Police called to Scots funeral parlour as man arrested after alleged theft

People living in Scotland may not be aware of a Scottish Government scheme which helps provide financial support worth an average of £1,810 towards the costs of a loved one's funeral. The Funeral Support Payment can be used to help pay for the burial or cremation of a baby, child or adult in Scotland, and also includes babies who were stillborn.

Prince William's former nanny has received damages from the BBC over "false and malicious" allegations used to obtain Panorama's exclusive 1995 interview with Princess Diana. Alexandra Pettifer, also known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was issued a public apology from the broadcaster at the High Court in London over "fabricated" claims she had an affair with Prince Charles while working as his personal assistant. She was also falsely accused of becoming pregnant with the Prince of Wales' child and having an abortion.

The body of a man has been found on a Scots beach, police have confirmed.

Police are trying to trace a 23-year-old man who has been missing for more than two years.

Police have arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with the death of 24-year-old Peter Kirkwood.

A Scots mum who hit out after a house was built so close to hers she could chap her neighbour's door from her window is now being sued for £75,000.

Cops have locked down a stretch of the most dangerous road in Scotland after a single-vehicle crash this afternoon. Emergency crews raced to the A82, on the west side of the loch, shortly after noon today, with police closing the road between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit.

Ayrshire’s top police officer has revealed that seven of the division’s ten frontline Inspectors are taking early retirement after changes to pension rules.

A man has been charged after armed police and specialist negotiators were called to a property in Angus following an alleged disturbance. Emergency services were scrambled to an address on Little Nursery in Montrose shortly before 9pm on Sunday after receiving a 'concern for a person' call.

Police swooped on a cannabis farm... after smelling the fumes from their police station next door.

A Scots teenager has been reported missing as police launch an urgent appeal to trace them.

Police have charged a 23-year-old man with careless driving following a five-car pile-up that closed a motorway for six and a half hours - minutes after the road had re-opened following an earlier incident.

Police in Lanark have arrested a 22-year-old after a 25-year-old man was found dead in "suspicious" circumstances on Saturday morning.

Police are appealing for help to find a woman who vanished overnight after last being seen near a hospital in Elgin. Carol Russell has been reported missing after failing to make contact with concerned loved ones.

A Scots man has been arrested and charged in connection with large scale fraud offences spanning across four years.

A man has been arrested in connection with faeces being spotted on lifts and doors at a block of high rise flats in Aberdeen.

A Scots dad has had his leg amputated after a fall down the stairs at home led to deadly sepsis. Chris Masterson, from Forth, South Lanarkshire, was getting ready for work on Dec 5, 2020, when he tripped on his pyjama bottoms and tumbled down some steps.

A frail Scots pensioner suffered horrific injuries after he was attacked and robbed in his own flat.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after allegedly being 'stabbed' in a Scots home.

A man has been charged over an alleged attempt to abduct a teenage girl in Glasgow on Wednesday night.