Scots garage boss threatened to 'torture' and 'murder' estranged wife's new boyfriend

money for sex when she wanted to leave for a better paid job still poses a “risk” to girls, a court heard.Asim Akram told the teen: “If you’re that desperate, I’ll give you £30 to have sex with me.”Akram, 28, left her “horrified” after making the sick proposal over Snapchat.He had earlier made the girl “uncomfortable” by frequently talking about sex when his business was quiet.Akram also asked the schoolgirl, who can’t be identified for legal reasons, to be his girlfriend in another social media

Lawrence Chaney will be in Glasgow this weekend signing copies of her new book 'Drag Queen of Scots '. Back in March, Lawrence became the first Scottish Queen to scoop the crown on the show and now the popular queen has penned her own book.

Great British Bake Off have fumed after programme makers failed to find representation from Scotland in this year's line-up. Last year's series of the hit BBC series saw Peter Sawkins, an accounting and finance student from Edinburgh, take home the Bake off crown whilst Laura Adlington and Dave Friday finished as the runners up.

Aberdeenshire on Sunday. Emergency services raced to the B9126, Kirkton of Skene, around 2.40pm yesterday after a cyclist came off his bike and onto the side of the road.

Orkney beach is thought to have died after becoming entangled in rope.We told how the orca was discovered washed up on Papa Westray on Monday.It was recovered by the Scottish Marine Animals Stranding Scheme (SMASS), who performed a post-mortem to find out its apparent cause of death.They discovered the juvenile whale's most likely cause of death was drowning after becoming entangled in rope which could have came from fishing gear.The male was identified as one which regularly visits Shetland as

book lovers by revealing it's actually from New Zealand. For decades we have assumed the book was Scottish - a belief so widely held that it has been taught in schools and is even found in the Scottish section in bookstores and online.The book, which was published in 1983, tells the story of dog Hairy and his adventures with his animal pals.

cyclist was reunited with his stolen bike after it was listed for sale of eBay almost 180 miles away from his home. The Saracen Arial mountain bike, described as “extremely valuable”, was taken from the owner’s home on July 7.

stroke on a bike ride at the start of lockdown led to the 'darkest times of his life' when he lost control of his hand on the cycle. Troy Johnson noticed something was wrong when he could not control his right hand while out on a cycle around East Lothian on May 14 last year.

Environmental Services boss Alison Pettigrew, wife of former co-director Garry ­Pettigrew, has been disqualified by ­Government agency the Insolvency Service (IS). It said Mrs Pettigrew, 52, breached her “fiduciary duty” by allowing HES to transfer assets valued at £2,979,383 to connected firms in the two months before the firm collapsed – sparking a national ­clinical waste crisis.Mr Pettigrew’s conduct is also being investigated by the watchdog, it’s ­understood.

car from Wind in the Willows back to life after bagging a bargain at auction. Gordon Grant, from Comrie in the Highlands, picked up the neglected motor used in the 1996 film for just £4,500 before transforming it during lockdown into a museum showpiece valued at up to £50,000.

social media “influencer” is behind a series of bogus sales firms that pestered people with more than half a million unwanted cold calls. Yvonne McCuaig portrays herself living a life of luxury and designer gear to her 87,000 ­followers on Instagram.

Mediterranean plume ’ descends on the country. The Met Office is anticipating temperatures across much of the country to peak into the mid-20s on Wednesday afternoon.

Scots motorway. The 60-year-old woman was driving on the M9 in West Lothian when a bicycle smashed through her windscreen.It is believed to have come free from a vehicle driving on the opposite carriageway.

Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletterLorraine Kelly has raved about the 'hilarious' new book by Scots Drag Race star Lawrence Chaney after getting a sneak preview this week.The Scots daytime telly queen and the winner of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK have become firm friends since he burst onto the scene earlier this year.They first met when Lorraine was a guest judge on the hit show and have stayed in touch.The unlikely pair even jokingly

Dundee Sheriff Court was told that firefighter Mr Saint had been left suffering from flashbacks as a result of his shocking ordeal.

jailed today. David Allan, 31, phoned a council contact centre to complain about the "service" he thought he should have been getting from the West Lothian-based worker.He said he would be "getting a one-way ticket to the jail, and there will be no more" [of her].

newsreader John McKay is celebrating after a movie based on his book won a major award at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The well loved figure, who has become famous for his ties, even has a cameo in the film called The Road Dance which premiered at the celebrated film festival.

shooting death of Scots gym boss Gary More for nearly three years ago. Police Scotland have confirmed the arrest of a 33-year-old man after the slaying of Gary outside his his home in Gartness Drive on the evening of Thursday, 6 September, 2018.

raping a vulnerable woman in the back room of his store. Shamas Pervaiz preyed on his victim having earlier asked if she had breast implants.

kill an employee after becoming enraged over how long her order was taking. Hayley Jempson tried to grab the worker through a window booth at the restaurant’s outlet beside the Cameron Toll Shopping Centre in Edinburgh.