Police launch appeal to trace 'hooded men' after car set on fire in Rutherglen

Castle Douglas this morning. The 91-year-old was declared dead at the scene of the tragedy on Main Street, Crossmichael, which took place just before 4am on Monday January 25.Police Scotland put traffic control measures in place in after the fire service were called to the blaze.

Gary Meadowcroft, 31, of Cheetham Hill, is wanted for a serious assault. He was last seen in Asda in Radcliffe at about 2.10pm yesterday (Saturday) buying clothing.

Lanarkshire school. It is believed cleaners found the man at about 6am on Monday near to Braidhurst High, Motherwell.

crash on the M80. The man passed away following the smash on the southbound carriageway at junction seven near Haggs.

Police raced to the report of a motorbike on fire this morning before they found a body nearby in Edinburgh. Officers made the unexpected discovery while attending the report of a blaze near the city bypass.

Glasgow. Officers from Police Scotland attended an address in Craigpark Drive, Dennistoun, early this morning after “concerns for a person” were raised.

direct to your inbox Police have fined a man £200 after he took his family out in the late evening to play Pokemon in breach of the national coronavirus lockdown. Warwickshire Police issued the fine after the man and his family travelled 14 miles from Bedworth to Kenilworth late on Tuesday evening to play Pokemon Hunt.It prompted an officer to tweet: "Travelling from Bedworth to Kenilworth in the late evening to “Pokemon Hunt” is not essential.

Edinburgh flat. Police were called to a property at Muirhouse Park in the north of the city around 4pm today, January 12.

Police have launched a search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Dumfries.Officers are appealing for anyone with information about missing Teigan Thomson to get in touch.She was last seen in Dumfries around 4:30pm on January 11.She is described as wearing a red adidas jacket, black leggings & black nike trainers.Police say she is known to associate with people in the Annan area.Anyone with information to contact police on 101.

direct to your inboxTwo teenage boys were seriously hurt after a car crashed into a van following a police chase in Oldham.The 17 year olds are in a 'serious but stable' condition in hospital, following the incident on Middleton Road at about 10.20pm last night.Police said officers observed a Ford Ecosport being driven at speed, which they believed was driving using false number plates.GMP said the driver of the car failed to stop, and officers engaged in a 'short' pursuit.Get the latest updates

flat. The body of the 24-year-old was found in a flat on Union Street in Montrose, Angus at around 6.20pm on Friday January 8.

Police are searching for the family of a Paisley pensioner who died on Hogmanay. Elizabeth McBay was found dead within her home address on December 31.

Police are appealing for information after a man was found with a serious head injury outside an Aberdeen supermarket this morning. The 44-year-old was discovered outside Tesco in the city's Laurel Place at around 11.17am.

A man who owned a recently closed business that managed human cadavers has been arrested in Arizona after dozens of human body parts, including severed limbs and heads, were found scattered in a remote area in what investigators are calling a "bizarre and grisly case." Walter Mitchell, 59, was arrested Tuesday in Scottsdale on 28 counts of abandonment or concealment of a dead body, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Manchester. Officers were called by paramedics responding to a concern for welfare call on Oldham Road in Failsworth at 3.30pm on Monday, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said.