Police name Lanarkshire biker who died in horror crash on the A701

Police have issued a plea for information in the search for a missing woman in Dundee.Tayside police are looking for Lisa Mitchell who was last seen in the area close to Ninewells Hospital at around 2.30pm yesterday, October 9.She is described as 5'5", of average build, with blue eyes and long purple hair.When last seen, she was wearing pyjama bottoms, a black hooded top and a black medical moon boot.Officers from Police Scotland say they are becoming increasingly concerned for Lisa as she has

tourism spots in the top 500.According to Lonely Planet, 34 of the world’s best travel experiences can be found in the UK, with nine of them in Scotland.The second edition of the bestselling book, which is available to buy now contains the 'definitive wish-list of the 500 most thrilling travel experiences, ranked in order of brilliance'.Petra in Jordan was listed as the top place to experience in the world.Almost half of the dream recommendations outdoors or wildlife experiences, reflecting the

family their son had died in a horrific crash. The (unnamed) 18-year-old was badly hurt when a red Ford Fiesta veered off the road into a field in Aberdeenshire.

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.

dog groomer has launched an appeal to 'clear her name' after being wrongly accused of abusing animals. Shona Robertson said she and her family had suffered a ' trial by Facebook ' after another canine business ran by a Shona in Scotland was castigated on social media.

link.Mr Sneddon added that the councillor will be interviewed by NHS Scotland's Test and Protect service and any close contacts will be identified and asked to self-isolate for 14 days.A close contact is someone who has been within 2m of a person for at least 15 minutes.Council leader John Ross added: "I would also like to extend my best wishes to the individual."Most councillors did not physically attend the hybrid executive committee or full council meetings yesterday and instead joined

map reveals the nine Scottish regions projected to become coronavirus hotspots within a fortnight, putting them at risk of local lockdowns.Imperial College London's interactive maps show clusters of red zones in each UK nation, as of Friday, as tough new measures are imposed across Scotland to curb the spread of Covid-19.But the picture looks much worse two weeks from now, with more hotspots emerging across the cuntry.A projection for 4th October shows Scottish areas already subject to local

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 town could be made to use a council office as Police Scotland looks to slash costs.

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.

M8 in Glasgow city centre has been closed due to an ongoing police incident. Emergency services have raced to the scene on the eastbound carriageway between J19 and J18.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been a further 267 coronavirus cases confirmed in Scotland in the last 24 hours.The Scottish Government released data today as part of its daily COVID-19 update to the nation.Scotland's death toll has increased by one to 2,501.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 4,236 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, September 13 where the disease was mentioned on the