Scots teens aged 16 and 17 can book place for Covid jag as early as this week

Aberdeen. The 18-year-old was reportedly assaulted around 12.55am last Tuesday on Bon Accord Street in the Granite City.

swimmers were dragged out to sea after getting caught in a rip current at a Scots beach this afternoon. Emergency services raced to Hopeman East Beach in Elgin just after 1pm on Saturday to reports of several persons in difficulty in the water.

Glasgow, after they returned on Wednesday to find the toilets were being locked during class time. It's understood the decision was made "to minimise the opportunity for inappropriate behaviour".Fourth-year student Mia Benjamin has now launched a petition demanding that the harsh rule be revoked.

blaze in a communal area of a Scots block of flats. Firefighters and police were called to the scene at the block in Windmill Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire earlier after reports of waste ablaze in the back garden of a block of flats.

CrossFit competition - after losing 20kg. Rob Bichan, 17, started getting headaches while lifting heavy weights in the gym in October 2019 - but doctors told him to just get his eyes tested.

support others. Sharryn McKelvie desperately tried to revive son Rory at their home in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, when she discovered him lying lifeless in December 2017.

bin lorry caught on fire on a Scots street before quick-thinking staff spotted the smoke to put it out. The dramatic incident on Monday morning happened while crews were collecting rubbish in the Tulloch area of Perth and Kinross.

jail after being caught with the "most serious" category of child porn. Raymond Coney, 69, admitted downloading child abuse photos from the dark web using the so-called Tor browser, used to hide Internet-users' identities.Falkirk Sheriff Court heard today that police armed with a search warrant raided his home in Buchlyvie, West Stirlingshire, last August acting on information received.

mum has shared a heartbreaking back-to-school message after losing her five-year-old son to a deadly virus. Arlene Smith's son Jack passed away in December 2012 after falling ill with a adenovirus infection - a common virus which in most cases sees patients suffer from upper respiratory symptoms.

a probe after an early morning robbery of a Scots shop. The thief entered the store on Ayr's Prestwick Road at around 8.20am yesterday and demanded cash.

Paisley, who is due to get married on Sunday, was struck down with the virus after returning from a holiday to Ibiza with friends in July. Just two days after returning home, on July 18, he began to feel unwell before testing positive for the virus two days later following a PCR test.

protected seals at a Scots nature reserve. The man was almost in touching distance of the animals and caused them to panic and stampede at the Forvie Nature Reserve in Aberdeeenshire in shock footage filmed last week.

Edinburgh flat after a bad flood at his neighbours upstairs home at the end of July. The property on Albert Place, just off Leith Walk, was so badly damaged by the flooding William was unable to touch any electrics and parts of the kitchen ceiling began to fall in.

Covid vaccine clinics have opened for the country’s teens today. People aged 16 and 17 will now be able to get their first coronavirus jag at all clinics on the mainland that offers the Pfizer vaccine.

con artists who placed huge outside catering orders – and paid with fraudulent credit cards. Khadka Khadka thought he’d been thrown a lifeline after Covid threatened his restaurant - The Gurkha's, in Crieff, Perthshire.

virus. The couple, from Auchtermuchty, Fife, ran a business together and were committed Christians who served in ministry together.

Fire crews were called after the Sanctuary boss's house in Knightswood went on fire around 1am on Friday, August 6. Police have launched a probe after a vehicle was set alight at Lessani's garage, at the front of the property.

Glasgow street was targeted in a suspected firebombing attack. Fire crews were called after the Sanctuary nightclub owner's house on Duthie Park Place in Knightswood went on fire around 1am on Friday, August 6.

jail.Barry Buchanan, 46, approached the teenage girls, aged 13, 14, and 15, as they sat chatting on benches in Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire.He was seen to "rub white powder on his gums" before launching into a stream of sexualised remarks, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.Prosecutor Michael Maguire said Buchanan was a stranger to the girls.Mr Maguire said: "He asked for a blow job in return for £250 and also asked for someone to lick his a***."He told a terrified 15 year old in the group, "I'll

UK Government must have a plan to roll out coronavirus vaccines to 16 and 17-year-olds following suggestions experts were about to approve the move. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stated that she was "veering towards expecting" the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to outline updated guidance for young people having the coronavirus jab.