Man on 9-hour Megabus to Scotland says journey was ‘even worse than I expected’

A man has appeared in court charged with firearms and serious organised crime offences after being extradited from Brazil to Scotland.

A young Scots man has died after a fatal fall at a volcano in Ecuador.

Millions of households across the country are being warned that the price cap on energy bills could rise even higher than previously forecast next year. Gas prices spiked again on Monday and unless they drop in the coming months, average households could be facing an annual energy bill of £4,722 from January and £5,601 from April.

People are proud of our NHS and proud of those that work for it. The ultimate expression of public thanks were evident during the pandemic, the outpouring of love and support was warmly received by all staff.

A wave of criticism has emerged following the official appointment of a man as Scotland's first "period dignity officer".

Notorious underworld hitman Ricardo Blanco is back behind bars for attempting to behead a man in a French city. The Glasgow assassin - nicknamed The Mad Spaniard - attacked his victim with a sabre which caused his jaw to split in two, sliced his ear and left him with a 20cm gash from his temple to his neck.

The family of missing man from East Lothian say his disappearance is "out of character".

A man has died after getting into difficulty in water in a Scots canal.

A body has been found during a police search for missing Scots man Brian Loy who vanished earlier this week.

This is one of three hero police officers who ran to the scene of a major gun incident linked to a series of violent attacks and a murder. Off-duty inspector Bruce Crawford and two uniformed colleagues helped bring the incident under control on Wednesday morning after being called to a house in the remote Ross-shire village of Dornie.

A man on the Shetland Islands in Scotland has been fined £500 after being found guilty of a breach of the peace, mainly as a result of him singing along to a Wu-Tang Clan track that included the n-word in its lyrics.Kyle Siegel admitted to the court that he conducted himself in a “disorderly manner” one night back in February during a birthday party at the Scalloway Boating Club, when he entered the club’s female toilets and sang along to a TikTik video that featured Wu-Tang’s ‘Protect Ya Neck’.That conduct could possibly have been considered disorderly whatever song he sang, but it was his reciting of the ‘Protect Ya Neck’ lyrics that include the n-word that escalated things on the night, with a mixed race women who was using one of the cubicles in the female toilets taking particular offence, resulting in an argument.On one level, the case raises the interesting question of whether white people like Siegel using racial slurs when reciting lyrics written by black artists should be deemed as offensive as if those words were used in isolation.And if such uses of those slurs are considered offensive – and therefore those lyrics should never be spoken aloud by white fans of those black artists – well, is that breaching the freedom of expression of the fan, or even the artist?Yeah, debate that why don’t you? Although maybe this presumably drunken altercation isn’t an appropriate justification to instigate such a debate.

Police are urgently trying to trace a missing man last seen three days ago as concern grows for his welfare.

A police car smashed into a wall as it pursued a vehicle in Aberdeen on Saturday evening.

A man missing from Edinburgh for two days has sparked an urgent police search. Michael Jones disappeared from Parliament Street in the Leith area of the city just before midnight on Tuesday, August 2.

Two men were rushed to hospital after an alleged assault at a Scots prison last week.

A Scots pensioner is just eight peaks away from completing 282 munros after setting himself the massive challenge when his wife was taken into care.

A Scots man attempted to lighten the mood after a sad day spreading his sister's ashes by playing a boat prank on his mum in which he swung the boat they hired round in a dizzying display.