Scots postie chases thief out home after catching him in the act and punches getaway car windscreen

A teenage girl from Salford who was killed in a minibus crash in Scotland has been named locally as Toiba Grosskopf.

stabbing an ex-bodybuilder to death has died in prison. Marius Bauba, who flouted eight different bail orders when he knifed Morgan Dunn in the heart last year, was found by guards at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire, on Saturday, where he was serving an almost 10-year sentence.

fake gun. We reported how Alan Mitchell saw red after his cycle was nicked from outside a shop in his home in Aberdeen.

Aberdeenshire pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering through failure to provide veterinary treatment or a suitable safe environment for her pony, Eve. The SSPCA arrived at Sunnyside Farm in Drumoak on Sunday February 28 after a receiving a call from a concerned member of the public.

Police hunting a killer in Fife have raided a home as part of their murder investigation. Mark Deavin, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found injured in Glenrothes ' Boblingen Way at around 1.40pm on Saturday July 17.

head-on smash has been jailed for five years. William Greenfield, 68, was in his Ford Transit van when he struck a Volvo driven by Angela Hardy.

police officer feared she was being pursued for miles by a drone – but the bright light in the sky was actually a planet. It was only after a drawn-out “pursuit” that she sought help from senior officers, who told her it was Jupiter – some 365 million miles away.

drug dealer has admitted carrying out a sword attack on a Scots cop at the home he dealt the deadly drugs from. Heroin dealer Christopher Gillen assaulted Police Constable Ewan Bell with the deadly weapon in Ayr.

sex offender chased two women into a shop and battered them after he heard them use the word "pervert" during a conversation in the street. William Bannigan, 49, flew into a rage because he believed they were talking about him and he dragged one of his victims to the ground by her hair.

knives allegedly stolen from a supermarket.

Police say the remote location has been busy with visitors and are urging anyone who has witnessed anything suspicious to come forward. Constable Fraser Edwards said: “This particular honesty box is located next to the gateway building across from the beach and it’s possible that anyone visiting the area could have seen something which could prove vital to our investigation.

Clydebank, is desperately trying to trace the driver and now fears she has been left with "life-changing" injuries. The 32-year-old had stopped at traffic lights on Kilbowie Road around 4.45pm on Sunday when a vehicle crashed into the back of her red Ford Focus.

missing Scots nurse who left her home two days ago have stepped up their search efforts. Cops and firefighters were spotted searching a stretch of water in the Allandale area of Falkirk last night after Gillian Ballantyne vanished from Coneypark Place, Banknock, at around 10am on Tuesday July, 6.

Edinburgh last week.

furlough hit. But electrician Mike Waugh turned it into a huge opportunity to make sure there would be less of him in the future.

Aberdeenshire.

pooches more than anywhere else in Scotland over the last year. Despite dog attacks on postal staff dropping by around a third during the coronavirus crisis, 33 Royal Mail workers in the city were injured over the last 12 months - up from 31 the year before.