Scots cheesewire killer case reward doubled to £20k by cops on murder anniversary

Crazed torturer Colin Coats has been hit with more jail time after being caught with a mobile phone.

Police have confirmed they are probing a report of a woman being ' spiked by injection ' at a second late-night venue in Scotland.

Police have launched a probe after a woman was alleged to have been spiked in a Scots pub and claimed police "didn't want to know about it".

A man is in a "critical condition" after being found at a Scots property.

Police have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to a serious road crash in Dumfries which left a motorcyclist with severe injuries.

A delivery driver was threatened at knife point during a Thursday evening shift at a takeaway in Paisley.

A warning has been issued over a "fake" festival at a Scots park made up to "extort money from people excited to take part in festive fun".

Police discovered a massive cannabis farm worth £450k in Fife, as two men were charged in connection with the find.

A Scot accused of planning a terrorist attack told cops he was a “white nationalist” but only “pretending” he was going to burn down a mosque while drunk.

A relative has hit out after the evil woman who starved his loved one and kept a toddler in a cage was spared jail for the fifth time.

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missing from North Ayrshire. Natalie Kelly was last seen at her home in Campsie Way, Irvine at around 1.30am on Saturday, October 2.

crashing his car down an embankment and coming to a rest between railway tracks. Craig Thomson fled officers in his Honda Civic with a 16-year-old relative in the passenger seat and was pursued across East Lothian into Edinburgh.

drug today agreed to hand over more than pounds 200,000 to settle proceeds of crime actions. Eric Reid, 48, was jailed for five and a half years for his role in turning out tablets containing the psychoactive substance Etizolam while his co-accused Scott McGaw, 35, was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

charity watchdog. The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is to meet bosses of Wellbeing Scotland next week as part of an official inquiry.

coronavirus. A shock employment tribunal case has found the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) handed 'unfavourable treatment' towards the life-saving heroes when they made the disabled firefighters take their shielding time out of their annual leave.

Gordon Ramsay fans have been left puzzled after the TV chef gave a rare compliment to a TikTok cook and began rapping in his latest viral video. Scots born Gordon is well-known for his takedowns on the social media app, but couldn't have been more positive about Mr Pyrex, the rapping chef.

children so they can afford to pamper their three pooches. Claire Kelly Johnston, 35, and Stuart Johnston, 38, have spent £20,000 on their ' babies ' - Cupcake, three, Teddybear, two, and Popcorn, two - and have said they don't plan on having any children now they have dogs.

drugs after cops spotted him “sweating profusely” in Edinburgh’s Waverley train station. Lee Brunton was approached by officers in the station who suspected he and a pal were “under the influence of something”.The 28-year-old was searched and 104 benzodiazepine tablets were recovered from his rucksack.Police also found four screwdrivers in the bag and Brunton, a painter and decorator, was arrested.

rammy between two gangs who attacked cars with baseball bats in Castlemilk involved mourners who clashed at the funeral of a Scots killer.