Scots pensioner with dementia goes missing while walking her dog as search launched

missing Scots man with vulnerabilities after his 'out of character' disappearance.The family of 38-year-old Joshua Robert Holland - known as Robert - are growing 'increasingly concerned' after he vanished from his home in Ardrossan on Tuesday.He was last seen on Glasgow Street in the Ayrshire town at around 1pm on Tuesday.Friends and family have not heard from him since.He is described as 5' 6'' in height, average build with short dark hair.Robert was last seen wearing a black hooded top, black

teenage Scots girl who has been missing for two days.Officers are desperately looking for Lisa Ferguson after she was reported missing on Tuesday February 16 from the Balfron area near Glasgow.The 16-year-old has links to the central belt as she is known to travel to the city.Concerns are now growing for the schoolgirls safety, with police appealing for information from anyone who may be able to help them track her down.She is described as 5'5" tall, slim build, blue eyes and long brown

dementia patientbackwards on a chair.Alison Frew denied seeing the shocking incident in March 2019 but two witnesses at Strathburn Lodge, Glenrothes, Fife, said she was in the dining room area at the time.The 57-year-old also failed to report the abuse to senior management which would have resulted in a probe being launched.A hearing in front of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) heard that the vile unnamed carer was involved in a second incident with the same ‘bruised’ resident just days

lockdown depression Raymond Nicholls, 82, who lives alone and has no family members close by, has been popping in to Cupcake Coffee Box on Kirkcaldy High Street, Fife, every day in a bid to keep his spirits up. Raymond, who moved to the town from Stockport, Greater Manchester, after his wife died in 2002, has found the loneliness difficult to combat during the pandemic.

Police are desperately searching for a Scots man who vanished with his black Labrador dog.Frank Grant is missing from Montgomerie Drive in Nairn leaving his loved ones worried for his safety.The 64-year-old was last seen yesterday at about 2:30pm but has not been in contact with family since.Friends and family are becoming increasingly concerned for him and are trying to track down his current whereabouts.Frank is described as being about 5'6" in height, with grey hair, slim build, blue eyes and

East Calder, between 7pm and 8pm on Saturday.The children, aged 8 and 12, were inside the property when the thieves struck, and left with a quantity of cash. The kids were not injured in the robbery.

payments.Six MPs, led by the SNP’s Stewart McDonald, are furious after a series of short-lived payroll outsourcing companies went bust – leaving pub and restaurant staff with no access to furlough cash.In their letter, the MPs claim hundreds of thousands of pounds has been lost by staff.The letter has been sent to bosses at the Blue Dog bar and Ad Lib restaurant, where staff have been left penniless.The scandal is now being probed by senior investigators at HMRC after the tax agency’s permanent

family of a pensioner who was left sprawling in her driveway by a postman say Royal Mail chiefs have ignored their complaints.Footage last week showed a Royal Mail postie refusing to help Patricia Stewart, 72, who had fallen outside her home near Falkirk in sub-zero temperaturesPatricia, who suffers from bone disease, was rescued 20 minutes later by another delivery driver.The callous postman ­– who told frail Patricia he was “too knackered” to help – is understood to have been off work since

Fife and Tayside. Hundreds of pensioners were left standing for hours in the snow and ice, with lengthy queues reported at Caird Hall in Dundee, and community clinics in Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly, Anstruther, Buckhaven and Glenrothes.

dog muck left behind by the "irresponsible" owner.Mum Katy MacDonald, 46, said her girls were left sobbing following the ordeal, which left them covered in the filth.The marine surveyor took to Facebook to share disgusting images of the children’s stained clothing in a plea to dog owners to clean up after their animals.A furious Katy wrote: “Thank you to the selfish, lazy irresponsible dog owner who decided they wouldn't clean up after their dog.“You ruined my children’s day out in the snow

Police have launched a probe after an elderly couple in Dundee were scammed out of £3000 by sick fraudsters.Cops are appealing for information after the OAPs were targeted by the callous criminals in the Lochee area of the city on Wednesday morning.Two men arrived at the home of a 76-year-old man and 74-year-old woman in Greenlee Drive and told them they were from HMRC.The pair alleged they were investigating instances of unpaid VAT for labourer work and scammed the couple of £3,000.The

Covid vaccination programme.Furious relatives want to know why residents in care homes for the elderly with learning disabilities are being treated differently from those in regular care homes.In care homes for the elderly all residents, regardless of age, are being vaccinated and 95 per cent of them have already received the jab.But in at least one care home for the elderly learning disabled the residents will only receive their jabs in line with the community vaccination programme.A relative

head-on into their car. Jean-Baptiste Ozan, 27, was allowed to walk free from court after a sheriff noted his victims had forgiven him for causing their life-changing injuries.

60th wedding anniversary. Agnes Dey was treated by mercy crew members Joe Fallon and Grant Mortimer at her Bishopbriggs home on January 11 after she fell ill with Covid-19.

newlywed who was caught with thousands of child abuse images -and images of women having sex with dogs - was back in the dock today.Brian McCallion was found to have over 5,000 illegal images stored on his mobile phone and a PC in the home he shared with his wife.Police attended their marital home to raid the property six months after they tied the knot - and it was his wife who answered the door to the officers.The couple married in June 2018 and, Paisley Sheriff Court heard previously,

Tesco supermarket in Aberdeen. The alarm was raised at around 3.10pm on Sunday, January 24, following reports the 73-year-old was found unresponsive inside the vehicle that was parked on Rousay Drive.Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service raced to the scene but the OAP was sadly pronounced dead a short time later without being taken to hospital.

disappearance of a Scots pensioner who was last seen getting off a bus. Anne Gilmour has been reported missing from her home in Wishaw.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Lawrence Chaney broke down in tears during the latest episode of the hit reality show as the queen suffered a meltdown amid fears of failing. The Glaswegian joined Dundee's Ellie Diamond as the first ever Scottish contestants on the show as the pair dazzled the judges with runway look inspired by their hometowns last week.