Man charged in connection with murder of elderly woman near Loch Ness

Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with 14 alleged bogus crime incidents and stolen car pursuits. The 33-year-old was nicked after a major operation by Police Scotland officers in the Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire areas.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Detectives are appealing for information after a 52-year-old man was seriously assaulted in a house in Motherwell.The incident happened around 11.50pm on Tuesday, December 22, in McClurg Court.He sustained serious head, neck and leg injuries and was taken to University Hospital Wishaw by the Scottish Ambulance Service where his condition is described as serious but stable.Officers are eager to speak to a

Nessie sighting, with experts saying more eyewitnesses are emerging even as Covid-19 slashes visitor numbers.Karen Scott, 54, spotted an unidentified creature swimming in the Scottish loch while visiting from Aberdeen with her partner.Unsure what to make of it, quick-thinking Karen snapped a few photos of the mysterious beast.Now the images have been recorded as a positive Nessie sighting by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register.Karen said: “We were walking around Urquhart Castle

Celtic on Quadruple Treble day. Leigh Griffiths was not surprised the skipper was into everything and leading from the front at Hampden.

direct to your inbox Four people have been charged with firearms offences after police executed warrants and seized guns in Newton Heath and Tameside. Dannell Jammeh , 40, and Mark Crolla, 39, both of Scotland Hall Road, Newton Heath and Martin Joyce, 36, of Ashley Lane, Moston have been charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to danger life.

Rod Stewart has revealed he lied to get out of paying big phone bills which he ran up listening to Scotland games.The thrifty rocker told how he would call his father Robert in  Scotland so he could hear commentary of the national team’s matches during the 70s.The singer would often struggle to find somewhere showing  them while he was touring the world – and his 90-minute international calls resulted in him being charged hundreds of pounds by hotels.Sir Rod said: “To get to the 1974 World Cup

assault in Edinburgh. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was allegedly battered by a group of youngsters who then hurled racist abuse at him on December 11.

lovesick Romeo jailed for riding a jetski from Scotland to see her on the Isle of Man says she will marry him – if he asks.

The Justice Department is close to charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people on Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York, according to a new report. Crash investigators search the area around the cockpit of Pan Am flight 103 in a farmer's field east of Lockerbie, Scotland after a mid-air bombing killed all 259 passengers and crew, and 11 people on the ground.

jailed for breaching coronavirus rules after he took the four-and-a-half hour trip to visit his girlfriend. McLaughlan, from North Ayrshire, made the crossing despite having never driven a water scooter before, the BBC reports.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NEW College Lanarkshire came out tops in the Employer Connections at the CDN College Awards 2020 for its role in connecting and supporting businesses across the region.The prestigious annual awards, hosted virtually by Elaine C Smith, celebrate innovation in Scotland’s college sector.The Lanarkshire Business Hub brings vital partners, industry experts and the business community together as part of monthly

arrested and charged after a petrol bomb was launched at a home in Greenock, Inverclyde.  The arson attack took place on September 19 in the town's Cumberland Road. The 22-year-old was cuffed by officers from Police Scotland and charged in connection following a wilful fireraising at a property.It's the second arrest in connection with the incident in the Renfrewshire town.

foodbank in Dundee.£1000 worth of damage was done to the premises on Kingsway East in the city on November 12. Officers from Police Scotland said the incident had “deeply upset” the local community.

'creepy' during a wrong number blunder. Mum-of-one Tracey Binnie, from Tranent, East Lothian, received the text 'out of the blue' from a stranger asking where he could drop off the hot tub.