Pensioner dies in horror house fire near Castle Douglas as police launch probe

Inverclyde town at lunchtime on Wednesday.Ambulance crews were called to the scene and he was rushed to the town's Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH). Police confirmed that the man later died in hospital.The cause of death is yet to be confirmed.

gunshots were heard near a 'well used' Scots walking route and a car seen driving off from the scene.Shocked locals reported that a gun had been fired near between the B6372 and the A703, near to the Gladhouse Reservoir in Midlothian around 2.30pm on Monday.A Silver Subaru Forester has been seen to drive off towards Gorebridge after the shooting.The land around the 460 acre body of water, which supplies much of Edinburgh's drinking water, is regularly used by walkers and others.Cops have

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Fife and Tayside. Hundreds of pensioners were left standing for hours in the snow and ice, with lengthy queues reported at Caird Hall in Dundee, and community clinics in Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly, Anstruther, Buckhaven and Glenrothes.

Police Scotland has paid tribute to a force horse who tragically died after collapsing on duty in Kilmarnock.Orkney was on patrol in Dean Castle Country Park on Tuesday, February 2, when she suddenly became unwell.A local vet raced to the scene and tried to save the stricken animal but the 10-year-old mare passed away a short time later.The horse joined the force in January 2020 and served communities across the country with her highly trained and specialised officers from the mounted

cancer has been inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore to raise funds for NHS charities by taking steps out of wheelchair for the first time this year.

mental health conditions took their own lives. An investigation has been launched into the death of student Celine Dinis, 22, from Fife, who passed away following the incident on the Moredun ward, at Murray Royal Hospital, in Perth, on January 4.

dementia who went missing while walking her dog. Lorna Ferguson was last seen leaving the Pilrig Park in Edinburgh about 11am this morning.

a probe after the 'unexplained' and 'sudden' death of a woman in a Scots high rise.

takeaway and burst into flames in East Kilbride. The vehicle mowed into the food joint at The Murray Square in the South Lanarkshire town at 11.40pm on Thursday.Emergency services scrambled to the scene after the motor caught alight.

head-on into their car. Jean-Baptiste Ozan, 27, was allowed to walk free from court after a sheriff noted his victims had forgiven him for causing their life-changing injuries.

Annie Lennox has shared a video of herself receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a drive-thru centre in Los Angeles.The Eurythmics singer was given the Moderna jab at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium and shared a video of herself preparing for the injection.“It’s all very exciting.

collision with a car on a Scots road. The man had been on his electric-assisted bike on he B822 one mile south of Kippen at around 3.25pm on Friday.

Castle Douglas after an early morning incident.

Tesco supermarket in Aberdeen. The alarm was raised at around 3.10pm on Sunday, January 24, following reports the 73-year-old was found unresponsive inside the vehicle that was parked on Rousay Drive.Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service raced to the scene but the OAP was sadly pronounced dead a short time later without being taken to hospital.

terminal cancer diagnosis has died less than eight months after her big day. Kirsty Maxwell passed away this week aged 32 after tying the knot with partner Nadia Huggan during a moving ceremony in Alyth, Perthshire, last May.

Oban. The 69-year-old female pedestrian was struck at around 6.30pm yesterday on Soroba Road.

disappearance of a Scots pensioner who was last seen getting off a bus. Anne Gilmour has been reported missing from her home in Wishaw.

St Andrews, is now a regular contributor to the Walkhighlands website, where she shares her adventures with the hiking community.

manhunt has been launched after a pensioner was brutally attacked in the middle of the day on a Scots street. The 72-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was set upon and beaten up near to the junction of Tomnahurich Street and Montague Row in Inverness.