Shona Stevens: Police say novelty keyring clue could help solve Ayrshire murder mystery

Police after being convicted of the murder, rape and kidnap of Sarah Everard, the force said. Scotland Yard said that a misconduct hearing on Friday found that the actions of 48-year-old Couzens breached the standards of professional behaviour in respect of discreditable conduct.The hearing, chaired by Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball, dismissed Couzens without notice, the force added.

police vans and an ambulance can be seen parked along what appears to be Drove Road. Locals reported an armed response unit and a dog unit descended on the area.

Glasgow sparking a police probe. Emergency services are understood to have attended at a property in Mossbank Drive in Glasgow after the alarm was raised at around 10.40am on Tuesday.

police search. Nehemiah Kwesi Somevi, also known by his friends as "Nehe", disappeared from the city centre on Friday.

iOS - Android Attempted theft of vehicles has increased across Scotland and in a number of divisions, there has been an increase in the number of vehicles successfully stolen too.Officers are now urging the Lanarkshire public to take appropriate security measures in respect of their vehicles and valuables within, to try and prevent further victims of these crimes.Detective Superintendent Joyce Greenhorn, Police Scotland's acquisitive crime lead, said: "With people now able to spend increased

April this year that cops were looking at claims of criminality relating to £600,000 worth of donations. It was believed the cash raised by SNP activists was to be used for another independence referendum, however it's alleged the money was diverted.

teenager has been found injured near an Edinburgh Morrisons sparking a major police probe.The 14-year-old boy was hospitalised after an incident on Waterfront Broadway.Mercy crews raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at around 4.50pm.Ambulance workers then rushed the boy to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.Now cops are investigating the incident and remain at the scene.The street as been cordoned off while enquires continue.Police Scotland said: "Police were

Edinburgh over an on-going incident near a Morrisons supermarket. Cops have been spotted on West Granton Road as they cordoned off the area this evening.

sexually assault at a Scots park. The incident occurred between 5pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, July 10 near Castle Green Playpark in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

Bathgate when the suspects entered a property. They demanded the keys to the residents' car and two of them got into the black Audi S1 with the registration plate SO65 NZJ and drove away in the stolen vehicle.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Police officers have launched a public appeal for information after a man pushed a child at a Bridge of Earn playpark.The individual is also alleged to have shouted and swore at two women who were sitting on a bench whilst their children were playing at Balmanno Park.The incident took place at around 4.40pm on Thursday, July 1.A Tayside Police

iOS and Android.An eye-witness at the scene, Ben Waddell, told Ayrshire Live that fire crews were "kicking a door in" and "crow-barring" the sign at the chip shop.Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.More to follow.Don't miss the latest Ayrshire headlines –sign up to our free daily newsletter here

Glasgow. The silver car was involved in a crash with a motorbike on Barmulloch Road in Springburn on Thursday morning.

missing Scots nurse say specialist divers are now assisting with their search. Gillian Ballantyne vanished from her home in Coneypark Place, Banknock, at around 10am on Tuesday July, 6.The 50-year-old nurse anaesthetist, at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, was later spotted around 12.45pm on Napier Road, Wardpark Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld that same day.

missing for almost a week as police appeal for information to help trace him. Andrew Bertram, 40, was last seen around 6pm on Friday, July 2 after leaving his home in Bellshill.

Glasgow Airport. Police were called to the scene near Junction 30 on the westbound carriageway at around 5pm on Wednesday.

iOS - Android Video posted on Twitter shows armed cops patrolling the area and there remains a high police presence.Rutherglen residents also posted that the helicopter was hovering over the area for a lengthy time. Police Scotland have been contacted for comment. *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here. And did you know Lanarkshire Live had its own app?

Glasgow.Residents of Toryglen in the southside of the city first heard the helicopter around 10.45am this morning.Cops are thought to have been near to Orchard Grove Kindergarten and Southside Boxing Summer Camp, and there remains a high police presence in the Prospecthill Circus area of Toryglen.A video on social media shows armed officers swarming the scene.Police Scotland have been contacted for comment and confirmed that they are aware of an ongoing incident.Orchard Grove Kindergarten and

schoolboy missing from Edinburgh. Alex Thomas was last seen in the Moredun area in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

mum claims the Scottish Government has ignored her pleas to make lifesaving cannabis oil available on the NHS for her son. Lisa Quarrell's eight-year-old son Cole Thomson has drug-resistant focal epilepsy - a condition which means he suffers from severe seizures which cannot be stopped or controlled by conventional medication.