Scots man needed jaw reconstructed after mouth is 'shattered' in unprovoked attack at Belladrum Music Festival

A sex plot blackmailer who was caught when he left his DNA on a handwritten ransom note has dodged a prison sentence.

A 50-year-old man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after an unprovoked attack on a footbridge in Paisley.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after his inflatable kayak boat was blown more than a mile off the Scots coast. Aberdeen Coastguard were scrambled to the East Sands area of St Andrews at around 6.20pm on Friday, August 19.

Police are searching for a missing Scots man who was last seen on Friday evening.

A wheelchair-bound Scots mum says she has been left suicidal after being forced to ‘bum shuffle’ around just two rooms in her home due to inadequate council housing. Danielle MacArthur woke up to discover both her legs were suddenly paralysed in October 2019 before later being diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder.

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A Scots mum has shared hilarious before and after photos of her daughter's first day of school - which saw the youngster completely floored by all the excitement of starting her journey in primary education.

A woman who was the first person in Scotland to have a double hand transplant is preparing to travel along the North Coast 500 on a second-hand motorcycle in a fundraising challenge. Quadruple amputee Cor Hutton is embarking on the adventure to raise money for the amputees supported by the charity she founded, Finding Your Feet.

A man has appeared in court charged with firearms and serious organised crime offences after being extradited from Brazil to Scotland.

A search has been launched to trace a missing man last seen two days ago.

A young Scots man has died after a fatal fall at a volcano in Ecuador.

A man has tragically died in hospital after being left with a serious head injury following an assault on Edinburgh’s Princes Street. Wayne Elliott was rushed to hospital after being attacked near the Johnnie Walker building at around 8.15pm on Saturday, August 13.

A Scots mum has issued a warning after been diagnosed with incurable skin cancer, despite showing no visible symptoms.

A Scots woman has allegedly been sexually assaulted at a tattoo parlour in Ibiza.

Notorious underworld hitman Ricardo Blanco is back behind bars for attempting to behead a man in a French city. The Glasgow assassin - nicknamed The Mad Spaniard - attacked his victim with a sabre which caused his jaw to split in two, sliced his ear and left him with a 20cm gash from his temple to his neck.

Two bikers and a driver allegedly involved in a "race" are to stand trial charged with killing another motorist. Ashley Sadler, 40, Ian McLaughlan, 41, and Daniel De Monerri, 37, are accused of being involved in a five-vehicle crash on the A7066 in Bathgate, West Lothian, on July 6, 2020.

A body has been found in the search for a missing Scots man with dementia.

Police are urgently trying to trace a missing man last seen three days ago as concern grows for his welfare.

The family of a missing Dundee woman have said they are facing the ‘hardest days of our lives’ as they desperately appeal for help to find her. Sharon Hutchison was last seen on Saturday, July 30, in the Provost Road area of the city, but has failed to make contact since.

Police knocked on the door of a grieving Scots mum and claimed to have her drunk son in the back of their van - 15 months after her own son died. Tracey Hadlow lost her 20-year-old son Nathan after an accidental overdose in April 2021. He had taken street Valium, cocaine and methadone - a polydrug cocktail.