Hundreds of drunken teen yobs carrying weapons and abusing locals running riot in Perth

hunting a balaclava-clad man who was seen running after a car was deliberately torched in the driveway of a Scots home in a nighttime attack.  A Range Rover was set alight in a deliberate attack on Carlisle Road in Hamilton on Saturday at around 1.35am.

Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board region - which covers a large geographic area in the west of the country - this week.

Brendan O’Carroll has spoken about the reaction and backlash he faces when actors leave Mrs Brown’s Boys.

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Kindness was on display across the generations in Renfrewshire this week as more than 3,000 Christmas cards made by the region's youngsters were handed out to care home residents and pensioners.After a tough year, children were able to deliver some festive cheer as they took part in I Am Me Scotland's Christmas card competition, which was this year aimed at bringing a smile to the people the coronavirus

Perth and Kinross has recorded its highest number of COVID-related deaths over a seven-day period since May.

Christmas are all part of the reason why us Scots love it so dearly.

Perth Community Fire Station has been recognised with a national award for supporting staff based there to ride bikes to work.Cycling Scotland praised the effort and hard work undertaken by the station before presenting it with the Cycling Friendly Award.Claire swims in freezing Loch Tay on her birthdayThis award is given to organisations that use cycling to support physical and mental health as well as improve the environment.Perth Fire Station is shared by staff from Scottish Fire and Rescue

child abuse images - some featuring infants. Ryan David Anderson, a 39-year-old now former officer who had been based in the Scottish Borders, found himself in the dock after Cumbrian counterparts called at his Carlisle home on May 11.

Perth pupil from Tulloch Primary School pupil has delighted her school by winning a chance to help ensure the views of Scotland’s young people are heard in Holyrood.Tatiana Veleva (11) has been successful in gaining a place on the National Education Recovery Youth Panel. The panel of 15 young learners, aged nine to 18 years old from across Scotland, will help shape the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 education recovery work, ensuring young people from a range of backgrounds and experiences are

Grangemouth from 2009 to 2018. The 36-year-old - who is also known as Gallacher - was sentenced to a minimum of five years and four months in prison at Glasgow High Court after being convicted of 13 offences, including six charges of rape.

Perth and Kinross police intercepted 43 people gathered together inside a house during the autumn, it has emerged. The discovery was made as part of a Freedom of Information request by the Perthshire Advertiser to Police Scotland.

abuse survivor has secured £100,000 in damages after being molested and beaten while in care.The man – known as Victim N – was locked in cupboards, beaten with a stick and sexually abused when he was being looked after as a child by the Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order.He was then moved to council-run Auldhouse Care Home in Glasgow, only to be subjected to worse violence.Victim N, now 58 and living in England, raised a legal action after spending decades coming to terms with what happened.He

Perth and Edinburgh. A local MSP and councillor would like to see a new rail station built at Kinross in order to cut time on the Perth to Edinburgh route “by up to 35 minutes” which may better serve local communities.

Lorraine Kelly has taken a swipe at Rita Ora after the popstar was accused of flouting English lockdown rules. The Sun reported that more than 30 people were believed to have attended a secret bash celebrating the singer’s 30th birthday in London on Saturday night.

burlesque dancing.Kirsty Barr suffered years of violent attacks before summoning the courage to go to the police which ended in him being convicted.Now the mum from Alloa has reclaimed her life as one of Scotland’s most successful burlesque dancers.Kirsty dresses in silk basques, fishnet stockings and high heels to teach fellow abuse victims as well as performing live on stage.The former hair salon owner, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after giving evidence against her abuser, is

jailed for five years after a horrendous nine-year campaign of abuse against former partners. Gavin Cooper was sent down at the High Court in Edinburgh for the series of offences against three of his exes between 2010 and 2019.

sexual abuse online has been convicted. John Johnstone, 43, pleaded guilty to Dundee Sheriff Court to a number of charges including performing a sexual act in the presence of a child and taking and distributing indecent images of children online.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAround 300 properties in East Ayrshire suffered interruption to their water supply on Friday.People in and around the rural communities of Lugton and Dunlop were affected by a burst main.Scottish Water teams raced to the location to work on repairing the burst, which happened on Dunlop Road.A temporary road closure of the A735 between Dunlop and Lugton was necessary to allow the repair to take