Scots police officer mowed down in terrifying murder bid as manhunt launched for driver

missing Scots nurse say specialist divers are now assisting with their search. Gillian Ballantyne vanished from her home in Coneypark Place, Banknock, at around 10am on Tuesday July, 6.The 50-year-old nurse anaesthetist, at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, was later spotted around 12.45pm on Napier Road, Wardpark Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld that same day.

missing for almost a week as police appeal for information to help trace him. Andrew Bertram, 40, was last seen around 6pm on Friday, July 2 after leaving his home in Bellshill.

schoolboy missing from Edinburgh. Alex Thomas was last seen in the Moredun area in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

missing from the Isle of Lewis as police appeal for information to help trace him. Gordon MacKay, 61, is thought to have left a house in the South Bragar area of the island during the early hours of Tuesday July 6.

Police and emergency services raced to a property on Falside Crescent, Bathgate, after the incident, which took place at around 8pm on Monday July 5.

ex RAF officer convicted of abusing his wife after accusing her of cheating is facing being struck off as a solicitor after vowing to fight “injustice” for veterans. Former wing commander Allan Steele launched a crowdfunder earlier this year in a bid to help him overturn his conviction for shouting and swearing at ex partner Linzi – claiming he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

‘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.

police officer partner in a bid to help others speak out. Anne-Marie Hirdman, who is known as Annie, still suffers physically and ­emotionally from heartless former Police ­Scotland constable Fraser Ross’s domestic abuse, nearly two years after they split.

trace a Caithness man who's been missing for four days. Douglas Macgregor was last seen leaving his home address in the Castletown area of Wick at around midday on Wednesday, June 30.

pensioner has died after being mowed down by a lorry in Perth and Kinross. The 86-year-old man was hit by a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) on the A9's southbound carriageway between Blair Atholl and Pitlochry, near to Killiecrankie on Friday.

hit and run on a Scots street. Cops were called to reports of the crash on Greenhill Road, near the junction with Drums Road, in Paisley around 6am on Friday July 2.

drug raid. Police stormed a property in Aberdeenshire before uncovering the massive drug stock yesterday.

Prince Charles will not be attending Princess Diana‘s statue unveiling, ET has learned.

Prince Charles will not be attending Princess Diana's statue unveiling, ET has learned. A source tells ET that the 72-year-old Prince of Wales, who was married to Diana from 1981 to 1996, opted out of attending because he «doesn't want to be a distraction» at the event.

Dundee.Officers and paramedics were called to the scene on Thorter Row, next to the River Tay, at around 9am on Monday after the alarm was raised. Police Scotland have confirmed that an investigation has been launched however there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the woman's death.

Police have launched a hunt for firebugs after a storage area within a flat in Paisley was deliberately set alight. Fire crews were called to the scene of the empty flat inside the unit on Orchard Street around 10.30pm yesterday, June 24.

a weapon then attacked her after goading a couple walking down a Scots street. The 28-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were walking between New Street, Musselburgh and Lochend Road North at around 4.45pm last Thursday.