Police race to Scots street after 'unexplained' death of 33-year-old man

Snapchat pictures of a 12-year-old girl in school uniform has been jailed.James Stephen, 23, also sent sexual messages and explicit images to the girl, and asked her to send him naked pictures and sexual videos, a court heard.Fiscal depute Colin Neilson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court police officers from the offender management unit carried out a visit at Stephen's address at 7.15pm on January 6, 2020, and inspected his mobile phone.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront

Edinburgh city centre tonight where police have erected a cordon.Several police vans and an ambulance were spotted at the scene.The cordon stretches across the steps of the Tron Kirk which backs on to the square.Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.For the latest news and breaking news visit dailyrecord.co.ukGet all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that

plunged into a freezing canal.Gregor Angus was out walking in Linlithgow, West Lothian, with his young son when they came across a lone dog without its owner on January 31.The dad approached the pooch but soon spotted 81-year-old Brian Watson floating in the bitterly cold waterway.The 39-year-old jumped in and managed to drag the stricken pensioner to safety while shouting for help.His young son Lucas held onto the dog, named Hugo, while several passersby stopped to hand over their jackets while

fire attack.The alarm was raised at around 9pm on Monday, February 22, after a residential property was torched in Marischal Street, Peterhead.Brave residents swiftly extinguished the blaze before the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene.While no one was injured, police believe the fire was started deliberately and are appealing for witnesses.They are especially keen to speak with any motorists who may have dash cam footage from the street or the Tolbooth Wynd areaDetective

jail despite the fears of his victim’s family that he could go home to attack again. Adam Stein was jailed for life after he abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Collette Gallacher in 1986 in the English steel town of Corby.

bomb was blown up in a controlled explosion on a Scots beach after a terrified local raised the alarm.The casing of the explosive, understood to be from the Second World War, was found at Ballantrae Harbour in South Ayrshire.Local coastguard teams were alerted to the find and the police and disposal experts called to deal with the ordinance.A massive 330 foot cordon was put up around the area as the experts rigged the casing for destruction.Video footage posted by the coastguard team shows the

Crieff on Friday night, February 19, after the teenager had reportedly taken ill.He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene by cops.The Perthshire youth has been named locally as Matthew Taylor.Devastated mum Dee Taylor took to social media to thank well-wishers for the flood of messages of support she's received.She wrote on Facebook: "I would just like to thank everyone for the such kind words and to let anyone who doesn’t know already that my youngest son Matthew passed away last night."Sweet

Fife home.Officers from Police Scotland raced to an address in Pitcoudie, Glenrothes, to deal with reports of a disturbance at around 7.10pm last night.It has emerged that a 65-year-old man was pronounced dead shortly after emergency services arrived.Police say a post mortem is still to be carried out but his death is being treated as suspicious.A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 7.10pm on Saturday, 20 February,

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A street attack victim who had a large chunk of his tongue bitten off by a female thug was left horrified when a seagull swooped down and ate it.James McKenzie spat out a piece of his tongue onto the street after yob Bethaney Ryan, 27, had savagely ripped it off with her teeth during a street battle in Edinburgh.The large gull then flew down and grabbed the fleshy muscle in its beak and then made

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A luxury car was torched after being nicked from a home in Ruthglen. Cops were called after a white Audi S3 was set ablaze on Mill Road, Cambuslang, between 6.30pm and 7pm on Monday, February 15.The vehicle had been stolen from a property in Limeside Avenune, Rutherglen earlier that day.

North Ayrshire after a hearse burst into flames this afternoon.Emergency services scrambled to Glencairn Street in Stevenston after a report of the vehicle, which is used for taking coffins to a funeral, on fire.The road was closed near the JET petrol station while the fire brigade tackled the flames at around 4pm.It's not yet clear if there was a coffin inside the hearse at the time of the blaze.It's not believed anyone was injured as a result of the fire and the road has now reopened.A

drugs offences after a 'pre-planned operation' by cops in Cardenden this morning.Earlier we told how at least four marked police vans had been spotted on Dundonald Park in Cardenen, near Lochgelly, Fife.Emergency services - including a National Risk Ambulance and specialist forensics officers - were sent to the scene as part of the planned operation.At around 9am officers acting on a warrant carried out a search of the house.A 37-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman have now been arrested and

Arbroath in what is understood to have been an accidental overdose.The young man had moved to the Angus town just months earlier.Pals and well-wishers have come together to pay tributes to Adam.On Facebook, Jack Caird paid a touching tribute to the man 'who had time for anyone'.He wrote: "May you rest in peace up there Adam Jones.

Emergency services are currently dealing with an ‘ongoing incident’ in a residential Scots street.At least four marked police vans have been spotted on Dundonald Park in Cardenen, near Lochgelly, Fife.It is understood that they arrived on the scene at around 10am on Friday, February 19.A National Risk Ambulance is also thought to be in attendance alongside specialist forensics officers.Police Scotland confirmed they are in attendance in relation to a 'pre-planned operation'.

Livingston after reports that a teenager had been 'stabbed'.Emergency services scrambled to Ogilvie Way in the town after the incident happened at around 5.20pm.Cops say a 15-year-old boy was 'seriously assaulted' in the attack.The schoolboy was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh for treatment.His condition is not yet known but police enquiries into the incident are ongoing.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were called to Ogilvie Way in Livingston at 5.20pm on

Rutherglen Cemetery are facing a grave situation – after South Lanarkshire Council began investigating new plots next to their gardens without telling them.Residents on Broomieknowe Drive were stunned on Monday to wake up and find diggers had already started work testing the suitability of new lairs.The cemetery is already near to capacity, and the local authority have been looking at ways to expand the site.Previously a “border strip” had been in place to ensure that there was sufficient space

Perthshire.Emergency services were called to the property on Bridgeton Brae in Almondbank at around 9.40am on Monday.The little girl was tragically pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics and doctors were called to the home.Police Scotland have confirmed they are treating the death as ‘unexplained’.Local residents reported a heavy emergency services response in the area around the time of the incident.Uniformed officers are believed to be carrying out door to door enquiries as their probe

Outlander'sSam Heughan and Graham McTavish want to take his new series Men In Kilts over to New Zealand, America and Canada.The Scots hunk, who plays Jamie Frazer in Starz historical drama Outlander, was talking about the launch of his new travel series Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham which airs on February 14, when he revealed that he's keen to take it around the globe, a fact that is sure to to please Outlander fans no end.Asked if they had plans to to make more than the eight