Teenager dies suddenly after taking unwell at property in Inverness

A serial criminal, who was jailed just last month for carrying an offensive weapon in public, has died behind bars at HMP Perth. Michael Burza, from Kennoway, in Fife, was serving an eight-month prison sentence when he passed away on Thursday, August 4.

A cyclist has died following a crash on a road in North Ayrshire. The incident occurred shortly after 6.30am today when cops receive reports of a collision involving a cyclist and a white Mercedes van.

An urgent search has been launched after a Scots teenager vanished last night.

Beloved author and illustrator Raymond Briggs has tragically passed away at the age of 88.

Raymond Briggs, who created the original picture book that became beloved Academy Award-nominated short The Snowman, has died aged 88.

Michelle McManus says it was an honour to take on the role of chieftain at the Mallaig and Morar Highland Games. The Scots singer and former TV presenter has shared pictures on Instagram wearing a lilac dress with tartan shawl.

A 37-year-old man who died in hospital after being stuck by a car in Edinburgh has been described as a “a loving son, father and brother” by his devastated family.

A man has died in hospital after being struck by a Mercedes A Class in Edinburgh last week.

Police knocked on the door of a grieving Scots mum and claimed to have her drunk son in the back of their van - 15 months after her own son died. Tracey Hadlow lost her 20-year-old son Nathan after an accidental overdose in April 2021. He had taken street Valium, cocaine and methadone - a polydrug cocktail.

New figures have revealed West Dunbartonshire has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in Scotland.

A Scots actor has said the Edinburgh Festival is "dying" due to steep hotel prices in the city.

Police are appealing for information to help trace a teenager reported missing from his home in Buchlyvie, Stirling.

A man has died following an incident at a set of high rise flats in Glasgow.

Mary Poppins Returns and the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes but he also had memorable parts in Star Trek – where he played three different characters over the years – as well as in David Lynch’s 1991 cult favourite television show Twin Peaks. He was also nominated for an Emmy for his role in the 1978 television miniseries Holocaust, won an Emmy for his role in the 1981 ABC show Masada, about the siege of the Masada citadel in Israel, and was nominated for a BAFTA for one of his first ever film roles in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment in 1966. Like many actors of his generation, he spent years in the theatre before moving to cinema and television, but his career also spanned radio, audio dramas and video games.

The ex-chief of a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland has reportedly died in a fall. Sam ‘Skelly’ McCrory, a former leader of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), passed away in Scotland over the weekend.

An urgent search has been launched after a 16-year-old boy who vanished in Peterhead yesterday.