Scots couple held at 'gunpoint' in terrifying robbery in Clydebank home

Project Reveal - Ghosts of Britain (GOB), were filming a live stream at the Clootie Well in Munlochy, just north of Inverness, when they caught the apparition on camera.

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

illegal raves and halt a "complete wipe-out" of jobs.Big names including TRNSMT boss Geoff Ellis and Glasgow's SubClub hope their new "freedom to dance" campaign will support regulated venues struggling after months of Covid restrictions.The UK's furlough scheme, which protects a share of wages, ends next month.

holidaymakers heading to Greece have slammed the prospect of heading into quarantine on their return.The Scottish Government requires travellers from the Mediterranean country to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am today after a spike in coronavirus cases.Passengers heading to Rhodes from Edinburgh Airport yesterday told of holiday plans thrown into chaos.IT worker Ian Whigham, 62, and wife Jan, 57, only booked their one-week break on Sunday - having already lost money on a cancelled holiday to

dementia pensioner who recorded a charity single is back on the microphone after music 'saved her' during lockdown. We told how a video of Margaret Mackie performing Frank Sinatra's My Way at her care home in Edinburgh went viral in late 2019.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Travellers from Greece will be required to self-isolate at home for 14 days on arrival in Scotland from Thursday.It comes after a significant rise in cases of coronavirus being imported from the Mediterranean country, the Scottish Government said.The measures will come into effect at 4am on Thursday.Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said: "We are in the midst of a global pandemic and the situation in

police investigation. Officers were called to Fortrose Gardens in Strathaven at around 3.10am on August 16.

horrific cruelty at a former remand home.His nightmare ordeal included a sick sex attack by a woman guard after being sent to Calder House in Blantyre aged 11 for a minor misdemeanor he denies to this day.Yet after reporting his horrors to the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, he was left furious as the home forms no part of the hearing.Now 62, he said: “I’ve repeatedly asked the abuse inquiry why they’ve not got it on their list but they just fob me off.“They’re not investigating and we’re

Helensburgh.

pen pals for lonely residents hoping to make new friends after lockdown restrictions eased. The Dalmellington Care Centre in Ayr has issued a public appeal for open letters and pictures to be sent to their residents after visiting was prohibited for months during the coronavirus pandemic.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Residents from a Hamilton care centre have been keeping in touch with each other by showing off a variety of their talents.Throughout the pandemic, Lornebank Care Centre’s priority has been ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all its residents and staff.Whilst the home’s units remain isolated from one another in the best interest of residents and staff, the care centre has continued to encourage a

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.South Lanarkshire Council have slammed the 'animal' behaviour of visitors who dump human waste in rural areas.The local authority hit out at increasing litter problems around countryside lay-bys – including human waste.Posting on their South Lanarkshire Facebook page they wrote: “We are getting reports about increasing litter in and around lay-bys in rural areas.“This includes human waste, which is

terrorism offences as police investigate 'the New IRA'. Officers had been probing the dissident republican group when they accused the pair of bring members of a proscribed organisation.

Boris Johnson’s staycation at a £1200-a-week Highlands cottage have been revealed. Fiancee Carrie Symonds shared a series of photographs which showed the Prime Minister carrying baby son Wilfred in a sling while out on a walk.  Another family pic showed 32-year-old Carrie holding her young son in front of the water near their holiday cottage in Applecross.The couple were joined by their rescue dog Dilyn who accompanied the family on several enjoyable walks in the surrounding countryside.

holidaymakers scrambled to return home from Croatia to the UK before new quarantine rules are imposed. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.

Boris Johnson spent his holiday hiding out in a tepee near a £1200-a-week cottage in the Highlands.Despite the UK battling the coronavirus pandemic and a recession, the Prime Minister chose to go glamping at a remote three-bedroom rental in Lonbain, Applecross, with fiancee Carrie Symonds, their baby Wilfred and their dog Dilyn.Johnson sparked fury this week as he left his deputies to deal with the fallout over the school exams grading scandal in England while he enjoyed his family jollies.It’s

rescue their stranded dog. Two lifeboats and a helicopter were involved in the dramatic rescue with the pair were airlifted to hospital after the drama on Aberdeen beach last night.

quarantine as of Saturday, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said.Portugal's government expressed anger when the country was placed on the quarantine list when it was created at the beginning of July.But the country's number of cases dropped in the past week to 14.38 cases per 100,000 people, compared to 15 per 100,000 the week before - and has not been over 20 per 100,000 since the week of 15-22 July.The news comes as Austria, Croatia, Switzerland and Trinidad and Tobago were added to the

crash after they took their new car out for a drive was jailed today.Stephen Jones repeatedly drove a service bus onto the opposing carriageway before driving into the path of an oncoming Vauxhall Corsa resulting in the deaths of Ian and Helen McKay.Mr and Mrs McKay, aged 78 and 79, from Bathgate, in West Lothian, suffered multiple injuries in the resulting collision and were pronounced dead at the scene.Four passengers who were travelling on the bus Jones was driving from Linlithgow to