Lewis Stevenson reveals his Hibs career almost went up in smoke before it began as he recalls awkward airport meeting

criminal was caught trying to flee Scotland with suitcases stuffed with nearly a million pounds in cash. Lukas Pokorny was found to have more than £860,000 in notes in the luggage as he flew to Dubai from Glasgow Airport.

60th wedding anniversary. Agnes Dey was treated by mercy crew members Joe Fallon and Grant Mortimer at her Bishopbriggs home on January 11 after she fell ill with Covid-19.

North Ayrshire neighbourhood has been published.Irvine Fullarton has the fourth highest coronavirus-related death rate in Scotland with 766 deaths per 100,000 people. Tragically 22 people lost their lives to the disease in the area.All the deaths occurred up until December 31 and have been revealed by the National Records of Scotland.In Saltcoats North East, 19 residents died after contracting coronavirus, which is the second highest number of fatalities in North Ayrshire.

Ryan Porteous’ life and on Saturday he's hoping it will be the venue for a third.Mind you, he’s got his mum to thank for making sure one of the first two didn’t go pear shaped.The Hibs centre back was still at school when his boyhood heroes won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years back in 2016 and was in the crowd when David Gray scored the last minute header to beat Rangers and spark a mass pitch invasion that turned ugly.Porteous, on the Hibs books as a part-timer back then, might

Scottish Premiership since his arrival from Charlton in the summer of 2019. The Nigerian, what the kids nowadays call a 'baller', has a deft touch, a wonderful hip swivel and all the talent to be a player of major significance in the years ahead.But with just four goals and a measly two assists to his name this season, he's not producing a level of quality in the final third that matches the level of his natural gifts.

Airport. Police raced to the single-vehicle smash, understood to have involved van, at around 7.07am this morning.

Cumnock's famous Tryst music festival has revealed plans to create a centre for excellence in the town.Sir James MacMillan said teaching already pioneered in the area's schools could become a template for music tuition throughout Scotland and beyond.He has revealed plans to link with music education body Trinity College London over the next 10 years.The aim will be to nurture the careers of fledgling composers and their teachers.Leading teachers and composers from around the world will,

Trump Turnberry resort and has been used several times in the past by the departing US president. Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Trump could fly to the airpor t from the States to spend time at his five-star hotel in Ayrshire as a way of escaping Biden's inauguration, which takes place on Wednesday.

Dennis Nilsen ­confesses to three further sex attacks in his autobiography, which is being published posthumously this week.Nilsen, who died in 2018, tells how he attacked a young soldier who had passed out drunk in the toilet of an overnight train from London to Aberdeen in 1968.That was 10 years before he began murdering young men and boys at his north London homes, first at 195 Melrose Avenue in Cricklewood, then at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill.In History of a Drowning Boy, which Nilsen

Major League Soccer. Cadden signed for Columbus Crew last summer on freedom of contract move saw him leave Motherwell.

Jeane Freeman contacted the UK Government health chief on Thursday night after concerns about the level of information placed online by the Scottish Government. The 16-page document explained how Nicola Sturgeon’s administration hopes to vaccinate 4.5 million Scots as quickly as possible.

John Lewis is the first major retailer in Scotland to suspend its click and collect services amid a shopping crackdown. The high street giant said it was responding to a "clear change in tone and emphasis" from the government as millions are urged to stay at home.

Christopher Jullien catching covid. The Hoops dropped more points to Hibs on Monday night after the squad was left decimated by the positive test result on their return to Scotland.

coronavirus after the controversial trip to Dubai. Neil Lennon and his squad jetted out to the Middle East for a mid-season training camp and while it was within the rules the choice to travel in a pandemic divided opinion.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran has recorded another 140 new coronavirus cases overnight.The region's total now stands at 10, 996.NHS Ayrshire & Arran Covid hospital patient numbers are down by seven to 194.But ICU numbers are back at a second wave high of 12.Latest 7-day case rates per 100,000 show that North Ayrshire is currently the worst-hit in the county (341.4) with East on 320.5 and South on 266.4.Across Scotland 1,877 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours - a 10 per cent positivity

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland's Covid death toll has risen by almost 100 in the last 24 hours with 1,865 new cases of the disease also diagnosed.The latest update was published this afternoon by the Scottish Government as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 93 patients, eight from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting the coronavirus which means 4,965 people have

Kemar Roofe will be out for two weeks after after an injury to his quad muscle in the 1-0 win over Celtic on Saturday.The striker has been in superb form with 12 goals and two assists in 22 appearances for the club since his £4m move from Belgian side Anderlecht.The Englishman has excelled as a number nine or playing either side of a central striker with his versatility and ability to drop into space causing havoc in opposing defences.He is likely to miss Scottish Premiership matches against

Ogilvie School Campus in November, can lead to the school closing for a period of time.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterBosses at Prestwick Airport say they are NOT expecting a visit from Donald Trump later this month.The outgoing US President has been linked with a trip to his Turnberry golf resort to coincide with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.The speculation prompted First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to insist Trump would not be allowed into Scotland to play golf.It was reported at the weekend that