Man rushed to hospital with serious injuries after crash as cops close Scots road

python after 35 years at M&D's Scotland's Theme Park. Les Bishop, originally from East Kilbride, was visiting the attraction with his family while on holiday when he came face-to-face with the snake he last seen while in the RAF.The former RAF policeman instantly recognised the reptile, named Eric, who was the 14th Squadron's mascot at RAF Bruggen, Germany, where he served back in 1986.

assaulted in a Scots estate.The woman was allegedly set upon around 5.15pm on Friday August 13 in the Drum Estate in Dalkeith, Midlothian with cops launching a major probe.Police Scotland have now confirmed a 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the attack.He is due to appear in court tomorrow.A statement released by Edinburgh police division this morning reads: "Following police enquiries, a 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with an assault

crash on a major Scots road. The incident took place on the A90, south of Fordoun in Aberdeenshire on Saturday August 14.

Forres this afternoon. Emergency services raced to to Greshop Road around 3pm after a young woman, believed to be in her twenties, was struck by a vehicle.

hit by a car on a Scots road late last night. The 42-year-old died at the scene of the A79 Prestwick Loop Road, in Ayrshire after being struck by the silver Skoda Octavia at around 11.20pm last night.

missing for three months has said 'all she wants' is her young son home and urged people to continue searching. Jamie Cannon, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was last seen on Thursday, May 20, on Kerr Avenue before being spotted at Auchenharvie Golf Course later that same day.

hospital.Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to the scene on the A95 near Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday. The stricken lorry had come to a rest partially down a slope at the side of the Keith to Aviemore road.

Fife car park. Police were called to the 'disturbance' at 3am on Saturday morning at the car park between Shetland Place and Orkney Place in Kirkcaldy.

Paisley mum who ripped her sleeping child from her bed as a fire neared her bedroom has begged people with information to come forward. Claire McGinley was asleep in her Chapelhill Road home in Paisley with partner Mark and six-year-old daughter Everly when a neighbour banged on her door to raise the alarm at 4.30am on Friday.

Highlands. Police say they are still working to identify the driver, who died after his vehicle came off the road on the B876 at Castletown around 8.40am on Sunday.

Glasgow.Police were called to the scene on Barrhead Road around 12pm after reports of a car colliding with a “number” of parked cars. Officers were in attendance along with the Scottish Ambulance Service and say one man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to be checked over.

Emergency services raced to Shetland Place and Orkney Place in Kirkcaldy following the disturbance which happened shortly after 3am on Saturday, August 7.

Scots road. Emergency services raced to the scene on Stonefield Road in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire around 5.50pm on Friday August 6.

Sharleen Spiteri fondly recalled the childhood visits she and her mum took to The Barras as she spoke after her first post lockdown gig in Scotland. And Sharleen, who lost her beloved mother Vilma a week before the country went into the first lockdown, admitted it was nostalgic being back in Glasgow's East End for her first Scots gig since her death.

cyclist was hospitalised following a hit and run on an Edinburgh street. The incident occurred around 7.30 am on Wednesday August 4 on Mansfield Place in Edinburgh city centre.

crash that closed a stretch of a busy Scots road for ten hours. Emergency crews were called to the A90 near Boddam in Aberdeenshire just after 12am on Saturday July 31.

crack cocaine in her home. Officers made the discovery in Farrah Fadli’s property in Ayr while they investigated the death of Morgan Dunn, 34.

police, ambulance and coastguard crews - raced to Slains Castle on the coast of Cruden Bay in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

probe after shocking footage of men being 'brutally' battered in a Scots street.We told earlier today how the rammey in Bellshill, Lanarkshire had been caught on camera showing a man being repeatedly punched and kicked in the head as he lay helpless on the ground.Brutal pictures show punches and kicks raining down on the man on Hamilton Road near to the Bellmill Hotel.A woman tries to intervene and the man stands up and kicks his victim on the head before walking off.Four men and a woman can be