Scots P&O ferry drama as two people 'overboard' sparks major rescue mission

drone, a report has found. The helicopter was travelling over Kelty in Fife at around 2.15pm on April 17 when a paramedic on board spotted the device outside the pilot’s window.

mum claims the Scottish Government has ignored her pleas to make lifesaving cannabis oil available on the NHS for her son. Lisa Quarrell's eight-year-old son Cole Thomson has drug-resistant focal epilepsy - a condition which means he suffers from severe seizures which cannot be stopped or controlled by conventional medication.

‘sexually assaulted’ by a woman at a bus stop. Police say the boy was attacked at a shelter on South Street in Perth, near the Tavern Bar, at around 9.20pm on Sunday.

rescued after their boat sank off the east coast of Scotland. The alarm was raised at around 4.40am on Saturday when the vessel began taking on water around half a mile off Badbea in Caithness.The occupants were forced to bail into a life raft as their boat began to sink before swiftly becoming completely submerged.

police for a 75-year-old man who vanished in Aberdeen. Robin Green was last seen at around 10.30am on Friday in the Cornhill Road area of the city.

robbed of his takings at knifepoint. Colin McKenna, 45, pretended he was the victim of an armed robbery while out delivering pizzas in Renfrew, so he could trouser the cash.

fire broke out near military defence range yesterday. Mercy crews desperately battled flames for more than eight hours near Tain.

Orkney. Police Scotland said the alarm was raised at about 5.35pm on Sunday.

vile fascist graffiti off a war memorial after it was targeted by yobs. Steven McGowan and his six-year-old son, also named Steven, went to the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Motherwell after hearing it had been damaged on June 26.

Zeebrugge ferry disaster has died 34 years after the tragedy  that claimed 193 lives. Carly Zutic, from Dumfries, passed away suddenly at her home after a long battle with drug addiction.

Aberdeenshire on Tuesday. A walker who snapped the images told the Record the incident happened around 12:30pm.An ambulance raced to the nearby carpark but the coastguard helicopter had to be called in to rescue the casualty from the steep hill.An incident response unit was also pictured at the remote site.

fire crews, and the RNLI scrambled to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull after the fire took hold in the car deck of Calmac Ferries' MV Isle of Lewis. The boat was travelling between Oban and Castlebay before it was forced to stop when the blaze started from the fridge of a camper van.

council workers cut the grass around man passed out on the ground. Coral Masson spotted the man who was lying unresponsive on the grassy patch in the Broadsea area of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

police after her little girl came running into their house on Castlemilk Road in Kings Park, Glasgow, in tears on Sunday evening around 5pm. The eight-year-old was playing in the front garden with her two cousins when the small unmanned aircraft, which has a camera attached, arrived and started flying nearby.

Gracemount Primary School headteacher Mr Dimeck to 'express his thanks' to the staff and youngsters who had helped him after he got into difficulty. The 84-year-old had been walking his two dogs on Wednesday when he became stuck on the hillside after coming to a padlocked gate on the route.

St Kilda, is set to launch later this month.

Rutherglen.George Shannon has failed to make contact with his family after last being seen in the Main Street area of the town at around 10am on Monday, June 14. The 83-year-old, who is also known to visit the Toryglen area, is described as being small, of a heavy build and with grey hair.Officers believe he may be wearing glasses and uses a mobility scooter.

teen lived for four years not knowing her spine was twisted and curved 'like a snake' after starting her period sparked a major spinal condition. Medics believe Eve Ross first started having symptoms of Idiopathic Scoliosis, where the spine gradually twists and curves to the side, when her menstrual cycle started aged 14.

SSPCA rescue mission. The animal had got himself been 'spooked' by residents and snuck inside the car to hide.