Kindhearted Scots raise over £4 million for charity during Kiltwalk Weekend

mowed down a man and his dog in his van because the rottweiler pooed on his driveway, a court has heard.Alexander McKinley is said to have carried out a life-threatening assault on Dean Johnstone by deliberately knocking him down in his van.And a witness has told how he saw the incident unfold in front of him - and heard the dog "yelping" in pain afterwards.Robert Duffy, 66, was giving evidence at McKinley's Paisley Sheriff Court trial.He denies assaulting Mr Johnstone by driving a Vauxhall

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed today as he was caged again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court today, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

Home Office raid in Glasgow this morning.

Home Office raid in Glasgow this morning.

Glasgow man who was last seen in a Scots hospital. There are going concerns for the welfare of Ryan McCoo, who now hasn't been seen for over a week.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday. He admitted driving in Nivensknowe Road in Loanhead, Midlothian, with 106 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

viral condition. Morven Gordon-Duff and Nicola Barnes have spoken out to raise awareness around viral mengitus after their children, Alasdair and Kieran, were both struck down by the disease.

charity worker has been released from prison in Albania – 13 years after being jailed for child sex abuse in a case which was claimed to be fabricated by police. David Brown smiled and thanked supporters as he walked free from a high-security prison in Tirana on Friday.

Police have appealed to the public to help trace a pensioner who went missing from a Scots town more than 24 hours ago. Robert Reid disappeared from Port Seton, East Lothian, on Friday morning, and officers are hoping the public can help to track him down.

holiday to Spain.

surgeon Chris Oliver deliberately exposed himself and taunted the tourists as they tried to persuade him to cover up to prevent any children seeing his naked body. Nicola Woolfries and her family were on the balcony of the Air BnB property next door to Oliver's beachfront house when he stripped in front of them and hurled abuse.The doctor told them he was doing it to stop them coming back to visit, but the police were called and he was taken into custody and held in a cell for 12 hours.

wedding organisers are being forced to issue up to £10,000 refunds each week to brides and grooms who are cancelling weddings over restriction confusion. Lockdown rules for weddings were eased in Scotland last month, with ceremonies and receptions now allowed to have up to 50 guests in attendance.

Iceland have been ordered to pay a Scots pensioner £11,250 in damages after she tripped over a ramp outside their store in Edinburgh. Yvonne Forrest suffered fractures to her right wrist and left knee after falling as she walked into the Portobello Road store in February 2019.

prison after being convicted of terrorising two girlfriends over a period of six years – subjecting them to relentless physical and sexual abuse. Lyndsay Kilpatrick was choked, abducted from her bed, raped and left covered in bruises during their harrowing two-year relationship.

Nicola Sturgeon has thanked the people of Scotland for their sacrifices over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic. The SNP leader wrote an open letter which has been published in a number of Sunday papers including the Sunday Mail.

Argyll and Bute after backpack filled with clothes and food and was discovered on a Munro. A Police Scotland mountain rescue team is scouring the area around Stob a’ Choire Odhair, near Bridge of Orchy, after the worrying find was made near the summit on Saturday, April 24.

over the constitution. Speaking during a campaign visit to Eyemouth, the MSP claimed a recent row over whether a hard border would be created between England and Scotland in the event of independence was just the start of a never-ending debate.It comes as Nicola Sturgeon insisted that Scottish independence would lead to more jobs being created if the country rejoined the EU.

Isle of Arran this weekend - with some fearing it was an alien apocalypse. Fraser Aitchison captured the beautiful picture of the sun with an eerie ring around it on Friday evening.

Anstruther, Fife, were called to Elie after a female phoned the UK coastguard on Friday morning when she fell on the notorious Chain Walk. She was transferred Ellie Harbour so paramedics could assess her.

biker who suffered a broken leg after crashing in a remote glen was spotted crawling up a hill to get a mobile phone signal. The motorbike rider was discovered in the Glen Quaich area of Perth and Kinross shortly before 5pm on Thursday by an eagle-eyed bus driver.