Man fighting for life and two teens in hospital after car crashes into tree on Scots road

Greenock area have been left without water after ice is blocking water from Loch Thom.Specialist divers from Scottish Water have been tasked with removing huge ice blockages from the loch near Greenock Water Treatment Works which supplies 13,000 homes and business in Inverclyde.It comes after temperatures plummeted as the Met Office issued a fresh weather warning for the majority of Scotland.Blizzard like conditions are expected to hit the country, with the west coast being warned of Arctic

crash on the A90 which left the vehicle on its side in a ditch .A Stagecoach double-decker running from Peterhead to Aberdeen was involved in the smash at around 6.35am this morning.The incident happened as the bus exited the A90 on to the Newburgh slip road.The bus driver was taken to hospital as a precaution, however, the one passenger on board was not injured.The roads in the area are heavily impacted by snow and ice as Storm Darcy continues to batter Scotland.A Stagecoach North Scotland

explosive fireball in Fife this afternoon as the terrified driver and their young children leapt out and ran for their lives.Fire crews scrambled to the scene after the vehicle burst into flames in Inverkeithing.The passengers in the car jumped out after smoke began belting out of the car - and within seconds the vehicle was up in flames.The family are shaken but uninjured as a result of the blaze, which happened on the road coming up from Ferrytoll Park and Ride .In a post on Facebook one

Inverclyde town at lunchtime on Wednesday.Ambulance crews were called to the scene and he was rushed to the town's Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH). Police confirmed that the man later died in hospital.The cause of death is yet to be confirmed.

horror sledging accident in Aberdeenshire yesterday.The youngster was enjoying the snow at Banchory Golf Club before the incident at around 3pm.The boy was injured while sledging down a steep hill on the 16th hole adjacent to the clubhouse.

Cowdenbeath partially blocked this morning.The collision took place between three cars at the entrance to Gray Park.It is believed that there are no serious injuries, but the Scottish Ambulance Service is on the scene.Drivers are reportedly attempting to direct traffic flow coming in to Cowdenbeath from Kelty.A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We were called around 8.40am on Thursday, 11 February, to a report of a three car crash at Gray Park, Cowdenbeath."The road is partially blocked."Local

Fife road.The tan coloured lurcher-type dog was found at the side of the A823 road near the local recycling centre in Dunfermline on Friday night.The Scottish SPCA was alerted to the incident after a passer-by discovered the dog.The terrified animal was handed in to the Inglis Veterinary Centre where staff treated a large wound to her hind leg as well as injuries to the face caused by pellets.It was originally believed she had been a victim of a road traffic accident, but an X-ray revealed she

council worker was crushed between two snowploughs at a Scots depot.The 51-year-old man was raced to hospital after the horrific incident at the Aboyne depot in Aberdeenshire.Emergency services raced to the scene on Friday and the Health and Safety Executive have been contacted to start an investigation.It is understood he suffered serious leg injuries after being crushed between the massive machines.The region, like most of the country, has been hit by heavy snowfall recently.An Aberdeenshire

hospital.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) this week probed the actions of Michael McCabe while working at Dundee's Ninewells hospital.McCabe has admitted to a string of failings including not giving injections to patients, not checking prescriptions when giving drugs and giving one patient an extra 30 minutes on a dialysis machine.Tinzaparin, used for deep vein thrombosis, was given by McCabe to a patient when it had already been administered.A report was prepared by the NMC after the

engulfed in flames after catching fire on a busy road in Fife.Emergency services were called to the ‘fireball’ on Kilmany Road, Wormit, at around 4.42pm on Friday.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they are currently in attendance on the B946 with two appliances battling the flames.Motorists are being urged to avoid the area while local reports claim thick plumes of smoke can be seen from ‘miles away.A shocking image from the scene shows the fierce blaze taking hold of the Moffat &

direct to your inboxA mother and daughter have died in a double stabbing in Scotland, which led to a hospital being locked down.

Falkirk this afternoon. Officers from Police Scotland and paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service raced to the two-vehicle smash near Junction 6 at Denny, just after 4pm.Cops have closed a section of the motorway southbound between J9 and J8 following the crash.

crash has shut down a busy Scots road with emergency crews on the scene. The smash happened at around 12.20pm this afternoon on the A835 approximately five miles from Braemar, at Loch Droma.Emergency services raced to the area and shut down the road in both directions.

crash in the Scottish Borders. The A68 has been blocked in both directions between Earlston and Lauder.Police and emergency services were called to the scene around 8.00am this morning.

Police have arrested five teenagers after three memorial benches were torched at a park in Fife. Emergency services were called to Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline on Wednesday, January 27, after the wooden seats were set on fire at around 7pm.

Police Scotland and paramedics from Scottish Ambulance Service were called to the two-vehicle smash on the B9011 Forres road.

diseases specialist Hector Diaz Albiter fell ill in the city of Villahermosa on January 27.

baby’s pram was set alight in a suspected act of wilful fire-raising.Julie O’Rourke, 40, clutched daughter Jessie and screamed for help from the window of her top floor flat in Gallowflat Street, Rutherglen after the incident in the early hours of January 1.The mum-of-one needed oxygen after firefighters helped her out of the building, while her next door neighbour spent several hours in hospital for treatment.Now she has appealed for information about the crime.Julie was in bed at around 3am on

hospital after his tractor skidded out of control on an icy road in Fife. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A921, near Otterston Loch, shortly before 1pm on Saturday, January 23.