Jealous Scots boyfriend battered 'love rival' with tyre iron and smashed up his motor

outdoors? Maybe bagging a Munro at the weekend, hitting the trails on your bikes, or indulging in a spot of outdoor camping? Well, if you are, you could be the stars of a new ad campaign for a Scottish Nature c harity.

lorry fire and rescued a fellow motorist by pulling him out of the passenger window. Lee Metcalf has been hailed as a "true hero" after he saved a lorry driver on Monday afternoon on the M74 at junction 12, near Abington.

Douglas Ross was tricked into making an X-rated comment in a Facebook Live blunder. The Tory chief was humiliated during the live stream on his own Facebook page on Tuesday evening, after one social media user duped him into the gag.

Airdrie woman has shared her story of receiving a life-changing kidney transplant – saying: “The change it’s made to my life is quite unbelievable, and I have my donor to thank for that.”Fiona Davies was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) at the age of 17, and went on to receive a transplant four years ago having reached end-stage kidney failure in October 2016.Talking about her experience to mark the recent world kidney day, she told of her gratitude for the transplant that has

Arbroath.Emergency services were called to Leonard Street at around 6.55pm on Monday, March 22. A 50-year-old man was badly hurt and rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee for treatment.

Read more. Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman found in a East Dunbartonshire property.Officers were called to a property on Station Road, Milngavie, around 11.30am on Sunday morning.

Love Island through Tinder for the first time. The popular dating app has teamed up with the hit ITV2 reality show ahead of its long-awaited return to our screens later this year.

TV production company behind Love It or List It are looking for couples and families from Scotland to feature in the show. The Channel 4 programme sees property experts turned telly presenters Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, who are also behind the popular Location, Location, Location show, seek to settle property dilemmas by offering participants two options.

brutal attack by an older gang. The girls were in The Meadows park in Edinburgh when the thugs set upon them last night.

cancer has been left heartbroken after finding out she had just months left to live. Gemma Mcgowan, 29, is one of just three people in the world to be diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the nasal cavity.

breast cancer aged just 34.Tragic Hayley Sutherland leaves behind two young daughters Jessie, 4, and Georgie, 2, and her partner Kyle following her death at the end of last month.An online fundraiser has been launched to help support the family through the difficult timeAnd at the time of writing a massive £16,935 has been brought in by friends, family and well-wishers.Devastated friend Lynsey Robertson told how Hayley had 'wanted to stay around' for the girls and how the former Dundee

First Minister provided detailed dates of when the country can expect to begin opening back up.Nicola Sturgeon said a phased re-opening will begin next month with the Stay at Home message being dropped on April 2.On April 5, hairdressers, garden centres, click and collect services and some non-essential retail can open.On April 12, all children will return to classrooms full time.By April 26, all non-essential retail will open, tourist accommodation, gyms, and outdoor hospitality with a

took her own life as friends rally to raise thousands of pounds in her memory.Tegan Johnston, 18, from Glasgow, passed away suddenly on March 10, with pals paying tribute to her “big smile and infectious laugh”.Friends and relatives gathered to remember the teenager - who celebrated turning 18 just last month - by letting off balloons and lanterns at Riddrie golf course on Sunday night.And the tragedy has sparked a crowdfunding campaign which has raised more than £4,000 in just a matter of

school on February 22.Senior secondary school pupils required to attend for practical work for qualifications were able to return from the same date.Now, all high school students will be able head back to the classroom part-time, as part of a blended learning model meaning they will continue to do some learning at home until after the Easter break.Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the plans in a speech to MSPs on March 2 and has repeatedly stressed that having pupils return to school is her lockdown

attacking his wife has been hit with a tougher sentence after a campaign for justice by his victim.Keida MacKenzie said she hopes the appeal victory against ex John Donnelly will give other victims strength to challenge unduly lenient sentences for abusers.She said: “I need people out there suffering domestic abuse to know there is hope.

Robbie Smullen knifed Barry Dixon in the heart after catching the pair alone.Barry, 22, had been wearing just his boxer shorts when he was killed after going back to Shannon’s flat in Perth.Shannon told Smullen, 23, they did not have sex and Barry was only in his underwear because he had spilled wine on his clothes.But he launched a fatal attack and last week a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh found him guilty of culpable homicide.Now Shannon has said she is wracked with guilt over Barry’s

daughter's fight for life after the tot had to undergo heart surgery at just a few weeks old.Little Aria diagnosed with a heart disease and a hole in her heart after being born five weeks premature via emergency c-section in March 2018.

paralysed from the waist down after falling backwards on a promenade wall is fundraising for a new "chariot".Rosie Sinclair has been a paraplegic after breaking her back when she fell off a wall at the popular Portobello Beach in Edinburgh in April last year.The 29-year-old University of Edinburgh student had been sitting on the wall and fell backwards when she twisted around to stand up.The sheer drop caused her to smash her back on cobblestones, causing injury to her spinal cord.Rosie had four

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

Shetland today after a "live" explosive device was found in its garden.The device was one of two suspected pieces of ordnance discovered on Sunday, March 7.The coastguard locked down the area in Sandside Mossbank until the arrival of the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal this morning.Once at the scene, they discovered a 25lb 'live' Anti Tank projectile which was removed from the property's garden and safely destroyed in a controlled explosion.The second device turned out to be a gas cylinder which did