Senior Police Scotland firearms officer brands UK gun laws 'outdated'

Police investigating an assault in Renfrewshire from nine months ago have today issued the picture of a man they would like to speak to as part of their enquiries.

A cocktail bar owner fleeing undercover cops after picking up cannabis worth £110,000 crashed into a police car and flipped it onto its roof.

Police have locked down a quiet cul-de-sac in a Scottish Borders town after a missing 11-year-old girl was found 'safe'. Kaitlyn Easson was reported missing in Galashiels on Sunday night after failing to return home after being out with pals.

A police officer has hit out at the sentencing of a young thug who nearly beat him to death.

Police have launched an investigation after two school pupils were attacked in Perth on Friday afternoon.

This is the moment police arrived at killer Andrew Innes's home and arrested him for the sickening murders of young mum Bennylyn Burke and her young daughter Jellica.

Less than two per cent of complaints made against Police Scotland officers led to management action, according to research by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Just 63 out of more than 4,000 issues raised were resolved by action from seniors on the force.

Cash-strapped Police Scotland has paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months. It follows a series of costly legal actions raised against it in the courts and employment tribunals from both staff and members of the public.

A major road in Edinburgh has been locked down to an ongoing police incident this evening.

Police have launched a manhunt for an armed robber who threatened a teenage supermarket worker with a knife as he made off with a four-figure sum of cash.

Bomb squad officers carried out a major operation in a quiet suburb of Glasgow this afternoon, following an alleged disturbance nearby on Thursday evening. Police officers roped off a large area of Malletsheugh Road in Newton Mearns, which has been closed at both ends by police vehicles.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after a street attack outside a Glasgow boozer.

A Scots waterfront has been taped off by police amid reports of a man in the water.

A woman has gone missing from a town in Inverclyde, sparking a police search.

Police gave no impression there was anyone else involved in the death of Sheku Bayoh despite family members claiming they were told that was the case, an officer has told an inquiry.

Fed up locals are being urged to report any illegal motor or quad bike use in open spaces, parks and country parks to the police.

Historic visitor sites popular with tourists are set to close on Wednesday across Scotland due to strikes.

Lethal new pills on the street have sparked a major warning they could fuel Scotland’s drug death toll.

Police officers had a close call while attending an incident on a major Ayrshire road last night.

A Livingston teenager has received a maiden call-up to Scotland senior national men’s cricket team.