Man who shot and killed bird of prey on Scots country estate fined £1,500

A man who was caught with three improvised explosive devices under the driver's seat of his car when police stopped the vehicle in Glasgow's east end was today jailed for 40 months. James Curran claimed that he had drawn inspiration from a character in an apocalyptic novel when he made the IEDs using fireworks, nails and ball bearings.

Sophia Scorziello editor Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney are set to star in “Everything’s Going to Be Great,” an upcoming film from Scottish director Jon S. Baird. The film will also star Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”) and Jack Champion (“Avatar: The Way of Water”). Principal photography is set to begin Friday in Toronto. Cranston is known for playing antihero Walter White in the HBO television series “Breaking Bad.” Recently, he’s starred in the legal drama series “Your Honor” and David Frankel’s “Jerry and Marge Go Large.” Janney played the mother of Tonya Harding in the biopic “I, Tonya.” She previously in the political drama series “West Wing” and the CBS sitcom “Mom.”

The date for Eid ul Fitr has been announced in Saudi Arabia after official observers spotted the crescent of the new moon.

A motorist who killed a cyclist while driving dangerously when unfit through drugs was jailed for six years and nine months. Scott Mackinnon's vehicle swerved onto the opposing carriageway on a straight section of road before colliding with the bike of Colin McCourt who was cycling home from work.

A 40-year-old man who died after falling over 160ft while climbing a mountain in the Scottish Highlands has been named as Colour Sergeant Richard Melia. The Royal Marine, also known as Rick and Reggie, died on April 8 as he ascended Stob Dear's Crowberry Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor, near Glencoe.

A teen is wanted in connection with a fatal crash that killed a man known locally as the 'running man.' David Francis was struck by a black Audi S8 on Morgan Mews, Netherton, Bootle, at 9pm on Thursday, April 13.

Marta Balaga As the search for the next “Squid Game” continues, South Korea brought out the big guns at MipTV, introducing several scripted and unscripted offerings. These includes FormatEast’s intergenerational game show “Gganbu Race,” inspired by the Netflix smash hit.  “It’s a slang term meaning close friends and companions. Kids would say that when forming teams to play games,” said producer Fay Zhang during the K Formats: The Next Big Hits from Korea session, mentioning “Squid Game’s” episode where the main character joined forces with female and older contestants.  “Everyone thought they would lose. They won, because of an unexpected synergy effect. Our main concept is to overcome prejudice and win through cooperation beyond age.”  

Police have locked down the scene of a reported mass shooting at a teenager's birthday party in the United States.

Firefighters battled for more than 13 hours to contain a blaze at an industrial estate in Fife.

Christopher Vourlias Set to make history as the first African show to take part in Canneseries’ main competition, South African extreme sports action drama “Spinners” offers a gripping portrait of life in Cape Town’s hardscrabble Southside — and the latest sign of a growing push for shows from the Global South in the international TV industry. The series follows 17-year-old Ethan (Cantona James), who’s looking for a way out of the Southside’s bloody cycle of gang violence through spinning, a South African extreme motorsport that features drivers performing daredevil stunts — such as leaning out of windows or standing on the roof — while driving at high speeds.

A man who bagged a $27million lottery jackpot ended up blowing all the money in just five years and living in a shed covered in human faeces. David Lee Edwards was a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky whose life should have been changed forever when he won a quarter-share of the Powerball $280m jackpot in August 2001.

A special 50th anniversary event celebrating the release of cult folk horror movie The Wicker Man will be held in Newton Stewart at the end of the month.

A man is in hospital after an alleged 'stabbing' at Braehead Shopping Centre.

The disappearance of a Scots dad who went missing on a camping trip with friends will feature on Channel 5 show Vanished: The Hunt for Britain's missing tonight.

A man has been convicted of killing wild birds, including five red kites, in the Stewartry.

Police are appealing for the public’s assistance in an effort to trace a 30-year-old man who has been reported missing in Glasgow.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has blasted “Progressive Scotland 2023” after a rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl in a park was spared jail.

Police have launched a fresh appeal to help trace a Scots teen who has been missing for more than two weeks.

Lewis Capaldi has opened up about the email of encouragement he received from music legend Elton John.

“We’re going to have to deal with it and correct it,” Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors member Brian Aungst Jr. said today of a vote taken by the then Disney-controlled Reedy Creek Improvement District in February. “It’s a subversion of the will of the voters and the Legislature and the governor. It completely circumvents the authority of this board to govern.”