Scots woman films 'terrifying' 4ft snow drifts as brutal freezing weather leaves cars stranded

Edinburgh flat during a terrifying bin chute blaze.Fire crews raced to the scene after a fire broke out at Castleview House in Craigour at around 5.30pm last night.It's believed the inferno broke out in the bin chute of the high-rise flats before smoke quickly began to engulf the tower block, reports Edinburgh Live.One resident, who lives on the 15th floor, told how she is still struggling to breathe after 'stale nasty smoke' filled her flat and landing."I was just sitting down watching the tv

crashing into each other on a Scots road.Emergency services raced to the scene after the cars crashed on the A70 in Ayrshire, between Coylton and Coalhall.Fire crews battled the blaze and footage from the scene shows the huge fireball as stunned onlookers watched in awe.The inferno can be seen ahead as emergency workers and pedestrian vehicles are forced to stop further down the street.Huge plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the wreckage.Yesterday we told how a hero cop charged towards

bad weather in Perthshire, an inquest heard.Dad-of-two Chris Smith, 43, from Sussex, died of hypothermia and exposure, at Invervar, near Aberfeldy, while running through the remote area in October last year.Mr Smith, who represented Team GB in international mountain running events, was “doing everything he could to run back to his family”, the hearing at Crawley coroner’s court, Sussex, was told.His body was found at Meall Garbh after almost 48 hours of searching.

Paisley, stole her bank card, removed the SIM card from her mobile phone and even prevented her from socialising with her family.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Ms Elliot was so desperate to get away from him that she ducked into a pizza restaurant in Paisley and begged staff to contact police, when out walking with Little.It was only when she later worked up the courage to break free from his clutches at Paisley’s Gilmour Street Station and ran towards cops on patrol, that she was able to report

pensioner was robbed in broad daylight by a 'man carrying crutches' in a terrifying incident in Dundee this afternoon.Police are appealing for information after the 79-year-old man was robbed on Glenmoy Avenue between 12.10pm and 12.30pm on Sunday.The thug made off with a two-figure sum of money before he was seen walking down Glenmoy Avenue and Glenprosen Terrace after the incident.The man is described as being around 5ft 10 inches tall and of slim build.He was wearing wearing a black beanie

Netflix movie. The actress, who shot to fame as ­Gabriella Montez in the High School ­Musical trilogy, is filming the third movie in The Princess Switch franchise.

attacked near a Scots high school forcing police to lockdown the area.The 38-year-old was discovered seriously injured in Tinto Drive, Grangemouth this morning sparking a police probe.He was rushed to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where he remains in a stable condition after the alarm was raised at around 4am.Pictures taken around 6am this morning show a police cordoned erected around Grangemouth High School parts of Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 4am on

firebugs after a spate of car torching attacks in Lanarkshire. The first incident took place just after midnight on Thursday, February 18.

schoolgirl has been left injured and badly shaken after a man tried to rob her in a Monifieth street.The 14-year-old was walking near the Nisa store on Ferry Road at around 9pm on Wednesday, February 24, when she was struck from behind.The man attempted to steal her property but fled the scene empty-handed in the direction of the town centre.Police are appealing for help to find the suspect who is described as tall and who was wearing a black hooded jacket.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have

plunged into a freezing canal.Gregor Angus was out walking in Linlithgow, West Lothian, with his young son when they came across a lone dog without its owner on January 31.The dad approached the pooch but soon spotted 81-year-old Brian Watson floating in the bitterly cold waterway.The 39-year-old jumped in and managed to drag the stricken pensioner to safety while shouting for help.His young son Lucas held onto the dog, named Hugo, while several passersby stopped to hand over their jackets while

bomb was blown up in a controlled explosion on a Scots beach after a terrified local raised the alarm.The casing of the explosive, understood to be from the Second World War, was found at Ballantrae Harbour in South Ayrshire.Local coastguard teams were alerted to the find and the police and disposal experts called to deal with the ordinance.A massive 330 foot cordon was put up around the area as the experts rigged the casing for destruction.Video footage posted by the coastguard team shows the

thug who stabbed an ex-bodybuilder to death at a property in Ayr has been jailed for an extra nine months for various offences leading up to the killing.Marius Bauba flouted as many as eight different court orders including a community payback order and several bail orders when he knifed to death Morgan Dunn, 34, at a house in Ayr's Marigold Square on February 8 last year.The 27-year-old also faced a breach of the peace charge and an assault charge, among a host of offences which date from 2018,

Paisley man.Officers from Police Scotland confirmed they discovered a body at around 2.40pm today in the woods near Bridge of Weir.Formal identification has yet to take place but the family of David Letham, reported missing earlier today, has been informed.The 31-year-old was last seen at around 3.30am this morning in Paisley as police launched an extensive search for him.Police confirmed to the Daily Record that his disappearance at the time was also linked to a major incident in Bridge of Weir

dog scrambled to safety on some rocks, but was was left trapped below.His frantic owners then called 999 and Coastguard Rescue Teams from Banff, Portsoy and Buckie responded.A Rope Rescue Technician was deployed and Mutley was lifted to safety.Miraculously, the little white dog escaped with no injuries.

weapons in a 'terrifying' robbery.The thugs escaped with at least £1,000 after the raid on the home in Grayston Manor, Chryston.Police say they men stormed the property in the North Lanarkshire village at around 7.50pm last night.They threatened those inside with weapons before making off with a 'four figure sum of cash', Police Scotland has confirmed.No one was hurt in the incident but the occupants are understood to be 'shaken'.The men are believed to have travelled in a burgundy Citroen

tried to sell a baby for £1million. Evil Claire Boyle, 34, was convicted of child neglect after the horrific incident at her Ayrshire home where a little boy was trapped in the modified cot.

psychic has told of snapping the ghostly figure of a young girl during a trip to an abandoned castle turned asylum near Glasgow.Bethany McPherson's skin-crawling experience at Lennox Castle with her ex and his sister is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.From smelling rotting meat and burning to having an object thrown at her, the 23-year-old is adamant the site -  near Celtic's training complex - is a hot bed of paranormal activity.But it was when she looked back at the pictures from

cat stranded in freezing conditions when the fire service and SSPCA were unable to help.An Aberdeen woman found the cat in a tree but was devastated when no one could help and had to leave the pet stranded around 1am this morning.But when Lisa Burnett woke up she was delighted to find that three men had come to the cats rescue and safely taken it down.The animal lover said she was in tears when she had to leave the cat outside in -7 degrees after trying to entice it down for five hours.She told

icy slope'.The unknown woman was videoed 'pushing' the massive Grahams milk HGV on a snow covered street in Cowdenbeath, Fife earlier today as Storm Darcy continues to rage.In the 18-second clip, uploaded onto the popular Fife Jammers Facebook page, the huge eight-wheeled lorry can be seen moving forward as she pushes it from behind up the hill.The social media page captioned the video 'Just your average Cowdenbeath woman pushing a lorry up a hill.'It has since picked up hundreds of likes and

Storm Darcy continues to wreak havoc.Police are asking the public to stay at home and only make essential journeys amid heavy snowfall.The Met Office has a yellow weather warning in place until 9pm for much of the country, which a separate amber weather warning is in place for the central belt and east coast.A car crashed on the M90 southbound at the Halbeath off slip near Dunfermline at 4.28am.It is understood a lorry jack-knifed and no one was injured.