Man taken to hospital as police seal off Scots street following 'disturbance'

hospital in a serious condition after being assaulted and robbed in Ayrshire. The 16-year-old was assaulted by three young men in Boydfield Gardens, Prestwick, at around 8.35pm on Saturday.

beauty spot. Keivan Ulhaq had been enjoying an evening at Lochore Meadows Country Park, near Lochgelly, Fife, on Saturday when he got into difficulty in the water.  Hero bystanders found the 20-year-old before pulling him into their boat and giving him CPR as they raced back to dry land.

Police are hunting a violent thug who attacked a disabled wheelchair user by smacking him in the face. An investigation into the alleged incident has been launched after a man reported being verbally abused on Florence Place, Perth, on Wednesday June 17.

police officers race to the scene.
 More than a dozen emergency service vehicles were called to North Junction Street in Leith at around 6.10pm on Friday. Specialist cops in riot gear and police dogs were also drafted in as shocked residents watched the drama unfolding.The surrounding area was cordoned off as officers dealt with the ongoing incident which concluded around three hours later.Police Scotland confirmed a 49-year-old man has now been arrested following a ‘disturbance’.

police just 30 minutes before her broken body was found discarded like rubbish on a beachside track favoured by dog walkers, criminals and lovebird couples.Her body was so badly damaged, experienced detectives thought she’d been in a car smash.But tragic Sheila Anderson had, in fact, been repeatedly run over by someone who wanted her dead.And her brutal murder was the catalyst for change in the way the sex industry in Scotland’s capital was policed, and set about changing attitudes to sex

recycling centre. Stuart Urquhart, from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, had been dropping off rubbish at Stobhill Recycling Centre in Gorebridge on June 5 when the gold loop slipped off his finger.

knife in Glasgow.Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene on Wyndford Road in the Maryhill area of the city this morning at around 8am.Multiple police vans were in attendance and a man was later taken into a medical van.Cops confirmed the man, aged 35, was arrested but had to be taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary due to the nature of his injuries.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We received a report of a disturbance involving a knife within a flat on Wyndford Road, Maryhill, around

health boss criticised for journeys between Orkney and his mainland home made FIVE trips during lockdown, according to a Freedom of Information response.Iain Stewart, chief executive designate at NHS Orkney, has racked up a £4,500 travel and accommodation bill since he took office on March 1.Orkney MSP Liam McArthur this week called on Mr Stewart to resign or “be removed.”NHS Orkney has stood by its new chief executive’s decision to travel.The FOI response from NHS Orkney indicates that Mr

lockdown trips to his family home near Inverness has been urged to quit after it emerged he also visited relatives in Glasgow. NHS Orkney chief executive Iain Stewart last month apologised for causing any upset when he admitted travelling between the island and his family home on Black Isle, which is 150 miles away.

Mary Queen of Scots is set to go up for auction in London next month.Offered as part of a larger sale, it's estimated that the book, which was given to Mary Stuart by her great-aunt Louise de Bourbon-Vendôme, abbess at a famous abbey in Northern France, will make over quarter of a million pounds at the auction.The rare book was illustrated and painted by the Master of François de Rohan, one of the most sought-after artists in the early 16th century.A spokesperson for the auction house

today. Officers from Police Scotland and paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service were called to Maryhill Road in the Maryhill area of the city at around 12.45pm on Monday, June 8.

diverse and welcoming nation but scratch the surface and sometimes the reality is very different.  It has taken the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer to make every country look more closely at how to define and deal with racism.In this country, we recognise the problems of sectarianism but can be blind to the issues faced by black, Asian and ethnic minorities in our communities.Designer-turned-filmmaker Stewart Kyasimire, 39, made a BBC documentary last

Kilmarnock home today.

A Scots man who was charged in connection with a social media image mocking the death of tragic George Floyd has been released.

Police are appealing for information after three 'cruel' raids on care homes - while residents slept inside.

Police are appealing to the public for help to identify a man pulled from the water in Lanarkshire.

Sick thugs threw racist jibes at a pair of women about 'eating bats' after the 'didn't give them their phone number'.

A man had to be taken to hospital after he sustained a serious injury during an attack at a Perthshire beauty spot over the weekend.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after plunging from a cliff at an iconic Scots beauty spot.