Rowdy drinker who killed Scots dad with wheelie bin in street rammy is jailed

prisons more than doubled in a year- despite the coronavirus pandemic.Guards confiscated drugs or suspected drugs from prisoners across Scots jails 2,199 times in 2019.But a Freedom of Information request from the Daily Record has revealed that number rocketed to 5,480 last year.In many facilities there has been a rise in psychoactive or suspected psychoactive drugs- often known as 'legal highs'.These include synthetic cannabis type drugs like 'Spice' which is said to be causing havoc behind

police officers ended up in hospital after being poisoned by fumes from a patrol car.An internal probe has been launched after the pair fell ill last weekend.They had been working night shift together in a BMW X5 before becoming unwell.An ambulance was called to take the officers from Glasgow’s Govan station to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.Doctors treated the pair for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and admitted them to a ward overnight.Police union leaders described last Sunday’s

The Health and Safety Executive confirmed it is aware of the situation.A HSE spokesperson said: “We have been made aware of an incident at a house build site at Hallmeadow Place, Annan and are currently attending the site to assist Police Scotland with the investigation.”

Aberdeen. The truck was spreading salt on Deeside Gardens when the wheels lost traction on the road causing the large vehicle to begin sliding.

Aberdeen today.Officers from Police Scotland swarmed on North Deeside Road on the outskirts of the city just before 1.30pm, January 19. A video posted on social media showed around eight police vehicles and many officers on the side of the road.

Falkirk just before 8pm this evening, January 19.

manhunt has been launched after a pensioner was brutally attacked in the middle of the day on a Scots street. The 72-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was set upon and beaten up near to the junction of Tomnahurich Street and Montague Row in Inverness.

jailed for eight years and three months. Craig McCarroll, 29, stabbed to death Thomas Nelson, 24, last April 14 following a "ridiculously trivial" dispute.

parents of a Brit killed on a tropical island have vowed to get justice for their former Royal Marine son. Andy and Maria Davies have been given new hope after a coroner ruled their son Carl was unlawfully killed.The couple, from Fife, have vowed to return to the French overseas territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean to see the killers put behind bars.

teenager was been arrested and charged after a rammy outside a set of shops in Glasgow. Officers raced to Liddlesdale Square in Milton following reports of the incident on Tuesday night.

coronavirus. No one will be allowed to enter the country from Scotland via air or sea until 6pm on February 2 under the new restrictions.But there are exceptions to Spanish nationals and those who are a legal resident in Spain.

murdered his 33-year-old partner by strangling her and then slashing her throat was today jailed for life and ordered to spend at least 18 years behind bars.Daryll Paterson, 36.

supermarket giant announced the new changes to its policy on face coverings as Scotland enters into its second week of stay at home lockdown measures.

sledging accident after being impaled by a chunk of wood through his bum cheek. The 18-year-old was enjoying the snow at Afton Reservoir, East Ayrshire, with his pals when he suffered the shocking twist of fate.

horror lorry smash on the A9 in the Scottish Highlands. Thomas Hobson, from Wales, was travelling for work near Alness when his blue Vauxhall Astra collided with a truck on January 4.

gunman who fired on a home in a housing estate was yesterday jailed for 44 months.Steven McGarry, 33, ferried his accomplice to the property in Stepps, near Glasgow, before the shooting and drove off with him afterwards.At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Weir told him it was “good fortune” that no one was around and the house that was targeted was not occupied at the time.The court earlier heard McGarry drove the gunman, who has since died, to the home of brothers Scott and Roddy

stairhead rammies” after threatening and shouting at her neighbours.Karen Gallacher, 43, flipped out at Kayleigh Pullar and Andrew Campbell, residents in the same block at Graham Street, Johnstone, after they reported her to the cops.Paisley Sheriff Court heard tensions between Ms Graham and her neighbours exploded on December 11, when she banged on their door and warned them they “would be sorry” for what they had done.Procurator Fiscal Depute Abbas Ali told the court: “At around 9am on the

set off the alarm when he tried to get inside the B&M store in Linwood at around 6am on New Year’s Day.