Scots pub 'petrol bombed' in targeted attack as cops probe blaze

blood-sucking fly on the door of her car escaped a nasty bite by chasing it away with a towel.The dark giant horsefly was discovered by Nicola Harrison during a visit to Corrie, Arran, on Thursday afternoon.She quickly snapped a picture of the terrifying beastie - which was around 2.5cm long - before safely coaxing it onto a towel.In a bid to find out what the insect actually was, she turned to the Arran Ranger Service for help.She soon discovered that she had been lucky to escape a painful bite

Tesco store is a former Tory councillor and UKIP parliamentary candidate. Nigel Wright, who is facing up to 14 years behind bars after being found guilty of the twisted Bitcoin blackmail plot, first won a seat for the Conservatives in 2003.

Edinburgh and have arrested a man under the Terrorism Act, as part of a major probe into the New IRA. Officers investigating the dissident republican group are combing through a home in the Blackhall area of the city.

holidaymakers scrambled to return home from Croatia to the UK before new quarantine rules are imposed. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.

pub - before insisting she was "at it". Sharon Goldie claimed Robyn Goldie was 'attention seeking' despite the sick 13 year-old begging for help.

coronavirus.Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the crackdown after alarm at the way Covid is making a comeback in Scotland.House parties where people are ignoring strict rules on social mixing have been blamed for a spread in clusters such as Aberdeen, which is still in a local lockdown.Sturgeon also announced councils will be able to shut businesses failing to meet regulations.At the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said: "We know that large house parties pose a very real and significant risk of

police. The grim discovery was made at Inverkip beach on Monday, 10 August.

Eilidh MacLeod have told a court of the devastating impact the bombing has had on their lives. Roddy and Marion MacLeod - whose talented daughter was just 14 when she died - said they are living with “anger, fear resentment and heartbreak.” The couple’s heartbreaking statement was read out at the sentencing hearing of jihadi Hashem Abedi at the Old Bailey in London.

Kirkcaldy after it was engulfed in flames. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7.28pm on Saturday following reports that the Old Viewforth High School building was alight.

Edinburgh property. Emergency services were called to Inglis Green Road, in the Longstone area, shortly after midnight on Saturday.

out of control dogs who chewed their way inside his hutch.Mum Steph Grandison has been left “traumatised” after witnessing the savage attack inside the garden of her Glenrothes home.The 24-year-old walked out the door and saw the two Spaniel-type dogs had got into her secure garden before chewing their way inside the fox-proof hutch.She frantically tried to get the attacking animals, who were not on leads, away from the one-year-old rabbit before rushing him off to the vet on Wednesday

jail block has been locked down after a prison guard tested positive for Covid-19. An officer at HMP Low Moss prison, near Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, became unwell and tests yesterday have now confirmed that they have the virus.

pensioner has been released as police race to find the dementia sufferer. William Thom can be seen in footage taken on Bath Street in Glasgow city centre at 1.53pm on Wednesday.

drink from a petrol station in Scotland. The girl made the eye-brow raising road trip from England to up north after discovering a secret dessert bar going viral on social media.

cancer. Holly Blake, 35, dialed NHS 24 after a persistent pain in her right calf and breathlessness, which she initially feared was a pulmonary embolism - a type of blood clot in the lungs.

pensioner had money stolen from her bank account. The man is alleged to have approached the 72-year-old woman at a property on Brownhill Drive in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire at 2.30pm on Thursday.

pub boss has blasted "drunken young fools" who forced him to close early by threatening staff and refusing to social distance. The long-time owner of the Ship Inn in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, said louts who descended on the coastal town's harbour with carry-outs during good weather on Friday caused chaos and spoiled the occasion for others.

Scottish Government 's handling of care homes during the coronavirus crisis breached public health legislation. The Scottish Conservatives have written to Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, saying ministers' actions have had "harrowing and devastating consequences for the residential care home sector".

Church of Scientology, which counts Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its celebrity followers, is offering free “personality tests” on flyers pushed through Edinburgh doors.