Scot caged for killing knife thug who burst into his home fails in appeal bid

climbing near Peterhead two weeks ago after police called off the search for the missing teacher. Owain Bristow is believed to have suffered a tragic accident while he was on a sea cliff at the Bullers of Buchan.

couple who lost their dog in a horrendous house fire has raised over £12,000.Callum Martin, 30, and wife, Melissa, 29, from Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, were left devastated when a horrific fire took hold in their home and killed their beloved Luna on August 10.The couple were out having lunch when they received a phone call from a neighbour to say their house was up in smoke after an electrical fault in their kitchen took fire.Despite best efforts from firefighters, the couple's home could not be

Glenrothes man claim his car has been found at a hotel 23 miles away.Police are continuing their efforts to trace Steven Squire who was spotted outside his home at around 6pm on Sunday night.The 33-year-old is believed to have travelled to the Broxden area of Perth where his car was recovered at a Travelodge on Wednesday, friends claim.His worried pals are desperately appealing for help to find Steven as concern for his safety grows.Kyle Hegg shared new images of Steven on social media and urged

Middle East to face a year in prison on drugs charges.Conor Howard's Step-dad Robert has told the Daily Record he was denied bail at a court hearing in Corfu today, as he faces the wait to hear if he will be extradited to Qatar after a court in the capital of Doha charged him with being in possession of a narcotic substance in October last year.Yesterday we told how the 27-year-old Edinburgh man, was who was living and working in Australia in 2019, told his family he was initially arrested at

post-Brexit trade envoy has been condemned by Nicola Sturgeon as a "sexist, misogynist and climate change denier" who should not represent the country abroad. Scotland's First Minister ripped into the legacy of former Australian PM Tony Abbott, who is being lined up for the job by Boris Johnson.

VisitScotland video during torrential rain and howling wind at a Highland beauty spot. Stuart Kenny decided to trave l up north with friends in a bid to get a relaxing break without risking any quarantine period.

anorexia when she sat on her kitchen floor at 4am working out whether broccoli or green beans had fewer calories.Ellen Maloney, now 37, has been fighting the condition for 25 years.But even the liver failure and the heart attack she suffered as a result of taking diet pills were nothing to her compared to having a 'meltdown in an aisle in Sainsbury’s because they had changed the packaging on lettuce'.Ellen believes if she had the right help when she was 12, decades of torment could have been

Middle East last year, but claims he was freed without charge, has been left terrified as he now faces a year behind bars in a Qatar jail after being hunted down by cops again in Greece last weekend.

family is 'living a nightmare everyday'. Marie Degan issued a heartbreaking plea for anyone with information to come forward about her son Allan Bryant who was last seen leaving a Fife nightclub in November, 2013.

Irvine earlier today. Jake Alcroft, 63, was driving on Bank street when he lost control and struck a parked car at around 10.45am on Thursday morning.He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have launched a second appeal for a heavily pregnant woman who went missing in Fife. Kirstie Allen, who is currently 34 weeks pregnant, has not been seen for days and officers from Police Scotland are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare.

cardiac arrest and she suffered a miscarriage two weeks later. Tammi Walker, 22, is fighting to keep the memory of her partner Steven Scobie alive after he died suddenly aged 38 at the couple's home on March 29.The couple had found out Tammi was pregnant weeks earlier and had began to plan for their new arrival after moving into their new home together.

Neil MacFarlane. Police made the grim find in the Allanton area, in the borders, around 6pm last night.

marry his sweetheart was granted, against the odds, thanks to the kindness of total strangers.Douglas Barton, 57, tied the knot with Sharon Brown, 48, on Saturday.It's a day the painter and decorator didn't think he'd live to see.Douglas, from Govanhill, Glasgow, was diagnosed with terminal anal cancer in January, with a prognosis of 12 to 18 months.Desperate to get hitched, the pair's hopes were dashed when coronavirus hit Scotland and sent devastated Douglas into total isolation.With small

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A paisley teenager, who amassed more than 700,000 followers on social media, says being named a Young Scot Award finalist is “her proudest moment”.Kristen, who is a massive star on the video sharing website TikTok, says being shortlisted for the entertainment award has been the pinnacle of what has so far been an exceptional career.The 15 year old lost out on the top award to actor Ncuti Gatwa from

“A lot of hard work goes into the strikes, there have been many stressful meetings and difficult times balancing climate activism with our personal lives, so I’m really happy our efforts are being recognised on this scale.

missing for more than two weeks have been told of a body find. Shuan Watson vanished from Broxburn on Monday, August 3.

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

Death Row inmate Kenny Richey has been jailed for 12 years in the US after being found guilty of threatening a former judge. The Scot made threats towards Randall Basinger in videos posted on Facebook last year.