Scots prison told to serve less 'carb heavy' food after complaints it's ‘aimed at male prisoners’

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

Aberdeenshire.Officers from Police Scotland in a marked Peugeot Estate patrol car became stuck in the white stuff on the B9150 near Crossfields Farmhouse, in Turriff, on Saturday at around 2.30pm.The local farmer spotted the cops in trouble before jumping into his tractor to help free the car.Footage of the police being towed up the road was captured on camera - and the hero didn't stop there.He helped free several other cars before cops and locals thanked the big hearted man for his

Kevin Dow at The Gannet, Glasgow has been nominated for Best Front of House. Chosen by the public, the finalists will go on to be judged by a panel of industry experts and foodies including Great British Menu judge Oliver Peyton and award-winning writer and chef Ravinder Bhogal.The GQ team wrote: "While many sectors of the economy have been hit hard by the global pandemic, hospitality has perhaps suffered more than most.

long Covid while trying to live in a ‘damp and mouldy’ home from hell.Lisa Brown, 44, was housed in temporary accommodation with her two children after she found herself homeless last year.She said the flat was riddled with damp and also had problems with exposed wiring.Mum of two Lisa told Edinburgh Live: “It was in a poor condition when we first came here, but it has just got worse and worse.“The condensation and damp is a major issue, we wake up and the windows are soaking, it’s not

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

viral picture of a ‘toilet’ on the Forth Bridge has left Scots utterly baffled and stunned on social media. The snap shows a hole cut inside two planks of wood, which is surrounded by sheets of corrugated metal - presumably to give the user some privacy.

Jeane Freeman said Scotland should hit its target of vaccinating 400,000 adults a week ahead of schedule this week - but added the programme will then “need to scale back a bit”.A drop in supply across all four UK nations is being caused by work being carried out by Pfizer – the manufacturer of one of the approved vaccines.The company is having to temporarily reduce output as part of an overall effort to increase manufacturing capacity amid worldwide demand for vaccines.Nicola Sturgeon said on

cat stranded in freezing conditions when the fire service and SSPCA were unable to help.An Aberdeen woman found the cat in a tree but was devastated when no one could help and had to leave the pet stranded around 1am this morning.But when Lisa Burnett woke up she was delighted to find that three men had come to the cats rescue and safely taken it down.The animal lover said she was in tears when she had to leave the cat outside in -7 degrees after trying to entice it down for five hours.She told

Glasgow's Gallowgate has been struck by heavy flooding after a pipe burst pipe in the area.Thick dirty water has transformed the street into a brown river as mercy crews try to tackle the incident.Scottish Water are on the scene frantically trying to repair the broken pipe causing chaos on the scene this evening.Scots are being warned to stay away from the area as specialist teams attempt to stop the flooding.Scottish Water said: "A burst water main has been reported on Gallowgate, in the G40

radio phone-in was caught nearly five times the drink-drive limit after smashing into a parked car.Lisa McMillan, 47, made the “stupid” decision to visit friends in Brechin, Angus, after drinking wine with her husband.She’d scooped £19,018.17 on the Radio Tay FM cash register competition the previous day, a court heardMcMillan, the boss of a plumbing firm got behind the wheel after midnight but was so inebriated she shunted a parked car yards down the road after crashing into it.It was her

Aberdeenshire as part of filming for the final season of Peaky Blinders.The film and TV star was seen with the cast and crew of the hit BBC and Netflix show on Portsoy Harbour earlier today.Production crews turned the north east harbour into what looked like an 'American prison' for the day of filming.The 44-year-old Irish actor, who plays the starring role of Tommy Shelby in the popular series, was dressed in his full three-piece suit as he sauntered around the town.The cast and crew donned

NHS worker who was killed just 20 minutes before her daughter.A social media campaign has been launched asking people around the country to take part in the vigil from 7.45pm tonight.A post read: “Tonight people are being asked to light a candle from around 7.45pm in remembrance of Nicole Anderson, 24, and Emma Robertson Coupland, 39, who both tragically died during the serious incident which took place in Kilmarnock last night.”Mum-of-four Emma died after being ‘stabbed’ in a car park at

jailed for three years. Stephen Stennett, 23, had a head on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Crosshouse Hospital locked down for over three hours last night. Dozens of emergency services raced to the area which was temporarily locked down by armed officers at around 7.45pm.Emma was attacked in the car park of her work outside Crosshouse Hospital.Mercy crews battled to save her but she was pronounced dead at the scene.Takeaway worker Nicole was stabbed shortly after on Portland Street, around two miles away from the hospital.She was rushed to Crosshouse hospital where she later died.A

Lingerie model and influencer Emily Shak has had a £4600 boob job after revealing she had to put socks down her bra.

Dundee, around midday yesterday to make the grim discovery. It is understood that neighbours had raised the alarm after a strong smell was coming from the flat.

rapist are living in fear after being told he is trying to get out of jail.Allan Rotchford, 34, was jailed for seven years this month for raping and sexually abusing four women.He also terrorised one former partner by posing as an internet blackmailer to trick her into performing humiliating sex acts with him.Now his victims have been officially informed that he has launched an appeal against his conviction.One victim, who has asked to be identified as Jane, said: “It is a slap in the face

Isle of Mull.Theresa’s partner Charles Pease has hit out at the move and urged law makers to refuse the request.The 65-year-old said: “His crime was committed here, Wainwright took Theresa’s life here.“He should rightfully serve his time here and then he can go to France.”Wainwright was driving on the wrong side of the road when he crashed into 29-year-old Theresa at 68mph in his leased vehicle on the A849 near Craignure in 2015.He was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow in 2017 for 12 years.The

Scottish SPCA investigation uncovered pet Rocco's shocking living conditions. The Staffordshire bull terrier was found dehydrated and severely underweight, after a member of the public reported they could hear a dog being hit.