Scots flute band promise 'bigger' Battle of Boyne celebrations

cancer weighing just three stone after her benefits were stopped.Christine McCluskey, 61, from Dundee, was severely malnourished and had to be fed through a tube at the time she was assessed by the Department of Work and Pensions in May 2018.At the time, she was fighting a number of health issues including Crohn's disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.But despite her struggles, the DWP, removed Christine's £117.85 a week she received in Personal Independence

drugs raid.A total of 70 plants were found at a three-bedroom home.

smash near a Scots beauty spot. His green Kawasaki and a grey Audi Q2 crashed at around 3.33pm yesterday on the A708 between Moffat and Selkirk, near the Grey Mare’s Tail.

killer blood infection.Scott Dyer, from Bonnyrigg, came home from work feeling seriously unwell on February 7 but believed he was suffering from a stomach bug so went to bed.But just eight hours later, the 46-year-old was left fighting for his life and placed in a coma after being diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and pneumonia.The dad-of-two’s family were warned he was unlikely to survive the night before spending the next four weeks in intensive care.Doctors were forced to cut off both

Fife. The injured horsewoman was left to phone an ambulance herself after the pair walked off with their two children and two dogs without checking if she was all right.

road rage attacker who drove at 40mph with his victim clinging to the bonnet has been locked up.Boy racer mechanic Josh Mills sped off with 64-year-old Gordon Davidson hanging on to his car for dear life.Gordon’s ordeal in Dundee took place after he tried to take a photo of Mills in the wake of a run-in over a badly parked car.Prosecutor Eilidh Robertson told the city’s sheriff court the incident was sparked by Mills blocking a narrow street with his Seat Leon.The men “exchanged words” and Mills

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

reported plans from the Cambuslang Britannia Flute Band for a 'closed door' event to mark July 12- despite lockdown restrictions.

dad-of-two who was facing trial for attempting to abduct a six-year-old boy. Craig Derrick, 31, Brian Laing, 27, and David Till, 33, attacked Darren Brownlie in a cell at Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, on January 6, 2020.

Johnny Beattie was one of the pillars of Scottish entertainment. He, along with fellow Glaswegians Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan and Stanley Baxter, were the blueprint of post war Scottish comedy.

coronavirus.Norma and John Wiggins, from Hamilton, escaped the deluge of storm Dennis in February for an extended break in Tenerife but were left confined to their room when sand from the Sahara desert engulfed the Canary Islands, grounding hundreds of flights.And just four weeks later they found themselves stranded in their Tenerife apartment once again by the coronavirus lockdown.Their trip was originally supposed to last six weeks, but the retired couple only made it back to Scotland

coronavirus spread throughout the country, new emails have shown. Staff at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) knew a large number of their FFP3 masks for pandemic supplies were out of date just as the first cases were confirmed.

jail today.Aleem Azam, 49,  thought he was in contact with a teenage girl, but in fact he was snared by a police decoy.Azam claimed he wanted to have sex with her and boasted that 'everything still worked' in his body.He was eventually snared with 18 indecent images of children.Azam pleaded guilty to sending sexual communications to the decoy as well as having the indecent images.Azam, of the city's Shawlands, was put on a community payback order with three years supervision by Sheriff Andrew

Nicola Sturgeon ' event to mark the First Minister's 50th birthday. Organisers are asking people across the country to join the celebration from their doorsteps at 8pm next Sunday, July 19.

coronavirus. The study, which is run by the University of Oxford, is looking to recruit more than 10,000 volunteers to take part in the 12-month long trial.

NHS workers are set to be rewarded with free holidays to Ibiza for their tireless work on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The Together for Healthcare Heroes initiative is hoping to provide 5,000 European healthcare staff  and their families with holidays across the continent - most of which will be on the Balearic party island.

Scots fast food workers have shared the grim things they've experienced while dealing with rude customers.Hospitality staff were asked to share the most bizarre and frustrating situations they have been in at work in a Twitter thread.From strange requests to horrible punters, some of these confessions will leave you speechless.A social media user, named Kirsten, kicked off the discussion which has since racked up 15,000 comments.She wrote: "If you’re in customer service/ food industry etc.

Green Flag also offered some common-sense tips for those looking to buy a used car.

independence option instead. Kenny MacAskill MP has backed the idea of a new pro-independence party claiming that voting SNP in both Holyrood’s constituency and regional list votes “just doesn’t work”.

Calvin Harris has been praised for donating £20,000 to Glasgow's Sub Club after they launched a campaign to stop permanent closure. The fund was just £5,000 away from reaching £150,000 when the DJ, who now stays in LA, made the generous donation, taking the fund to £165,000.