Taser use by police in Scotland rising as stun gun use doubles in two years

Scots teacher found out she had brain cancer after her husband found her having a seizure on their kitchen floor.Jeana Watt, 47, had just come back from the chiropractor and was getting ready for her second Covid jab when she suddenly collapsed on June 23.Her husband Stephen had luckily returned home from work early and found her lying on the kitchen floor in their home in Motherwell where she had fallen and was having convulsions.She was rushed to hospital where she was diagnosed with grade 4

Ruth Davidson's 'fatherless' pregnancy has failed in a bid to claim expenses from a teaching disciplinary body. Richard Lucas faced allegations he had published 'offensive and discriminatory' views in a video posted on YouTube.

Emergency services raced to the scene on the A82 between Dumbarton and Alexandria at around 2pm on Sunday.

police force. Of the 284 allegations, 412 officers were 'subject to these allegations'.

Police Scotland has set up a secret watchlist of ­officers who are the subject of repeated complaints about conduct. More than 700 – called officers of concern – have been investigated in the last five years by the force.

indecent pictures of kids, with watchdogs warning he poses a 'high risk' of re-offending. Gavin Dunlop, who worked with Fife Council, was convicted of taking or making the pictures of children and also having possession of the images.

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Boris Johnson's next trip north in a bid to not offend him, according to reports. Cops in Scotland named the security assignment "Operation Bunter", however it has been switched after concerns were raised within the force.The name of the operation echoed the fictional overweight schoolboy Billy Bunter.

Nicola Sturgeon 's Scottish Government last week. If countries in the EU remain on Scotland's amber list then travellers will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival.

Alan Cumming has told fans he has tested positive for coronavirus but is already being double vaccinated. Alan, who lives in the States, urged people to get their Covid jabs despite not displaying any symptoms of the virus.Alan told his fans: 'I tested positive for COVID! I am isolating and following all the protocols but feeling totally fine because of the vaccine.

Police have locked down a road next to a holiday park near Castle Douglas as emergency crews deal with a serious crash. Cops were alerted to the incident on the A713 between Parton and St John’s Town of Dalry at 4pm this afternoon.It is unclear as to how many vehicles are involved in the incident.Traffic Scotland say that the crash happened just metres away from the Loch Ken Holiday Park.

The force have released a photo of Emily to help with the search. She has been described as 1.65m tall, average build, dark brown hair in a curly shoulder length bob, with a tattoo on her right arm of a flower.

court Brain had been spotted walking in Johnstone High Street with other men on February 2 last year.

education watchdog over claims he had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a pupil who is now his wife. Gavin Dunsmuir is accused of becoming too close to Megan Reid while working as a religious education teacher at Largs Academy in Ayrshire.

seven allegations of fraud.

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.

sex criminals.Julie Spence and Carol Burns have waived their right to anonymity to highlight the lenient jail terms that attackers are receiving in Scotland. The pair live on opposite sides of the country but have found strength in each other after their traumatic ordeals.Fife woman Julie was raped in her home by a monster out on bail while her children slept downstairs and Carol was abused by a perverted music teacher at Eastwood High in Newton Mearns.

Indiana Jones 5 was brought alive by the sound Scotland the Brave as the rousing anthem was played by pipers during the 1969 ticker tape parade. Although Glasgow is acting as a city double for New York, directors believed they should add a touch of Scotland to the procession and brought in the marching band of pipers, to join a brass band.

investigation as armed officers locked down the scene. We told how officers swarmed the Craigneuk area of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire on Wednesday evening.