Missing Ayrshire man found safe and well within hours of police appeal

A theatre star who turned to metal detecting during lockdown believes he has uncovered one of Scotland’s most ancient finds.Chris Taylor, who admits he bought the amateur kit off the internet for a laugh, is now in possession of a Bronze-age axe head.Online experts believe the discovery dates back 4000 years – and want to claim the treasure for a museum.Dad-of-one Chris, 37, said: “It’s a ridiculous story and could only happen to me.“I was having a few drinks one night watching a documentary

Aberdeen. Officers from Police Scotland made the grim discovery in the wooded area near to Grandholm Drive at around 3pm on Wednesday, June 24.

Scottish Lib Dems took money from the UK firm of a lawyer based in a tax haven who was found guilty of professional misconduct, the Record can reveal.Party chiefs were given £16,000 by Inshmore Properties in Glasgow – just two weeks before the company began winding up proceedings.The boss of Inshmore is Isle of Man-based lawyer Paul Gallagher, whose actions were found to have brought his profession into “disrepute” by a Scots tribunal.Nothing suggests the donation breaches Electoral Commission

Kilmarnock coronavirus deaths have taken place in some of the town’s most deprived areas, new figures show.One of Kilmarnock’s most poverty-stricken regions also has the worst COVID-19 death rate in East Ayrshire, the National Records of Scotland (NRS) report has revealed.Altonhill North and Onthank has a death rate of 307.2 per 100,000 after 14 people died in the area as a result of contracting the virus between March and May.According to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), this

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after five cats have died and a further two are missing in Biggar.Scotland’s animal welfare charity is investigating the suspicious circumstances that have occurred over a three-month period in the Elphinstone Crescent area after a concerned neighbour called its animal helpline on June 17.Scottish SPCA inspector Dawn Robertson said: “This has been an incredibly upsetting and stressful time for the owners of the cats and we would like to get to the

Two teenage girls who went missing overnight sparking a police appeal have been found safe and well.Katie Macphee and Nicola Ramage disappeared from addresses in the Inverness area on Thursday morning and were believed to be together.Officers believed the two 15-year-olds may have been keeping in the local area and urged members of the public to get in touch if they had seen them.Police Scotland confirmed the duo had thankfully been found on Friday night.A spokesperson said: “We can confirm that

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help from the public to find a missing Scots teenager. Ross Gourley disappeared on Wednesday (June 17).

East Ayrshire schools remains as August 11.

found dead near a Scots beauty spot has emerged - as police probe his mystery death. The body of Duncan McKenzie was found in Allander Park, Milngavie, on Thursday morning, but police are unaware of how he died.

The number of Ayrshire hospital patients battling coronavirus has dipped below 10.

New coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ayrshire as Scotland's death toll from the disease experienced another double-figure increase.

There has been a huge drop in the COVID-19 death rate in Ayrshire, new figures show.

Police in Ayrshire are appealing for information following a serious road crash on the A736 Lochlibo Road at Torranyard, Kilwinning.

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

No new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in Ayrshire for the first time during the pandemic.

Almost 100 domestic abuse offences have been recorded in Ayrshire following the introduction last year of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.

A teenager who vanished from a Lanarkshire town has sparked a frantic police search to find him.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ayrshire has risen by just two to 1,060.

The number of Ayrshire and Arran patients fighting coronavirus in hospital has hit a new low.

Bomb disposal experts have been called to an Ayrshire town after an object was found in a river.