Scots dad feared wildfire would engulf his home as nearby bushes went up in flames

puppy was 'stolen' from its owner's bedroom while she was out shopping at Asda. Hayley Jempson claims her nine-week-old pup, Cooper, was snatched from his cage at her home in Edinburgh.

Police were called to Deanshaugh Terrace in Elgin amid reports of the burglary at a property between 9.30am and 11am on Monday August 23.

Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians - including the Edinburgh City Bypass and the M8 - has sparked travel concerns.Traffic Scotland told motorists: "We're noticing heavy fog in Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians. Please take extra care if driving in the area this morning."Dramatic photos from live traffic cameras this morning show the extent of the heavy fog, which is still covering busy commuter routes.

Emergency services dashed to the scene on Maidencraig Crescent after the alarm was raised at around 1:50pm. Dramatic photos taken by a bus passenger show in the vehicle in the middle of the road engulfed in flames.

Aberdeen - as long as punters pass a breathalyser test first. The over-18s-only Beach Battle Bar will have a zero-tolerance policy on booze.Police and council safety experts backed the plans for breath tests and no alcohol sales.

NHS crisis. And exactly a week later 67-year-old Helena Walker was kept waiting eight hours for an ambulance before spending another eight hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor after a stroke.

social media. Emergency services rushed to the old Spateston Pre-5 Centre in Johnstone, Renfrewshire at around 5.35pm on Friday August 28.

WW1.The message is among a wealth of handwritten treasures which will be on display at the newly reopened Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum at Stirling Castle.Private Vincent Collins, 18, of the 8 th (Argyllshire) Battalion wrote the last letter home to his parents in 1915, the night before his unit moved into the trenches.Tragically, Vincent was wounded on 4 October that year and died from his injuries.The note is in an incredibly fragile condition so to bring it to life the team has

Police swarmed a Scots street after a man fell out of a window. Mercy crews raced to the Main Street area of Lochgelly in Fife last night after the alarm was raised.

missing Midlothian man who has vanished from home. Police are searching for Steven Young, 50, who hasn't been seen since he left his home on Peacock Avenue, Bonnyrigg, at around 5pm on Monday, August 16.

wedding party. Stephen and Sherree Sutherland were heartbroken after hundreds of pounds went missing from a handbag at the bash in their Bonhill home.

missing for three months has said 'all she wants' is her young son home and urged people to continue searching. Jamie Cannon, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was last seen on Thursday, May 20, on Kerr Avenue before being spotted at Auchenharvie Golf Course later that same day.

stroke victim has been left feeling like "a prisoner in his own home" after being stuck in a top floor flat. Graeme Baxter's life was turned upside down when he suffered a devastating total anterior circulation infarct (TACI) on June 17 last year.TACI is a type of cerebral infarction affecting the entire anterior circulation supplying one side of the brain, and the 56-year-old has been left completely paralysed down the left side of his body since falling ill.

murder him. Mark Craig was later spotted following his ex-partner's car after telling her he did not approve of the man she was in a new relationship with.

a blaze broke out at Italian restaurant Trattoria Guidi in Airdrie. Six fire engines were called to the scene with over 20 firefighters battling the inferno through the night.

Edinburgh flat after a bad flood at his neighbours upstairs home at the end of July. The property on Albert Place, just off Leith Walk, was so badly damaged by the flooding William was unable to touch any electrics and parts of the kitchen ceiling began to fall in.

Police have launched a manhunt after the incident happened on the A68 near Soutra Aisle, around 15 miles south of Edinburgh.

Scots company for six years after £2.4 million went missing from their double glazing firm before it went bust. Gary Fieldman, 58, and his wife Hagit, 54, were directors of First For Windows Ltd, which traded as Dalmatian Windows, before it went out of business with the loss of dozens of jobs.

police finished searching their former family home. Isabella Skelton, nee McDowall, has not been seen since she disappeared on June 6, 1969.

CCTV. Investigators believe the man captured in the footage may be able to assist with their enquiries into the shocking incident which took place in Clydebank.An 84-year-old woman was visited at her home by a man who claimed that he needed to check her water supply in order to gain access to her Dumbarton Road property.