Scots Big Issue seller left unconscious after brutal unprovoked attack as thousands raised to help him

Outlander star Sam Heughan and planned to leave her husband for him. The 54-year-old even discussed buying a house with the fraudster after becoming the latest victim of a cruel internet con which the Scots actor has previously warned fans about.

coronavirus cases has prompted an appeal for revellers to steer clear of mass New Year celebrations. Public health chief for Dumfries & Galloway, Valerie White, warned of consequences for health and social care services if cases continue to rise.

First Minister made the warning after the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Scotland since the beginning of the pandemic passed 120,000 this week.

Edinburgh, learned of his tragic death on Christmas morning at around 2am.

Dutch woman has adopted a fallen Scottish hero of World War 2. Sanne Kuhlmann tends the grave of soldier Corporal Alexander A Fraser, who was killed at the age of 30 in 1944 fighting to free the Netherlands from the clutches of the Nazi hordes.

weather has been dubbed Storm Bella, and the beast is set to arrive in Scotland on Boxing Day.Strong winds and heavy rain is forecast after Christmas and the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the west of Scotland.The alert warns that persistent rainfall is likely to result in localised flooding of roads and properties and hazardous driving conditions.The warning area covers the the north-west of Glasgow, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Highlands, Argyll and Bute and West

Social distance concerns were raised after Edinburgh-bound Scots were crammed onto an overcrowded bus after an issue with an EasyJet plane. After arriving at Bristol airport for an essential work trip on Monday, Colette Walters and her colleague Cieran Fisher were set to fly to the capital at 7am.

police to fight him.Lewis Wilson, 28, turned the air blue with insults when police arrived at the property in the Paisley’s Seedhill Road, following complaints from his worried mum.The town’s sheriff court heard Wilson dared officers to fight him and showered them with insults as he was being lifted in the early hours of June 28.He shouted at cops to “f****** bring it” and that he was going to “go to town”, as well as warning them, “I’m no f****** scared of you”.Procurator fiscal depute Dana

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A dad who died after being ambushed at a house in Clydebank was due to stand trial accused of taking part in an alleged gun attack.William “Billy” McGuire was charged with assaulting multiple occupants of a house in the Knightswood area of Glasgow during an early morning incident on October 3 last year.The 25-year-old was said to have covered his face with a mask before throwing bricks and glass bottles

education watchdog after pinching a pupil’s nose and causing it to bleed while trying to calm him down. James Walker McKenna admitted grabbing hold of the young boy’s nose during the incident at Dalry Primary School, Dumfries and Galloway, in May 2018.

Christmas present” she could ever receive.We told last month of the family’s fears for Amy as she lay in ICU at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following an urgent op to remove a tumour.Medics were worried about the amount of time it was taking the Shettleston teen to come round from the surgery and had broken the news that what was thought to be a benign tumour was cancerous.Now, five weeks on from the operation, Amy is awake and has given the thumbs up to her delighted mum.And

Odsonne Edouard to shoot Celtic to a historic quadruple Treble.The Hoops boss believes the out-of-sorts French striker will steal the Scottish Cup Final show against Hearts on Sunday.Edouard has found the net just once in the last seven Premiership outings and has scored only five times in the league.But Lennon believes the floodgates could open for the 22-year-old against the Jambos at Hampden.He scored twice in last year’s final and the Hoops chief said: “These occasions bring the best out in

Christmas aged just three-months-old.Devastated Stephanie and Craig Simpson from Banchory, Aberdeenshire said goodbye to their infant daughter Peggy-Mae last Saturday after she passed away after being born with rare chromosome condition Trisomy 13.The condition affects around one in 25,000 babies and doctors told the couple  that little Peggy-Mae would only live between seven and ten days when she was born on September 9.The young couple, aged 26 and 25, will spend Christmas without their

Health chiefs have launched a new blitz to combat so-called ‘ Long Covid ’ in Scotland.

Perth girl Allmeria Oliver, 9, died on Friday December 11 having suffered the cardiac arrest two days before. She was rushed to hospital but medics sadly could not save her.

jailed for 20 months. Stephen Donoghue, 61, turned on Carol Donoghue at their flat in Glasgow’s Dalmarnock in August this year.

was set on fire on the driveway of their home, which sources said was the property of one of three men accused of Williamson’s murder.A 50-year-old woman, her 49-year-old husband and two teenage girls, aged 17 and 13, were inside the property in Ferniegair, near Hamilton, when the vehicle was set alight.The blaze spread to the front door of the house before emergency services, including police and two fire engines, reached the scene just after 1.35am on Saturday.Debris from the burnt-out vehicle

Glasgow.Vets are treating more pooches for gastroenteritis in recent weeks. Gastroenteritis is a general term for irritation of the stomach and guts, causing issues such as vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, stomach pain and dehydration.