Scots explorer's body found in abandoned building after he plunged 15ft through roof filming stunt

Edinburgh, sparking a major police investigation. At around 1pm on Saturday the man was found dead near Old Dalkeith Road, in the Craigmillar area of the city.

tourists about 'dangerous wild haggis'.Edinburgh Pest Control Services urged visitors to be on alert as August is known as the 'Haggis Laying Season'.The bed bug and wasp control group explained that parent 'Haggi' would be particularly vicious as they protected their 'newly hatched Hagglets.'Picturing the 'haggis' they cautioned that 'Coastal Haggi' were good swimmers would attack with a 'nasty peck'.Meanwhile the 'worst ones', the rare 'Galloway Belted Haggi', could be spotted in the hills and

Neil MacFarlane. Police made the grim find in the Allanton area, in the borders, around 6pm last night.

strike action. Edinburgh Napier University had announced job cuts sparking fury among trade union members.

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

missing for more than two weeks have been told of a body find. Shuan Watson vanished from Broxburn on Monday, August 3.

Stonehaven rail tragedy. The three minute memorial will be held at 7pm on Sunday, August 16, following the tragic ScotRail train accident earlier this week.

humanitarian catastrophe facing the people of Beirut after last week’s deadly blast as he helps coordinate the UK response.

coronavirus. The decision was made to shut Peterhead Central School on Wednesday night, August 12, as several employees went into precautionary self-isolation.

Scots woman has told how she underwent chemically induced menopause after suffering the excruciating pain of endometriosis since the age of 11.Rachel Currie fought for over a decade to be diagnosed after experiencing pain she described as “like being stabbed in the stomach” on a regular basis.The 25-year-old finally received a diagnosis of endometriosis - a long-term condition affecting one in 10 women in the UK where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such

Ayrshire mum.

BBC weather presenter accidentally claimed that a park was "full of doggers" in an X-rated slip of the tongue during a live broadcast. Carol Kirkwood was left red-faced as she delivered today’s weather outlook for the UK from London’s Greenwich Park.

missing Scot after police discovered a body in the Highlands. We told how officers made the discovery during searches on Ben Loyal, Sutherland, on Friday morning.

missing Scot in the Highlands. Police made the discovery during searches on Ben Loyal, Sutherland, on the morning of Friday August 7.

ventilator.Ella Young was so premature, she looked like “a 3D picture in the womb” as she lay clinging to life in an incubator.Medics had to wrap her in a plastic bag as soon as she was born to stop her body going into hypothermic shock.

Police in West Lothian have launched an enquiry after the body of a man was found inside a house in Bathgate at the weekend.The body of the 43-year-old was found in a property on Marjoribanks Street on Sunday.Police confirmed officers are investigating the “unexplained” death.A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 1.15pm on Sunday, August, 2, the body of a 43-year-old man was discovered within a property on Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate.“The death is currently being treated as unexplained