Runaway porcupines found roaming Scots street after escaping farm two miles away

Sickening footage has captured Scotland's latest XL bully attack as desperate passersby battled to unlock the dog's bite on a golden retriever. The incident unfolded on Irvine High Street, Ayrshire, on Wednesday after the dog clamped its jaws on the pet's head.

A body has been found during the search for a missing Scots hiker who failed to return from the Crianlarich mountains.

A probe into an unexplained death has been launched by cops after a body was found inside a car at a Scots beauty spot.

Humza Yousaf has warned it is "increasingly difficult" to shield his children from racism after he was targeted with Islamophobic graffiti near his Dundee home.

A young mum-of-one has been diagnosed with two cancers within four weeks - one of which is incurable - but says that she 'won't be beaten' by the disease.

Police have seized a machete, axe and a knife after detaining a group of youths in Glasgow.

Two men have been charged after a 30-year-old man was found seriously hurt in an Aberdeenshire village.

A Scots health board has been fined £220,000 over the deaths of two vulnerable patients who died after falling from hospital windows.

Two men have admitted running a massive cannabis farm in West Lothian following a police operation which recovered drugs with a street value of up to £850,000.

A Glasgow man is set to walk from his home to Inverness in the hope of raising as much money as possible for Cancer Research.

Two teenage boys have died and another is fighting for his life following a horror crash in Stirling.

A dog has died after reportedly being mauled by two 'oversized bullys' in a Dunblane park.

Netflix film crews have taken over a Scots street as production for a brand new thriller series starring Kelly Macdonald gets underway. Melville Street in Edinburgh is partially closed from 8am until 5pm on Wednesday as film crews are capturing scenes for upcoming detective show Department Q, from a best-selling Danish author, writes Edinburgh Live.

A baby that was kidnapped while she slept in her cot has been rushed to hospital after being found by cops.

Seven men have been charged after a large cannabis farm worth £150,000 was busted in Kilmarnock town centre yesterday.

A sick Scots paedophile has been caged for at least five years after travelling 300 miles to meet a 13-year-old girl.

Police have raced to a Scots street after reports of an "XL bully" incident.

A woman who was found dead in their Ayr home has been named locally as Christine Davies.

A pensioner has appeared in court after a woman was found dead within an Ayr home.

A police car crashed with a Mini Cooper on a road in Ayrshire at the weekend.