Scots blade thug caged after threatening noisy youths with knife

firebugs after a partially built house was set alight in Dundee. The new build home on a building site in South Road went up in flames on the night of Saturday, May 15.

play park. The 50-year-old was walking at the bottom of Cramond Terrace in the town at around 2pm on Saturday, May 15, when she was approached by the suspect.He attempted to grab her handbag but made off empty handed leaving his victim ‘extremely upset’ by the ordeal.Officers are keen to trace the man, described as being in his 30s, who they believe fled the scene using a number of paths leading away from the play area.

coronavirus. Leah Whyte took son Logan to hospital in Aberdeen after the tot started being violently sick and developed a rash.

schoolgirl who simply 'felt tired in class' was left stunned when doctors discovered her lethargy was a serious blood disorder. Sian Kirk was excited to finish high school and enjoy a summer of freedom with friends.

Perthshire community has been left disgusted after a children’s playpark was allegedly smeared with dog poo over the weekend. The incident has seen suspected faeces spread over swing seats, the play chute and on the handles of the rocking horse along with numerous other surfaces at the site on Hunter Street, Auchterarder.

marrying his soulmate of 10 years in hospital. Andrew Renfrew, from Cumbernauld, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, after a sudden and shock lung cancer diagnoses just five weeks ago.

charity worker has been released from prison in Albania – 13 years after being jailed for child sex abuse in a case which was claimed to be fabricated by police. David Brown smiled and thanked supporters as he walked free from a high-security prison in Tirana on Friday.

JobCentre Plus office following a routine background check - despite having no criminal record. Bosses at the centre in Kilmarnock took action after Disclosure Scotland - the government agency responsible for carrying out criminal records checks on candidates for employers - gave the wrong information.

rape a Fife woman after a terrifying, early-morning park attack has been jailed. Dean Stevens followed his victim into Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline at around 6.20am on Sunday, May 24 2020.

serial bogus caller who was set upon by a plucky pensioner as he raided her home was dealt another blow when he was jailed for the offence. "Despicable" Denis Smyth has made a criminal career out of preying on the elderly.

Edinburgh bus missed her baby’s head by an inch.

elderly woman was left 'very shaken' after being pushed to the ground by a thug in a terrifying attempted robbery. The criminal had watched the 78-year-old withdraw money from a cash machine in the Kincorth area of Aberdeen before she was set upon.

Police have launched a probe after the youngster, 12, was battered at Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy.

raped a woman in Perth and carried out an indecent act in front of another has been jailed for more than four years.Craig Smart, 36, targeted the women between January 2017 and September 2017 at a property in the city centre.The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Smart attacked his first victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - on January 17 that year.A jury was told he pinned his victim, who is now aged 31, on a bed before raping her.

sex beast who abused three women and three children over a 35-year period has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.David Paterson, 53, was also given sentences totalling seven-and-half years for forcing himself on the women, two girls and a boy.The offences were committed at different addresses in Ayrshire between 1983 and 2018, and, after abusing one girl, he told her to keep it a secret.And the pervert was slammed for protesting his innocence - and forcing his victims to give

Scottish Government guidelines. Fuming mum Amber Pattullo has hit out at the retailer and says she was forced to publicly explain why her 12-year-old son Taylor was exempt at the Loanhead, Edinburgh branch.

Ewan McGregor is looking back at his career and what lies ahead in a new in-depth cover story for The Hollywood Reporter.

police sting. Dale Cleeton admitted being involved in supplying the illegal substance at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, April 27.

Wishaw.The shocking incident took place in the Netherton area of the North Lanarkshire town on Sunday, April 25. The 86-year-old woman was left ‘shaken’ following the incident where she was assaulted by the gang of youths on Kirkhill Street at around 7pm.

supermarket without paying for a quantity of alcohol.And in a separate incident, 31-year-old Gary Cummings stole three bottles of champagne from another local store.The accused was also caught with a £10 bag of heroin in a Perth street.Cummings, of St Catherine’s Square and formerly Newhouse Road in Perth, was jailed for a total of seven months after he appeared via video link at the sheriff court.He admitted stealing alcohol from the South Street branch of Tesco on September 11, 2019 - and then