff "exhausted".NHS Grampian is urging people in the region to help relieve pressure on the health service, reminding patients they

drone, a report has found. The helicopter was travelling over Kelty in Fife at around 2.15pm on April 17 when a paramedic on board spotted the device outside the pilot’s window.

‘sexually assaulted’ by a woman at a bus stop. Police say the boy was attacked at a shelter on South Street in Perth, near the Tavern Bar, at around 9.20pm on Sunday.

combat blade. Callum Smith, 20, stabbed victim Kieran Gemmell through the left side of his stomach, leaving him with appalling injuries and fighting for his life in hospital.

told how emergency crews were called to Dewar Street in Dunfermline just before 2pm on Saturday.

Covid-19 cases at a Scots prison have almost doubled in one week as understaffed NHS nurses working there 'fear for their lives'. The nurse described HMP Low Moss in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire as 'pure hell' amid a spike in cases from 30 to 50 in the last week.

drug raid. Police stormed a property in Aberdeenshire before uncovering the massive drug stock yesterday.

to Twitter by user Pozimek, showed water shooting in the air on the city's McNeil Street.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.The dry spell has sparked a water emergency at one of Renfrewshire’s finest walled gardens.Now a plea has been issued to locals to bring a container of water with them when they visit Barshaw Park in Paisley.The storage butt is running on empty as volunteers try to keep the garden from drying out.The parched three-quarters of an acre plot is full of shrubs, flowers and plants.There has not been a

dog. The couple were woken by a ‘loud bang’ at their Edinburgh home in the early hours of Sunday morning.

police probe. The victim in her mid 20s was attacked by a man in Lochend Road in Carnoustie before managing to run away.