Man attacked in Fife street as police race to scene

Ross, who heads to Holyrood as leader of the largest opposition party with 31 Scottish Conservative MSPs, signalled he will not be relying on numbers to stop the SNP’s independence plans. At a press conference to mark his return to the Holyrood chamber, the Moray MP and now list MSP, spelled out why UK cabinet minister Michael Gove was confident the referendum bill would not end up with the UK government taking the Scottish Government to the Supreme Court.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Two men have appeared in court after cannabis worth almost £180,000 was seized by police in Haldane.Nghia Vu, 46, and Chi Ron Li, 20, appeared in private at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday (Wednesday).They have both been charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act with producing a controlled drug.Officers executed a search warrant in Shandon Crescent on

Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservatives), Willie Rennie (Lib Dems) and Patrick Harvie (Scottish Greens) all went up against one another in a tame BBC TV debate.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross hit the campaign trail in Renfrewshire North and West in a bid to boost candidate Julie Pirone's election chances.As polling day draws ever closer, the pair were out and about in Renfrew over the weekend as Mrs Pirone continued her fight to become the constituency's first Tory MSP.Since the seat was first created in 2011, it has belonged to former SNP MSP Derek

arrested following a disturbance in Fife this evening.Police raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at Lumphinnans Road in Lochgelly at around 5.20pm on Monday.

Scottish Lib Dems have produced a mock cheque in Ross’ name which shows the cash windfall he would benefit from. Income tax rates and bands are a matter for the Scottish Parliament, with middle and higher income earners paying more than people south of the border.

Anas Sarwar (Scottish Labour), Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservatives), Willie Rennie (Lib Dems) and Patrick Harvie (Greens) tackled some of the main issues during the 45-minute programme. It was the third television debate of the Scottish Parliament election campaign and the first UK-wide one.

audience. The programme tonight will be hosted by news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy who will ask the leaders the questions throughout the show.

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The same poll predicts that the Scottish Conservatives will return 32 MSPs, one more than in 2016. However there would still be a pro-independence majority at Holyrood, with the Scottish Greens forecast to return eight MSPs, two more than 2016.Ross said: “It is on a knife edge.

Police locked down a Fife street and arrested a man after a 'disturbance' was reported at a flat. Riot vans raced to a property in Durie Park, Burntisland after the alarm was raised at around 6.30pm last night.

National Union of Students leaders' hustings last night where representatives from the main five parties discussed a range of issues. During the argument between Sturgeon and Ross, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar jumped in to say they weren't setting a good example for young people across the country by shouting at each other.

Douglas Ross ’ party supports doubling the Scottish Child Payment to £20 a week, but their Holyrood manifesto only commits them to the rise in 2025.

Ross said: “If it was possible for him to come up north of the border that would be great, but I’m not putting any pressure on him.” He added: “He is also leading the UK effort against a global pandemic and I think people understand in this strange election campaign in terms of the restrictions that we’ve all got to deal with, that it may not be as easy as for the Prime Minister to come.”The move came as Downing Street issued a joint statement from the British and Indian governments cancelling

Douglas Ross is not interested in uniting the country or prioritising a national recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Moray MP and part-time assistant referee is set to launch the Tory manifesto later which is expected to oppose a second independence referendum.

Police have raced to the scene of an ‘ongoing incident’ in Grangemouth.

Dunfermline, just after 3pm on Friday April 16. Officers were seen standing on the street in video footage of the incident.

Douglas Ross being in charge of the Scottish Tories. He said: “My politics and his are different.