Mum of missing Scots airman Corrie McKeague 'trying to keep sensible head' after bones found stuffed in bin bags in river

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA cockatiel bird has been found a long way from home after he took refuge on a shocked fisherman’s boat.The Scottish SPCA have now issued an appeal to find the owner after the stranded bird landed on the boat out at sea near Troon on Friday (September 18).The boat was around 10 miles from the shore so the bird- dubbed HeiHei after the character in the movie Moana- was a long way from land.The

Edinburgh hospital in 1975, aged just a week old.The 71-year-old has always maintained that a body she was shown after her  newborn’s death was not her son and, after exhuming his grave three years ago, a forensic expert confirmed it contained no remains.She is now preparing to go to court to have what is left of her son's remains returned to her while also launching a £75,000 legal case against the Crown Office and Scotmid Cooperative Funerals, who dealt with Gary’s burial.The mum, from

missing man. Billy McDowell was last seen on Tuesday July 28 at his home on Loch Awe Way, Whitburn.

four-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit when he set off from his home through residential streets in the middle of the afternoon to visit his local shop.Police were alerted after another motorist noticed O’Neill’s silver Vauxhall Mokka “approaching very quickly from behind and appearing to sway”.The incident happened at about 2pm on June 22, on New Hallglen Road, Falkirk, near the former midfielder’s home.O’Neill pled guilty to drink-driving at Falkirk Sheriff Court.

Police are searching for a missing Scots teenager who vanished earlier this morning. Rachel Allan, 13, was last seen at around 12.30am today at her home in Paisley.

online has been branded “a danger to women” after he returned to a dating app following his release from jail.Pervert Steven McGinley joined Tinder just weeks after he was let out of jail for attacking a woman on their first date.They had arranged the meeting on an online dating app but after tricking his victim into a flat, he sexually assaulted and spat on her.The victim had to flee to a nearby chip shop to get help after escaping his clutches.McGinley, 35, was sentenced to 15 months inside –

missing for four days said his disappearance is totally out of character. George Thomson was last seen leaving his home in the Douglas area of Dundee on Thursday afternoon.

missing man after his work vehicle was found in a Scots woodland. Andrew Gardiner was reported missing from his home in Dumfries and Galloway having been last seen at around 11am on Monday.

Scots tot left his family hallway looking like a ‘murder scene’ after smearing melted red wax over the halls and carpet.Archie Lees had swiped one of his big sister’s makeup brushes and dipped it into a wax burner before ‘redecorating’ the room with fragrant red goo.Not content with just using a six-metre stretch of the wall, the one-year-old also flung dollops of wax onto the carpet at the family home in Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire.Mum Emma Smith first became aware that her ‘feral’ child was up

baby’s skull deformity before it’s too late.Heidi Aitken is 11 months old and has brachycephaly, or flat head syndrome.She should have had treatment when she was five or six months but her mum Shannagh said she was talked out of it by health visitors.If Heidi doesn’t get it soon, her skull soft spot will close and her head will be misshapen for life.The treatment is not available on the NHS and the family need to raise £2000 to pay for the helmet.Heidi’s head, the result of a breech birth, is as

climbing near Peterhead two weeks ago after police called off the search for the missing teacher. Owain Bristow is believed to have suffered a tragic accident while he was on a sea cliff at the Bullers of Buchan.

Borders gully. Coastguards were alerted at around 2.16pm this afternoon after the three divers came into difficulty in Eyemouth.

mum sought a second opinion.On June 1, doctors told Karen and Andrew Stirrat that their four-year-old son Caleb only had months left to live when his atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) returned weeks after he had been given the all clear.Refusing to give up hope, the devastated Clydebank family searched for treatment for their son.Within days they found an oncologist in Manchester who agreed to put Caleb on a clinical trial - after the growth was removed.Glasgow Royal Hospital for Children

The Scottish SPCA has launched an appeal for information after a lurcher was found to have 60 wounds from a pellet gun.The tan-coloured lurcher was found straying in the Newhouse area of Lanarkshire on August 19 and the local dog warden took him to the SSPCA animal rescue and rehoming centre in Hamilton.Animal care experts found the lurcher, who has been named Ashton, to be very fearful of anyone approaching him.

cystic fibrosis patient is enjoying her best period of health for three years.Hailey Mann, 24, had been told she was looking at end of life care even though she knew there was a drug, Kaftrio, which could help her.But because the drug - a real game changer - wasn’t licensed in Europe she could only get it on compassionate grounds from drug company Vertex.However, just days after the Daily Record began to campaign on her behalf, Vertex agreed she could get the drug.Cystic fibrosis causes a

The car belonged to a member of the public who lives near the garage. The kitten had no injuries and is now in the care of the Scottish SCPA’s Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Hamilton's Bothwell Road.

Dundee a week ago. Officers from Police Scotland announced that a body had been discovered off the coast at Invergowrie in Tayside this morning, September 2.

Cowdenbeath, at around 6.10pm on Sunday, August 30. She was raced to hospital by ambulance crews and remains in a critical but stable condition.

missing Scots mum who vanished more than 50 years ago have released a computer-generated image of what she would look like today. Isabella Skelton, nee Dowell, from Glasgow, was living in Manchester when she left her home in June 1969 and never came back.

horror smash.Passengers Troi Lawton, 23 and Connor Elgey, 19, died at the scene when the Subaru they were in careered off Longridge Road in Whitburn yesterday.Devastated pals of the Bathgate pair took to social media to express their shock at the double tragedy as news of their deaths spread.In an emotional post accompanying a photo of Troi and Connor, Chloe Haddow wrote: “Rest in paradise Troi, you are one in a million and have been taken way too young.“I have so many good memories with you