Kitchen knife robber leaves shop empty-handed after brave worker refuses to hand over cash

children’s worker who left a young boy terrified after physically and verbally abusing him has been struck off. James Lappin was employed at St Philip's independent school in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, which provides education for vulnerable youngsters from across the country.

dangerous plant, on a bridge in the south side of Glasgow on Tuesday, March 30. The 40-year-old chef was forced to call in sick and ended up in A&E after the pain across his legs became so severe he was unable to stand.

forest have been blasted as 'utterly irresponsible'. Local dog walkers were shocked as they took their pets for a stroll to see smoke rising from Carnie Woods in Westhill, Aberdeenshire yesterday.

Grangemouth. A number of crews are in attendance on Glensburgh Road, near the Kelpies, including a coastguard helicopter and two rescue boats.

Lockerbie bomber has vowed to take the fight to clear his father’s name to the highest court in the UK after Scottish judges refused the family permission to continue their legal battle. The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi say he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice when he was convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people in December 1988.

taxi driver left a passenger with a 29-inch scar after reversing over her and breaking her leg when she got out of his car.Gerald Burns did not realise Maria Reid, who has since passed away, was behind his vehicle after he dropped her off.Burns, 53, reversed over her, believing she was actually a pothole, as she stood behind his car trying to catch her breath.She was rushed to hospital for treatment following the incident and had surgery to place supporting pins into the break, leaving her with

Ewan McGregor says his dad kept sending him newspaper cuttings about where the filming of his highly-anticipated Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, would be held. Scots actor Ewan confirmed the crew would film the new show in LA but the rumour-mill has been in overdrive for several weeks - and at one point the actor thought he would be filming in the UK.

crazed thug spat in a shop worker's face as Covid-19 took such a grip of Scotland that lockdown measures had to be introduced.Taylor Sutherley gobbed in the man's face as she rained punches on him and a female colleague at a Tesco Superstore.Sutherley, 22, lost the plot at the store in Barrhead, near Glasgow, just days before First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a lockdown to stop the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.We told previously how Sutherley is facing a lengthy jail term over a

found Bahaa Kadum standing in the bathroom urinating in the toilet. She raced back to the bedroom to alert her boyfriend before Kadum tried to batter down the door with a kitchen knife.

Kilmarnock.Officers were called to the Glebe Road area of the town at around 9.35pm on Thursday, March 18, following reports of disturbance. A 56-year-old man was found to have sustained serious injuries after leaving the Wellbeck fish and chip shop.

knife embedded in a man’s head.Adrian Rosu, 25, collected three knives from his staff quarters at the Green Welly Stop cafe in Tyndrum, Perthshire, and set off towards the Tyndrum Inn after a fight over a game of pool.Witnesses described him walking down Tyndrum main street with one knife tucked into his belt and crossing and re-crossing the others in front of him to sharpen them. Staff barred the inn door while police raced to the scene from nearly 35 miles away.

Hibs goalkeeper Ofir Marciano. The Israeli has snubbed a new deal at Easter Road and had been linked with Celtic.

accident has been hailed as 'inspirational, beautiful and vibrant' by those who knew her. We told how police raced to the River Tweed, south of Rutherford, near Kelso in the Scottish Border.

knife the throat of a teenage Good Samaritan to steal his expensive mountain bike has been jailed. Gary Maxwell, 34, pretended to 17-year-old Mark Cooper that he needed to know when the next bus was due to arrive.

Glasgow on Tuesday morning. Cops are appealing for information following the incident around 10.25am in the Newlands Road area.

Police say they are “very concerned” for the welfare of a missing Scots pensioner who vanished on Friday.Joyce Kirkland, 72, was last seen around 10pm on March 12 in a house on Rankine Place, Buchanan Street, Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway.At 4.30am on Saturday March 13 she was reported missing to police.Joyce is described as around 5ft 6in tall, medium build with grey shoulder length hair.

stab his new partner.Marianne McGrath, 38, confronted Philip McGrath and his new girlfriend Claire Finn in a blade rampage after storming into their close and attempting to barge into their flat.Paisley Sheriff Court heard McGrath, who has separated from her husband but is not divorced, lost the plot over him spending time with his new girlfriend at his home in Renfrew.Procurator fiscal depute Sean Docherty told the court McGrath kicked off on November 8, last year, outside the property in