Police in Perthshire town set to move into council office as consultation on station closure starts

Edinburgh beach. Police are believed to have made the grim discovery this morning at Silverknowes Beach.

Police have issued an urgent search for a missing teenage boy. Andrew Baird, 16, vanished from the Forfar area at around 4.30pm yesterday evening.

Cops have locked down a busy Grangemouth street while they deal with a “serious incident”. Emergency services raced to the town's Abbott’s Road, just after 8am on Friday, October 2.

police and firefighters two days before it was torched, we can reveal.The ground floor flat in Kincaid Court, Greenock, went up in flames on Monday night – the fifth fire in two weeks over the seaside town’s drug trade.Neighbours claim a safety visit was carried out by Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in the days leading up the firebombing.

knifeman who held a blade to his throat during a four-hour standoff with police at a mainline rail station - in which nearly 100 trains had to be cancelled, delayed, or diverted - has dodged jail. Connor Waugh, 22, caused disruption as far south as London as a result of what was described as "a siege situation" at the station in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Wishaw.Around 10pm, on Sunday, September 27, a 20-year-old man was standing outside Ross’s Bar in Stewarton Street when he was assaulted by another man with a bottle.Officers are keen to trace a man described as being in his early 30s, with short dark hair and was wearing light coloured clothing.Detective Constable Lindsey McIntyre, from

Police have launched an urgent appeal after a 15-year-old girl was reported missing in Fife.Chloe Whyte was last seen around 9.50pm yesterday, September 28, at the Prominade area of Leven.Officers believe members of the public may be able to help in the search.Chloe is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, average build and White Scottish in appearance.She has short brown hair and often wears a baseball cap.Anyone who may have seen Chloe, or who has any information on her whereabouts, is urged to

police probe has been launched after human remains were found at a Scots industrial estate. Emergency services raced to the scene on Whitehill Road, Glenrothes, at around 5.20pm on Sunday after the grim discovery was made.

Kelpie statues near Falkirk. Emergency services raced to the scene at Helix Park shortly after 6.30pm amid reports of two men standing on top of one of the horse heads.

top cop admitted the new rules could see an increase in late-night house parties. Police Scotland's Chief Constable has said patrols will be increased to ensure compliance with the new measure, aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus.

A police officer has been shot dead while trying to detain a man at Croydon Police Station in south London.The officer was shot by the 23-year-old in the early hours of Friday morning.In a statement, Scotland Yard said: "At approximately 0215 on Friday, September 25 the officer was shot by a man who was being detained at Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane."Officers and paramedics treated him at the scene and he was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.

Highland ward councillor reckons a £134,660 grant for a project to transform Kinloch Rannoch Outdoor Centre has vindicated the council’s decision not to sell the building for a pound.

Trafalgar Square in London. An army of Metropolitan Police officers moved in on demonstrators defying coronavirus laws against mass gatherings as they set up a protest camp beside Nelson’s column.

cocaine bragged about his champagne lifestyle after jumping bail and fleeing Scotland.Security consultant ­Christopher Lawson posted photos of his jet-setting around the world as he spent three years on the run from justice.Lawson, who was shot in the line of duty in Afghanistan, regularly updated his social media with pictures from countries including Tanzania, Cambodia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.But he was arrested at an airport when he returned to the UK from Dubai in June

Omar Sadiq was murdered during a “targeted attack” in the city’s southside. The 32-year-old was found in a pool of blood by officers after being knifed on Boydstone Road in the Pollok area at around 1.25pm on Tuesday.

Perthshire politician wants people in the region to know what to expect if they are called by an NHS contact tracer in a bid to prevent fraud.

Kirkcaldy after being arrested yesterday. Officers from Police Scotland have launched an investigation after a 36-year-old male passes away earlier today.

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.

Police Scotland needs at least £178m to fund a programme of maintenance to fix its crumbling estate over the next five years, MSPs have been told. The cash-strapped national constabulary has been forced to cut costs - while protecting the number of officers on the beat - but still faces a budget deficit of £44m this financial year.