Scots pub boss who crashed into cop cars while fleeing with £110k of drugs dodges jail

A police officer who subjected his partner to a campaign of domestic abuse for nearly a year has been allowed to walk free from court without being punished.

A Scottish cleaning influencer has shared her go-to Aldi product that can tackle five different areas in the home - and it costs less than one pound.

A boy fell through a manhole cover to his death after a contractor failed to implement adequate safety measures. Shea Ryan, 10, slipped on a ladder inside the hole close to a play park near his home in Glasgow’s Drumchapel on July 16, 2020.

Kate Bush‘s ‘Wuthering Heights’, has died.The news of the 69-year-old’s death was announced on social media by his wife Leila on Saturday (April 8).Sharing a photo of the pair, she wrote on Instagram: “It is with deep sadness and regret that I let you know that my loving husband Ian Bairnson has passed away on Friday 7th April.“Ian was the sweetest, kindest, loving husband I could ever have wished for and I take comfort that he is resting now up there in his very own piece of ‘Blue Blue Sky’.”Revealing that her husband suffered a long battle with dementia, Leila continued: “Although Ian has left us, his musical legacy stays with us and will continue to delight and brighten our lives, as it did his, forever.“I would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Frimley Park Hospital, the managers and carers at Lynwood Care Home and our families and close friends for the love and support they have provided us during these challenging years of Ian’s long battle with dementia.”A post shared by Leila Bairnson (@leila_bairnson)Born on the Shetland Islands of Scotland, Bairnson moved to London in the early 1970s and was invited to join Cockney Rebel by Steve Harley, though instead opting to join the band Pilot from his homeland.The Scottish musician was a renowned session player, featuring as part of the Alan Parsons Project and working with the likes of Paul McCartney, Sting and Mick Fleetwood.His most iconic turn though came when he played the solo on Kate Bush’s huge 1978 single ‘Wuthering Heights’.Bairnson retired from performing live in 2018 and was battling dementia in his final years.

Police are appealing for the public’s assistance in an effort to trace a 30-year-old man who has been reported missing in Glasgow.

A fourth person has now been arrested in connection with the death of a woman at an Ayr flat.

Jamie Genevieve has shown off her newly renovated house as she admitted it finally "feels like home".

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has blasted “Progressive Scotland 2023” after a rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl in a park was spared jail.

A hidden World War 2 bunker has resurfaced after a storm caused shifting sands on an Aberdeenshire beach.

A Scots mum has booked a magical cruise for her family after selling an old Harry Potter book for £20k.

Police are hunting the driver of a car which flipped into a field in Fife after a road smash.

The death of an elderly woman in a Scots village has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal.

Aldi has launched an Adult’s Breakfast Club for Scottish parents who are being forced to skip meals in a bid to feed their children during the cost of living crisis. The supermarket giant has now donated 10 tonnes of cereal and 5,000 gallons of milk to food banks across the country, including a community centre in Bathgate, West Lothian.

Scots influencer Jamie Genevieve enjoyed a lavish surprise baby shower at a popular Glasgow restaurant over the weekend.

A cop has been charged after a gran who was struck by a marked police van in Motherwell died. Margaret McCarron was left fatally injured after being hit by the Transit van while walking on the town’s Merry Street on September 19, 2021.

Those passing by St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh tomorrow afternoon will no doubt notice a six-foot red box in front of the historic building.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 74-year-old woman was found dead inside a house in a rural village.

Police have locked down a street in Johnstone after a man was seriously assaulted in the street.

A Scots couple have been left shaken after a gang of masked prowlers tried to break into their home while they slept.

A man whose body was found in the garden of a Fife house has been named locally as village resident Henry White.