Scots domestic abuse thug at risk of jail after third attack on girlfriend

West Dunbartonshire has the second worst rate of domestic abuse in Scotland – with a women’s refuge charity revealing referrals have spiked by 60 percent.

A mum of five trying to flee her abusive partner was told to travel 300 miles to Glasgow to seek refuge - or temporarily give up one of her children.

St Johnstone's clash with Ross County has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

A Scots ambulance crew were lured under the pretence of someone having a heart attack only to be pelted with missiles by yobs..

Incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland have risen for a fifth year in a row after more than 65,000 cases were recorded across the country in 2020-21.

A brave mum terrorised by her police officer boyfriend has said the authorities need to do more to tackle domestic abuse.

A newlywed couple arrived in Cape Town for their £7,000 honeymoon only to be told they will have to fly back to the UK and isolate immediately.

Women who say they were beaten and sexually assaulted at a girls’ school have hit out after being told they won’t get money from a new compensation scheme.

A Scots gran has won a £30k postcode lottery prize after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

A young man who died in hospital after emergency services were called to a property in a Scottish town has been named locally.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross twice refused to say if he has confidence in Boris Johnson amid Conservative sleaze rows.

The Scottish Tories have issued a defiant snub to Boris Johnson by removing their opposition to drug consumption rooms.

A Scots mum tragically suffered a double heartache after her dad died just seven days after she lost her 12-year-old daughter to an asthma attack.

A thief ran off with an iPhone after “throwing down” a bundle of suspected fake £50 notes in front of a young Scots woman who was selling it to him.

A Scots teacher accused of having ‘sexual relations’ with a sixth year pupil at the school where he taught faces being struck off.

A senior figure in the Lyons family crime clan has reportedly been found dead in his cell at a Scots jail.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has apologised to the family of a man who died alone on tenement stairs after waiting five hours for an ambulance that never arrived.

A convicted paedophile who failed to get medical attention for a runaway teenager who later died has been made subject to a lifelong restriction order.

A diminutive drinker flew into a rage and started swinging blows at a publican after being annoyed by heightist comments in a bar.