Scots restaurant owner devastated as family business goes up in flames

restaurant owner has claimed she has lost around £1,700 over recent weeks due to brazen diners leaving without paying. Lynn MacLeod said she has never experienced so many bill dodgers in the 20 years that she has owned Maxies Bistro near the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

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.

by cops in both directions following an earlier collision. It's understood accident investigation work is underway between B721 (Cummertrees turn-off) to B7020 ( Dalton turn-off).

told how a horror blaze ripped through Nick's on Henderson Street in Bridge of Allan, near Stirling, after the alarm was raised at around 8.15pm on Saturday, August 28. Dramatic footage taken from the scene shows the eatery completely engulfed in flames.

pine marten has developed a taste for steak after being rescued by the owners of an award-winning restaurant. Customers spotted the kit, which has been named Ash, under a tree near Applecross Walled Garden in Wester Ross.

Girvan Harbour on Wednesday night. Cops, fire crews and coastguard teams raced to the scene after the fire took hold.

'big cat' prowling in her garden on CCTV. The woman, who doesn't want to be named, was spooked after the large creature appeared on camera on the three foot fence at around 4am at her home in Larkhall, Lanarkshire.

smash has shut down the A85 sparking traffic chaos. The busy Scots road has been closed in both directions since around 6.55pm with emergency services attending the scene at Benmore Farm.

puppy was 'stolen' from its owner's bedroom while she was out shopping at Asda. Hayley Jempson claims her nine-week-old pup, Cooper, was snatched from his cage at her home in Edinburgh.

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.

Emergency services dashed to the scene on Maidencraig Crescent after the alarm was raised at around 1:50pm. Dramatic photos taken by a bus passenger show in the vehicle in the middle of the road engulfed in flames.

Dundee.Emergency services were called to the scene on Balunie Drive at around 4.30pm on Saturday, August 21. Officers had received reports of a crash involving at least two cars while two fire crews were also asked to attend.

social media. Emergency services rushed to the old Spateston Pre-5 Centre in Johnstone, Renfrewshire at around 5.35pm on Friday August 28.

block of flats. The red and yellow corn snake was found in Aberdeen's Marischal Court on Wednesday but no sign of the owner has been found.

crash on a busy Scots road this morning. Mercy crews raced to the A985 near to the Limekilns junction in Fife after the alarm was raised at 7.21am.

Scottish Borders has been closed after a horror smash between a lorry and a car. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A699, near St Boswells, at around 7.15am on Tuesday, August 17.

fitness guru Joe Wicks to his prized restaurant for a bite to eat.

hit by a car on a Scots road late last night. The 42-year-old died at the scene of the A79 Prestwick Loop Road, in Ayrshire after being struck by the silver Skoda Octavia at around 11.20pm last night.