Scots doctor made bogus benefit claims for kids she did not have, watchdog rules

Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. But Nicola was horrified to discover her dad's plaque had been defaced by vandals who had ripped it off and used part of the memorial as a fire pit when she visited the site last weekend.

swimmers were dragged out to sea after getting caught in a rip current at a Scots beach this afternoon. Emergency services raced to Hopeman East Beach in Elgin just after 1pm on Saturday to reports of several persons in difficulty in the water.

Glasgow, after they returned on Wednesday to find the toilets were being locked during class time. It's understood the decision was made "to minimise the opportunity for inappropriate behaviour".Fourth-year student Mia Benjamin has now launched a petition demanding that the harsh rule be revoked.

blaze in a communal area of a Scots block of flats. Firefighters and police were called to the scene at the block in Windmill Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire earlier after reports of waste ablaze in the back garden of a block of flats.

jail after being caught with the "most serious" category of child porn. Raymond Coney, 69, admitted downloading child abuse photos from the dark web using the so-called Tor browser, used to hide Internet-users' identities.Falkirk Sheriff Court heard today that police armed with a search warrant raided his home in Buchlyvie, West Stirlingshire, last August acting on information received.

missing Scots doctor. Police have confirmed the grim discovery was made a wooded area in Newton, Cambuslang around 10.45am this morning.

mum is demanding answers after her 16-year-old daughter was given an unapproved Moderna jab by mistake. The girl, who has asked not to be named, was given the Moderna vaccine at Leith Community Centre, Leith, Edinburgh, on June 28 despite assurances that stocks of Pfizer would be available.She was eligible as her mother is severely immuno-compromised.

NHS worker who was last seen walking into the woods, with policing launched an urgent search.Catriona, who is known as Cat, has been missing from her home in Cambuslang for nearly two days after vanishing on Saturday August 14.The 29-year-old was last seen leaving her home in Fallow Grove at around 7.55 pm.She was then spotted heading towards Red Deer Road and into the wooded area nearby.The young medic has not been in contact with friends or family since, something police describe as 'very out

Irvine Meadow players to relish the challenge of taking on high-flying Clydebank.Both sides are in a rich vein of form going into this afternoon's West of Scotland Premier Division clash at Holm Park.Third placed Bankies remain unbeaten after eight league games, and have won their last six.Meadow have recovered from a sticky start to win four on the bounce, pushing them up to sixth in the table.Spence reckons there's more to come from his side as confidence returns to the ranks.He reckons they

Loch Lomond say that lessons need to be learnt from his death. Connor Markward, 16, died near Balloch Castle Country Park on Friday July 23 while enjoying a day out with his friends.

grave of her late daughter twice in just two days. Police were called after the grieving parent discovered damage to a cherub ornament at the plot in Newhills Cemetery, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, August 4.

Scots highlands has announced he died 'with his boots on' and that she will 'miss him forever'.A massive search has been underway for 84-year-old John Smith who was last seen leaving the Crianlarich Hotel at 7.15am last Thursday.It was thought was intending to walk in the area of Crianlarich and Oban.His daughter Helen Bang said that John, who is known as Frank and is from Nottingham, is a seasoned climber who regularly does 12-mile walks and desperately appealed for help in finding him.But in a

Lawrence Chaney is eyeing up a role on Doctor Who as The Rani while the new doctor is being picked for the BBC sci fi show. Lawrence hinted at the role as fans clamour to find out who the new Doctor to replace Jodie Whittaker will be.

con artists who placed huge outside catering orders – and paid with fraudulent credit cards. Khadka Khadka thought he’d been thrown a lifeline after Covid threatened his restaurant - The Gurkha's, in Crieff, Perthshire.

Fife. Cops were called to a premises on Durie Street in Leven at around 10.50pm on Wednesday, August 4.

indecent pictures of kids, with watchdogs warning he poses a 'high risk' of re-offending. Gavin Dunlop, who worked with Fife Council, was convicted of taking or making the pictures of children and also having possession of the images.

Get the latest Falkirk news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterThe findings of an investigation into bullying allegations in a hospital’s emergency department were “clearly distressing”, health bosses have said.The review of Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s frontline operations uncovered a culture of bullying and cover-ups as under pressure staff feared raising concerns.At a special meeting of NHS Forth Valley Board its chief executive Cathie Cowan described its findings as a

Irvine Meadow through a crazy fixtures pile-up.Medda face playing three games in four days later this month – including twice in less than 24 hours – with the annual Marymass Trophy derby against town rivals Irvine Vics sandwiched in between crunch league and Scottish Junior Cup clashes.And Spence and Latta, who quit playing last year to concentrate fully on management duties, admit they may need to throw themselves into the heat of battle once more to ease the burden on their players.Spence

Nicola Sturgeon. The First Minister wrote to Johnson earlier this week inviting him to Bute House in Edinburgh to discuss covid pandemic recovery.

cancer – which she blamed on a series of NHS bungles. Her cervical cancer spread to her bones and her bowel, giving her no long-term chance of survival.She was on a drug trial which she hoped would extend her life for a few years but she had to stop taking it because it wasn’t working.