Scots thief snared after leaving DNA on charity box string he tried to chew through

outdoors? Maybe bagging a Munro at the weekend, hitting the trails on your bikes, or indulging in a spot of outdoor camping? Well, if you are, you could be the stars of a new ad campaign for a Scottish Nature c harity.

A woman involved in a drug dealing operation narrowly avoided a prison sentence this week.Police officers stopped a BMW in East Kilbride when it almost crashed into their vehicle after failing to give way.Inside the car they found more than £1000 in banknotes and a bag containing cannabis wraps.Amy Adams, 26, was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work when she appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.She admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis in Sydney Drive, East

horror crash on a Scots road and a young woman 'seriously injured'. Emergency services raced to the scene after the fatal collision between a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a white Honda Jazz near Dumfries yesterday around noon on the B725 Dumfries to Glencaple road.

Aberdeenshire. The Care Inspectorate, which regulates and inspects nurseries, said it would "monitor the service" after the incident on 10 March.

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Lord Beckett told the brothers at the High Court in Edinburgh: “By deliberately striking the complainer with the car you could easily have killed him.“This was an extremely serious example of attempted murder.”Lord Beckett said the victim was left permanently scarred and impaired following the attack.He added: “In wicked hands such as yours, your sister’s car became a brutal weapon.”“For such an appalling crime, there is no suitable alternative to a substantial sentence of imprisonment in order

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

vandalised their canal boat for a second time.Volunteers at the Seagull Trust Cruises in Falkirk say they are devastated after windows on the barge were smashed twice in the space of a few weeks.The first incident at Bantaskine Estate happened on Saturday February, 20, with the second taking place on Tuesday March, 9.They provide free access to the Forth and Clyde Canal for people with special needs and the elderly and their boats are specially designed with lifts to enable wheelchair

drunk thug dubbed Scotland's skint answer to Richard Burton has been caged for a savage attack which left his gun woman girlfriend with a triple ankle fracture. Gary Kinnon and Deborah Milligan have been described as a budget version of Burton and Elizabeth Taylor due to their drinking habits and tempestuous relationship - and lack of diamonds.

heroin hidden in his underwear following a tip-off.Scott McLean, 48, was busted with more £1,000 worth of heroin stashed intimately inside his body and had more than £2,100 in cash in his pockets.McLean and an unknown male had been spotted acting suspiciously in Seedhill when they were stopped by police on patrol.Paisley Sheriff Court heard the crook, who was suspected of dealing in the town, was observed attempting to “discard something,” at Ladyburn Street on the evening of December 2,

Coatbridge road.Stephen Brown, from Viewpark, spent two days in hospital fighting for his life after being knocked down on Tuesday.Mercy crews rushed the 39-year-old to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he remained in critical condition before sadly dying yesterday.The horror incident happened at around 11.40am on Kirkshaws Road, at its junction with North Road.The 48-year-old driver of the lorry was uninjured.Now police are re-appealing for information and are urging anyone with dashcam footage to

Royal Mail worker’s van full of parcels before stealing their own car form a nearby depo.Police are probing two connected incidents, which happened in Edinburgh's Colinton area on Wednesday, and have issued a warning to couriers and delivery drivers to remain vigilant while making drops.A source told the Record: “The thief took off with the female delivery driver’s van and all their parcels before going back for her own car.”Officers were called to Colinton Mains Terrace, close to the local Post

thief who duped a Scots pensioner into letting him into her home so he could steal her purse.The victim, a woman in her eighties, was targeted between 12.15pm and 1.15pm on Friday, February 26.The trickster knocked on her door and swindled his way into her home in Dundee's Bruce Street.Once inside, he distracted her and then made off with her purse.Police have now released a description of the suspect in a bid to trace him.He is described as in his early 40s, around 5ft 6, slim build and with a

eBay seller kindly sent a refund of £39 for a second hand toy boat which had been up for auction on the site.The toy was for her six-year-old son Frankie who is disabled and prone to multiple seizures a day.After Stacey thanked the seller for his quick delivery and told him how happy the boat had made her disabled son, the man told her to take the money and spend it on more toys for him.He wrote: “I read your message earlier, then again out load to my wife.“With everything going on in the world

Cops have locked down large areas near a Scot school following an incident.Pictures taken around 6am this morning show a police cordoned erected around Grangemouth High School parts of Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.Images show a number officers guarding the scene with a van also in attendance.Local reports indicate that two crimes scene appear to be investigated, however this has not been confirmed.The nature of the incident is not known at this time.A local told the Daily Record: "Cops have been

bike ride in Perth.The 69-year-old man became unwell whilst out cycling on a road between Stanley and Kinclaven this afternoon.Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 12.25pm.However, he was pronounced dead a short time later.The man's identity has not been released, but his loved ones have been made aware.A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We became aware of a 69-year-old man having taken unwell while cycling on the road between Stanley and Kinclaven in Perthshire after 12.25pm on

Dumfries couple and their 13 kids are facing homelessness if a house big enough for them doesn’t become available in just nine weeks.Deborah and Craig Douglas have until the end of April to move out of their Heathhall home after their landlady decided to sell.Despite applying for a number of private lets and pleading with housing associations, the family still haven’t found anywhere big enough for their brood.And Deborah, 38, feels they are being “discriminated” against because of the size of

Dumfries and and robbed a three-figure cash sum in an "extremely frightening ordeal". The terrifying incident has left a 74-year-old man shaken as cops launch a manhunt to find the callous thieves responsible.