Scots mum-of-five's terror as family have 'lucky escape' after waking up to fire ripping through back garden

missing for four days said his disappearance is totally out of character. George Thomson was last seen leaving his home in the Douglas area of Dundee on Thursday afternoon.

John Swinney has said that all exams are expected to go ahead next year after they were cancelled during the pandemic. The politician told the National Parents Forum of Scotland that the SQA was planning to run a ‘full diet’ in 2021.

SPIDER BITE left her tot needing emergency surgery for a 'tangerine-sized abscess'.Emily-Jane Stuart had been at a funfair when she is believed to have been bitten by the eight-legged creature while playing on the slides, initially leaving a pin-prick-sized sore on her arm.The six-year-old carried on enjoying her day but her mum Ashley Simpson, 26, noticed a bright red sore rapidly spreading across her skin two days later.Soon the bite had turned into a bulbous blister that would not pop and

serial killer Dennis Nilsen spoke of his remorse for his grisly murder spree – and felt guilty for smiling.His terrible crimes have been made into new ITV drama Des, starring David Tennant, which will begin next week.In a 2014 letter from his cell at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire, he discussed a visit made to US jail Alcatraz and wrote: “Well you say it costs $15 to visit Alcatraz."The price of my permanent visit to Full Sutton has been much higher than that – in terms of the cost of the lives

transgender child’s frozen sperm from being destroyed has won a 'temporary reprieve'. Louise Anderson, 45, plans to go to the highest court in Scotland after being told samples saved by her 16-year-old daughter Ellie –  who died suddenly in July this year – could be soon destroyed by the NHS.

couple who lost their dog in a horrendous house fire has raised over £12,000.Callum Martin, 30, and wife, Melissa, 29, from Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, were left devastated when a horrific fire took hold in their home and killed their beloved Luna on August 10.The couple were out having lunch when they received a phone call from a neighbour to say their house was up in smoke after an electrical fault in their kitchen took fire.Despite best efforts from firefighters, the couple's home could not be

mum claims she was trapped in her house for two days and forced to eat pizza through her window after Argos delivery drivers blocked her only exit with her new couches. Sarah Miller, from Tayport, in Fife, said staff told her they were unable to bring the two sofas up her stairs because that would breach new coronavirus restrictions.

daughter's first birthday after a long battle with cancer.Jolene Patrick was told just weeks after giving birth in August last year that her triple negative breast cancer had returned for a second time and had already spread to her lymph nodes, liver, ribs, lungs and bones.The 31-year-old from Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, fought the disease but sadly lost her fight on August 22, the same day her 'miracle baby' Emmeline turned one.Jolene's devastated husband Alan said he will never understand why his

missing airman Corrie McKeague has said that police have been unable to reassure her that bones found in bin bags in a Suffolk river are not her son's. Nicola Urquhart said she was "trying to keep a sensible head on" after the discovery of human remains in the River Stour in Sudbury on August 27.Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, around 16 miles north of Sudbury, on September 24 2016.

ire crews raced to tackle a blaze in Dunfermline last night. Two fire engines were deployed to Whitemyre Court, in the Rumbling area of the Fife town, at around 10pm after reports of a shed on fire.

ecstasy tablets – but no trace of alcohol was found.The Mackies, of Biggar, Lanarkshire, believe Greg was killed after his soft drink was spiked.The first year film and TV media student was anti-drugs.

neighbour-from-hell attacked five police officers after they arrived to break up her asbo-breaching nine hour through the night party.Sarah Stewart, 23, reacted by tearing off their PPE and telling them she had coronavirus, as well as threatening to firebomb their families.Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Stewart for 27 months and told her: "It is quite clear that on the night in question you caused considerable difficulty to your upstairs neighbour when there was an asbo against you."You paid no

murder after a block of flats in Aberdeen was set on fire. The blaze ripped through the building in Printfield Terrace in the Hilton area of the city on Sunday, July 26.

mum has launched a bid to stop her dead transgender child’s frozen sperm being destroyed.Louise Anderson, 45, plans to go to the highest court in Scotland after learning that samples saved by her daughter Ellie, 16, who died suddenly last month, could be destroyed in days.Ellie, of Stirling, who was born a boy, identified as a girl from the age of three, and planned to have gender reassignment surgery at 18.The teenager, who identified as a straight female, delayed taking hormone blockers to

pub - before insisting she was "at it". Sharon Goldie claimed Robyn Goldie was 'attention seeking' despite the sick 13 year-old begging for help.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A Scots mum was left with a bleed on the brain after she tumbled from her bicycle in a horror accident.Carrie Smith, from Fraserburgh, was thrown over the handlebars and knocked out while she was cycling on Mormond Hill in Aberdeenshire.Emergency services rushed to the area on Tuesday and she was raced by ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.Medics found she had suffered a bleed on the brain but no

holiday, everyone takes a different approach.While some with have every detail of the itinerary planned and prepped, others prefer to be spontaneous and go with the flow.New research by Point A Hotels has unveiled that Scots actually fall into five types of traveller.These include the nature lover, the anxious traveller, the 'pics or it didn't happen', the go with the flow and the perfect planner.You may have an idea which you fall into - but a new quiz helps to determine which one you really

Scots mum was left shocked after discovering the face of Jesus in an Aldi supermarket potato. Nikki Halkerston, 44, was unloading her shopping onto the kitchen counter when she saw the face of Christ in a pack of £1.15 Aldi tatties.She immediately called her husband over to take a look and he agreed it looked like the son of God.

Kirkcaldy after it was engulfed in flames. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7.28pm on Saturday following reports that the Old Viewforth High School building was alight.