Scots teen to face trial over alleged attempted murder of schoolboy in Kilmarnock

The Scottish SSPCA have issued a warning to Scots after a home was visited by fake inspectors.

An artist who forced a girl to kill her pet gerbil with an axe has been jailed over a horrific catalogue of sexual, physical and mental abuse. Chris Maginn, a sculptor who also spent years working on community projects, tormented children and animals. A court heard he kicked pet cats, threw a kitten at a door and drove nails into a goat's head.

A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a 31-year-old was ‘run down by a car’ on a residential Clydebank street.

NHS Grampian is taking part in a trial to help vulnerable people heat their homes.

Armed police have locked down a street in Stonehaven after officers were called to reports of a ‘disturbance’.

Half of households in Scotland relying on Universal Credit have suffered deductions in their benefit payments, figures show.

A search operation is underway to trace a missing schoolboy last seen two days ago.

A mum claims to have spotted Donald Trump 's face - on a cheese toastie.

Fugitive sex offender Nicholas Rossi will be transferred to England for questioning over an alleged rape from 2017.

Police and Trading Standards seized £1m of fake designer gear and arrested a man during a raid of storage units in East Kilbride.

A paedophile who was found living with children after going on the run to Scotland during his trial has been jailed. Shaun Wightman, 57, had been on trial at Sheffield Crown Court last year but fled the Yorkshire city.

A pensioner was forced to lie on a hospital trolley after a stroke for 21 hours because there were no beds.

A post office manager has been ordered to pay £2,000 compensation to a customer he left with a collapsed lung and broken ribs.

Scots cops have issued an appeal for information to trace a missing man from Lanarkshire who may have travelled as far afield as Glencoe.

A flooring store boss furious at being given fajitas for dinner flung the meal in his grieving wife's face. At the time James McAteer's partner was trying to compose a eulogy for her dead uncle. A court heard the assault was part of a catalogue of domestic abuse spanning 10 years.

A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a 53-year-old was found seriously injured in a West Lothian Street.

A search party is underway to trace a missing Scots schoolboy missing overnight.

A four-year-old girl is in hospital after allegedly being violently attacked in her home in the middle of the night. The youngster, who can't be named for legal reasons, was allegedly the victim of an attempted murder in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A suspect has been charged over an alleged ‘midnight murder bid’ which left a man hospitalised with serious injuries.

Police have launched an attempted murder probe after a man was found seriously injured in a West Lothian street.