Notorious Scots weapon-wiedling thief rumbled during crime spree armed with scissors

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

died in his arms just over six hours after he bought it. And heartbroken Richard Gray believes he and the tragic Border Collie called Bear were the victims of callous puppy farmers.

true crime fanatics are wanted to take part in a new Channel 4 series.Murder Island is seeking teams of 'ordinary' telly fans to try their hand at becoming detectives to solve a murder mystery.Participants will have pathologists, forensic scientists, psychologists and more at their disposal.Teams will compete to see if they can identify the suspect and bring them to justice.STV Studios, with headquarters in Glasgow, is producing the series for Channel 4.The deadline for applications is March

coronavirus pandemic. Scots are expected to stay at home while tough restrictions remain in place across the country - but can leave for essential purposes, such as exercising.

Royal Mail worker’s van full of parcels before stealing their own car form a nearby depo.Police are probing two connected incidents, which happened in Edinburgh's Colinton area on Wednesday, and have issued a warning to couriers and delivery drivers to remain vigilant while making drops.A source told the Record: “The thief took off with the female delivery driver’s van and all their parcels before going back for her own car.”Officers were called to Colinton Mains Terrace, close to the local Post

Edinburgh flat during a terrifying bin chute blaze.Fire crews raced to the scene after a fire broke out at Castleview House in Craigour at around 5.30pm last night.It's believed the inferno broke out in the bin chute of the high-rise flats before smoke quickly began to engulf the tower block, reports Edinburgh Live.One resident, who lives on the 15th floor, told how she is still struggling to breathe after 'stale nasty smoke' filled her flat and landing."I was just sitting down watching the tv

DNA after he tried to chew through a piece of string attaching a charity box to the counter.Andrew Hollern, 37, smashed his way at night into the shop, in St Ninians, Stirling, and took nearly £3,400 worth of tobacco, cigarettes, cash, credit cards, scratch cards, mobile phones and a camera.He did not, however, manage to munch through the string, so did not get away with the charity tin.Falkirk Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that a shop worker discovered the break-in when he opened up in the

thief who duped a Scots pensioner into letting him into her home so he could steal her purse.The victim, a woman in her eighties, was targeted between 12.15pm and 1.15pm on Friday, February 26.The trickster knocked on her door and swindled his way into her home in Dundee's Bruce Street.Once inside, he distracted her and then made off with her purse.Police have now released a description of the suspect in a bid to trace him.He is described as in his early 40s, around 5ft 6, slim build and with a

Paisley, stole her bank card, removed the SIM card from her mobile phone and even prevented her from socialising with her family.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Ms Elliot was so desperate to get away from him that she ducked into a pizza restaurant in Paisley and begged staff to contact police, when out walking with Little.It was only when she later worked up the courage to break free from his clutches at Paisley’s Gilmour Street Station and ran towards cops on patrol, that she was able to report

BBC Scotland presenter has been slammed after calling herself a 'midget' during an autocue blunder.Viewers raged at Sally Magnusson after she said she had to 'become a midget' to bend down and see her script during Reporting Scotland last night.She had lost her place live on air after it appeared the autocue had accidentally showed the wrong story leaving her to think on her feet.But the awkward moment left some viewers furious at her 'cruel' choice of words.'Midget' is often used as an

Police discovered £270,000 worth of cannabis during a routine Scots car stop.Two men have now been arrested in connection following the drug bust yesterday.Cops pulled the vehicle over as it headed north on the A76 in Sanquhar before finding the alleged stash.Investigations are on-going into the incident.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Police in Sanquhar recovered cannabis with an estimated street value of £270,000."Officers carried out a routine check on a vehicle heading north on the A76

Glasgow.The 61-year-old was badly hurt after his white Honda CB650 collided with a grey Ford Kuga on Monday, February 22.Emergency services were called to the scene on Royston Road, near the entrance of the British Car Auctions site, at around 4.15pm.The biker was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital but tragically lost his fight for life two days later.The driver of the car was uninjured.Police Scotland confirmed the bike rider’s tragic death and are asking for any witnesses who

Boris Johnson.Melanie Henry, 32, from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, left five-year-old son, Angus, to play while she took a work call and returned to find he'd chopped off his blonde locks with a pair of children's scissors.Teacher, Melanie, has been working from home as well as keeping an eye on Angus and his siblings, Struan, nine, and Piper, four.After friends and family pointed out Angus' resemblance to the Prime Minister during the first lockdown, this time, the schoolboy decided to take

James English has released a voicemail which he claims is from notorious prisoner Charles Bronson telling him to 'keep up the good work'.The news of his alleged call came just twenty four hours before James 'confirmed' he will be interviewing Charles who is due for parole this year on his Anything Goes podcast.The prisoner, now 68, was jailed for seven years for armed robbery in 1974 - and subsequently took hostages in 10 sieges and attacked at least 20 prison ­officers.In the released voicemail

Cops are hunting a thief who broke into an elderly woman's home and stole a four figure cash sum.Officers in Fife are appealing for information following the incident on Monday February 15 at a property on Clay Acres Court, Dunfermline.The theft took place between 1am and 6.30pm.A purse containing cash and a bag containing a four figure sum were stolen during the incident.The elderly woman was not at home during the incident.Constable Helena Scott of the Fife Division Community Investigation

cops ending up on the wrong side of the law has more than doubled in seven years.Police Scotland is under increasing pressure to disclose the crimes and ranks involved.More than 360 serving officers were arrested on suspicion of criminal offences last year compared to 136 in 2013-14.During the same period, the proportion of those reported who went on to be charged with a criminal offence dropped from almost half to just one in 20.But police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service have

weapons in a 'terrifying' robbery.The thugs escaped with at least £1,000 after the raid on the home in Grayston Manor, Chryston.Police say they men stormed the property in the North Lanarkshire village at around 7.50pm last night.They threatened those inside with weapons before making off with a 'four figure sum of cash', Police Scotland has confirmed.No one was hurt in the incident but the occupants are understood to be 'shaken'.The men are believed to have travelled in a burgundy Citroen

Channel 5 bosses have been blasted for 'giving a platform' to convicted killer of Scots schoolgirl Jodi Jones as he launches a fresh bid to clear his name.Luke Mitchell has been in jail for 17 years after being convicted of the brutal slaying of Jodi near her home in Easthouses, Midlothian in 2003.The pair were both just 14 at the time of the incident.Now as part of a new two-part Channel Five documentary called Murder in a Small Town, Mitchell has spoken about how his gothic looks had made it

jailed for life for killing his girlfriend with a plastic tray during a drunken lockdown row - just days after moving in with her.Wayne Morris, 47, had been staying with Ruth Brown, 52, at her home in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, during the first coronavirus lockdown last April.He battered the mother-of-two to death with the plastic tray in a "ferocious" attack not long after moving in with her, but claimed he had no memory of the assault.Morris moved her body from her kitchen to her bedroom,