Scots prisoner hides knife in buttocks 'after death threats from other lags'

Fire crews raced to Fife Zoo last month after flames and smoke were seen billowing from the visitor attraction - which had been open at the time. It came just over 12 months after the zoo was devastated by a separate blaze that had ripped through buildings after starting in the soft play area.

shot to death in the street. The youngster was in the passenger seat of a Transit van which rammed a car shortly before John McGregor was blasted at point-blank range with a shotgun, sources claim.Police confirmed yesterday that McGregor died from his injuries and their investigation is now a murder inquiry.

hunting a knife thug who swiped cash from a shop then fled the scene on a mountain bike. The suspect threatened staff at a store in Edinburgh's Summer Place at around 7.45pm on Friday August 27.

missing on August 14th before her body was found in Newton.But before her death, Cat had been planning to run the London marathon in October for Macmillan cancer charity.And since the passing of 'lovely' 29-year-old, wellwishers have raised almost £3k as part of a charity fundraiser set up by Cat herself.Scots have been donating to the page in recent weeks in order for Cat to reach the target, despite the fact she will no longer be able to take part in the race.

teenage thug who branded his grandmother "a w****" and pulled out a knife at her home in a drunken rampage has been jailed. James Cumming also phoned police and falsely reported a murder - then laughed at the officers who raced to the scene.

East Lothian home, Thomson told cops: “Come on, you know how it is? I’ve just being arguing with the missus.”Thomson, 22, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday and admitted a charge of threatening and abusive behaviour.Fiscal depute Christine Brownlie said Thomson had been at his partner’s house on May 21.Ms Brownlie said Thomson went through the woman’s phone while she was out of the living room.When she returned, the court heard Thomson accused her of “cheating on him” as he’d seen

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Linda Norgrove Foundation has issued a public appeal for Boris Johnson to get two of its staff members, who are sisters, out of the Taliban-controlled capital. The two women are in hiding in the city with their families and despite cross-party pressure from MPs over the past week the UK Foreign Office has not contacted them for evacuation.

children’s home have branded an inquiry a “whitewash” after it said no lessons can be learned from the tragedy. Kirsty McGregor, 13, died three months after being taken into temporary care at Dunclutha Children’s Home in Dunoon, Argyll, in 2016.

smashed into a tree. The 23-year-old was a passenger inside the blue Vauxhall Corsa which was driving eastbound on the A94 Coupar Angus to Forfar Road on Sunday.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensProcurator fiscal depute Ed Sheeran said she went to investigate the disturbance, when “she saw the accused out in the street.”He explained: “The accused was shouting and swearing. She thought he was drunk.“She asked him if he was OK and recommended that he should go home.“He replied, ‘I am going f****** nowhere.

Alan Cumming and Harry Potter star Miriam Margoyles visited for a new piece of a walking stick. Staff at the Shopmobility Highland office in Dingwall couldn't believe their eyes when the pair came in, with Margoyles asking for a new 'ferrule'- or rubber end of her walking aid.

wedding party. Stephen and Sherree Sutherland were heartbroken after hundreds of pounds went missing from a handbag at the bash in their Bonhill home.

Police investigating the murder of a woman in Leeds have launched a manhunt to trace her husband who is thought to have travelled to Scotland. Eileen Barrott, 50, was found by emergency services with serious injuries at an address in Whinmoor, Leeds on Sunday evening around 6.30pm.She was pronounced dead at the scene.Officers say formal identification of her body is still to take place however he death is being treated as murder.

missing at a scenic Scots beauty spot. A major search was sparked when the 82-year-old vanished at the Loch of Cliff in Unst, Shetland yesterday.

emergency services locked down the scene.Police officers raced to Broad Street, Peterhead, around 8.25pm on Thursday evening after a man was discovered dead.Reports indicate he was found outside the Bailey's pub, however this is as of yet unconfirmed.There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.A full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.25pm on Thursday, 12 August, officers were called to the death of a

stroke victim has been left feeling like "a prisoner in his own home" after being stuck in a top floor flat. Graeme Baxter's life was turned upside down when he suffered a devastating total anterior circulation infarct (TACI) on June 17 last year.TACI is a type of cerebral infarction affecting the entire anterior circulation supplying one side of the brain, and the 56-year-old has been left completely paralysed down the left side of his body since falling ill.

grave of her late daughter twice in just two days. Police were called after the grieving parent discovered damage to a cherub ornament at the plot in Newhills Cemetery, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, August 4.

beauty spot. The alarm was raised after the animal was discovered at the Forvie Nature Reserve.