Scots charged after allegedly threatening to reveal details of private online chats unless paid

schoolboy needs a special coffin after his sudden and unexplained death.Tributes are pouring in for 'pure soul' Aiden Cross after he died at his home in Cumbernauld on February 18th.His distraught parents tried to carry out CPR on the 13-year-old, who suffered from spina bifida and hydrocephalus, in a desperate bid to save him before he passed away.Coroners have so far been unable establish the cause of death leaving his family devastated.Now friends are raising funds for the 'happy, bubbly and

fireball on an Ayrshire road tonight.The officer ran in the direction of two burning cars which had just been involved in a crash outside Coylton.Both vehicles were engulfed in flames with footage emerging online of the police ditching their vehicles before running towards the flames.The crash took place shortly after 6pm on the A70 between Coylton and nearby Coalhall.Traffic has been stopped in both directions with large tailbacks being reported through Coylton.Diversions have been set up by

former First Minister took the action amid claims of an inappropriate disclosure.Sturgeon is today giving evidence to a Holyrood committee investigating the Government’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco cost over £600,000 of public money.Salmond gave evidence to the

teenagers have been charged in connection with the attempted murder of a schoolboy.A 15-year-old is in critical conditions after being discovered seriously injured Around 11.10pm near Thornliebank Station in Glasgow on Friday.Police raced to the scene on Boydstone Road after the alarm was raised.The boy was then rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.Now two males, aged 15 and 16 have been arrested and charged in connection with an attempted

Police were called to the scene of a shop on Main Street in Prestwick following reports of the incident  around 4.10pm on February 25.A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged and is due to appear before Ayr Sheriff Court on Monday.In a statement Police Scotland thanks witnesses for their help.They said: “A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a robbery in Prestwick.“Officers were called around 4.10pm on Thursday, 25 February, to a report of a robbery at a shop

bomb was blown up in a controlled explosion on a Scots beach after a terrified local raised the alarm.The casing of the explosive, understood to be from the Second World War, was found at Ballantrae Harbour in South Ayrshire.Local coastguard teams were alerted to the find and the police and disposal experts called to deal with the ordinance.A massive 330 foot cordon was put up around the area as the experts rigged the casing for destruction.Video footage posted by the coastguard team shows the

disturbance at a Fife house has been remembered as ‘one in a million’ by heartbroken pals.The man, named locally as Tom Adams, was pronounced dead at the scene after police and paramedics were called to the Uist Road, Glenrothes, on Saturday night.Tragically, the 65-year-old could not be saved with detectives treating his death as ‘suspicious’.Police Scotland have confirmed that a 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.He is due to appear at Kirkcaldy

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A luxury car was torched after being nicked from a home in Ruthglen. Cops were called after a white Audi S3 was set ablaze on Mill Road, Cambuslang, between 6.30pm and 7pm on Monday, February 15.The vehicle had been stolen from a property in Limeside Avenune, Rutherglen earlier that day.

North Ayrshire after a hearse burst into flames this afternoon.Emergency services scrambled to Glencairn Street in Stevenston after a report of the vehicle, which is used for taking coffins to a funeral, on fire.The road was closed near the JET petrol station while the fire brigade tackled the flames at around 4pm.It's not yet clear if there was a coffin inside the hearse at the time of the blaze.It's not believed anyone was injured as a result of the fire and the road has now reopened.A

drugs offences after a 'pre-planned operation' by cops in Cardenden this morning.Earlier we told how at least four marked police vans had been spotted on Dundonald Park in Cardenen, near Lochgelly, Fife.Emergency services - including a National Risk Ambulance and specialist forensics officers - were sent to the scene as part of the planned operation.At around 9am officers acting on a warrant carried out a search of the house.A 37-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman have now been arrested and

Livingston leaving him hospitalised.Emergency services raced to Ogilvie Way after the alarm was raised at around 5.20pm on Thursday February 18.Police say a 15-year-old boy was 'seriously assaulted' in the incident before being rushed to the Royal Hospital for Children in Edinburgh.A 14-year-old boy has now been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged attack.Officers have launched an investigation and enquiries are ongoing.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 5.20pm on

Livingston after reports that a teenager had been 'stabbed'.Emergency services scrambled to Ogilvie Way in the town after the incident happened at around 5.20pm.Cops say a 15-year-old boy was 'seriously assaulted' in the attack.The schoolboy was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh for treatment.His condition is not yet known but police enquiries into the incident are ongoing.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were called to Ogilvie Way in Livingston at 5.20pm on

iOS and Android.But the move was greeted with anger among affected workers and branded the "the height of arrogance" by Scotland's former health secretary Alex Neil.MSP Mr Neil, who was alerted to the situation on a visit to his local Morrisons in Ayr this week, said: "Pharmacy staff should be entitled to claim this payment and will rightfully feel aggrieved."This is an offer from the Scottish Government and shouldn't be for individual companies to decide what happens next."It certainly isn't

tried to sell a baby for £1million. Evil Claire Boyle, 34, was convicted of child neglect after the horrific incident at her Ayrshire home where a little boy was trapped in the modified cot.

Scots river after a late night rescue mission.Emergency services were called to the Dighty Burn in the Monifieth area at around 10.45pm on Tuesday.Concerns had been raised about the welfare of a woman in the area.A search, including resources from HM Coastguard and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, took place with the tragic discovery made near the River Tay a short time later.Formal identification has yet to take place and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal regarding the

Rutherglen Cemetery are facing a grave situation – after South Lanarkshire Council began investigating new plots next to their gardens without telling them.Residents on Broomieknowe Drive were stunned on Monday to wake up and find diggers had already started work testing the suitability of new lairs.The cemetery is already near to capacity, and the local authority have been looking at ways to expand the site.Previously a “border strip” had been in place to ensure that there was sufficient space

psychic has told of snapping the ghostly figure of a young girl during a trip to an abandoned castle turned asylum near Glasgow.Bethany McPherson's skin-crawling experience at Lennox Castle with her ex and his sister is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.From smelling rotting meat and burning to having an object thrown at her, the 23-year-old is adamant the site -  near Celtic's training complex - is a hot bed of paranormal activity.But it was when she looked back at the pictures from

Perthshire.Michelle Lizanec was discovered by officers after they broke down the door of a property on Orchard Way, Inchture, at around 11.40pm on Saturday.She was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.A police guard remained at the terraced house on Monday just hours before officers confirmed they had charged a man in connection with her death.John Lizanec appeared in private at Perth Sheriff Court on Tuesday afternoon.The 46-year-old made no plea during the short hearing where he faced one

Dundee.Michelle was pronounced dead at the scene after officers from Police Scotland attended an incident on Orchard Way, Inchture at around 11.40pm on Saturday, February 13.Cops shut down Balunie Street, in the Douglas area of Dundee, shortly before 9am until 8.50pm on Sunday as negotiators spoke to a man through a letterbox who had shut himself inside a house.The male has now been charged in connection with Michelle's death.He is due to appear before Perth Sheriff Court on Tuesday, February

ice.The driver was pulled over on Maybury Road in Edinburgh by stunned police whilst they were out on another enquiry.The motorist was given a caution and charged with the offence following the stop this morning.A report has also been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal, after cops said the motorist posed a risk to cyclists and pedestrians.A snap shared on Twitter by Road Policing Scotland shows how the driver's view was almost completely obscured by frost.Writing about the incident, the force