Teens appear in court accused of city knife murder bid on 15-year-old boy

appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a dad in a Glasgow flat. Eduard Maslov, 47, is said to have killed Valerijs Litvins, 45, in a flat in the city's Parkhead area.Litvins was discovered dead in the property in Burgher Street, at around 11.15pm, on Sunday, March 7, 2021.

missing mum and her toddler daughter in his Scots home made his second court appearance on Tuesday. Andrew Innes, 50, is accused of bludgeoning mother-of-two Bennylyn Burke, 25, to death with a hammer at his home in Dundee.

Lidl is offering customers up to £2.50 back on their shopping for their empty cans and bottles with their new deposit return scheme .In an effort to encourage more Scots to recycle, the popular supermarket has launched its first money-back recycling points in Hamilton, Edinburgh Granton, Glasgow Yoker, and Dundee city centre.Undamaged plastic bottles, glass bottles and aluminium cans are worth 10p each, with a voucher up to £2.50 redeemable to spend in the store. Any empty bottles and cans

indyref2” next to the party’s name on voting slips.First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has backed another referendum in the early part of the next term.The call was ramped up last week after SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said it could take place this year.With the Tories making opposition to indyref2 a key part of their electoral strategy, a referendum looks likely to be a dominant issue in next month’s election campaign.An application to the electoral watchdog shows the SNP has

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William Wallace buried in the ground for 700 years.John MacEachen was using a metal detector to hunt for treasure in a field in Perthshire when he found the incredible medieval pennyThe tour guide, originally from Glasgow, filmed the moment he unearthed the silver hammered coin fully intact, describing it as 'absolutely fantastic'.John, who runs Visit Scotland Tours, explained the coin, known as a Longcross penny, dates back to around 1290 to 1300 and pictures Edward I - who famously had William

jury that a rape accused “violated” her with a cold sausage while she was asleep on a sofa.The 51-year-old – who can’t be named for legal reasons – also claimed that Martin Dolan repeatedly raped her while she was in a relationship with him.Dolan, 55, from Falkirk, Stirlingshire denies a total of 16 charges which include repeated rapes and physical and sexual assaults against five former partners, three of whom were pregnant when he allegedly attacked them.He has lodged special defences claiming

Edinburgh mum Diana Meacock was horrified when her son Ollie made the discovery near their local Scotmid shop in Portobello.The child was on a playdate with a friend when they found the weapon near Bath Street.Diana, 25, says her son came running out of the bushes upset after finding the dangerous blade.She told Edinburgh Live: "We were out with one of his friends and we stopped at the shop for a juice and a snack.

Edinburgh Airport were wrongly stung with hefty fees amid travel restriction confusion in Scotland.All 36 arrivals on a flight from Dublin Airport were mistakenly asked to buy coronavirus test kits worth £210 by Border Force in a costly error with full refunds issued to each passenger.Those flying on the Ryanair service, which arrived in Edinburgh on Friday 26 February, told officials that they did not need the testing kits because they had come from Ireland - a "common travel area", Dublin Live

Covid test kits due to a Border Force mix up.The 36 Ryanair passengers arriving from Dublin last Friday, February 26 argued they were not required to buy the home-testing kits because they had been in Ireland for more than 10 daysThe UK Government's Border Force has apologised for its mistake which caused "general panic."The airport blamed inaccurate guidance from the Scottish Government for the confusion and accused it of a 'lack of engagement', saying 'passengers were paying the price'.Full

stab a young man after accusing him of having sex with her, a trial heard.Shannon Beattie, 25, described how victim Barry Dixon told Robbie Smullen, “I’ve not been with your bird”, as he stood in the couple’s flat in just his boxer shorts.The two men started punching each other, she said, and “Robbie stabbed him in the chest”.The court heard Barry “laughed to begin with, I think because he didn’t know he’d been stabbed” then “he just froze” and fell onto a mattress.Shannon said she’d went with

former First Minister took the action amid claims of an inappropriate disclosure.Sturgeon is today giving evidence to a Holyrood committee investigating the Government’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco cost over £600,000 of public money.Salmond gave evidence to the

Snapchat pictures of a 12-year-old girl in school uniform has been jailed.James Stephen, 23, also sent sexual messages and explicit images to the girl, and asked her to send him naked pictures and sexual videos, a court heard.Fiscal depute Colin Neilson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court police officers from the offender management unit carried out a visit at Stephen's address at 7.15pm on January 6, 2020, and inspected his mobile phone.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront

Labour leader said the Government has not “secured our borders in the way we should have done” after the new strain was detected in six travellers, three of whom came to Scotland, before the February quarantine rules were introduced.An enhanced contact tracing effort is under way after three Scottish residents tested positive for the new strain after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil, via Paris and London.Other passengers who were on the same flight from London are now being contacted.Starmer

WWW.STEPCHANGE.ORG• CAPUK.ORG or call 0800 328 0006Or speak to your local authorityRecent news that the Government will be looking at how to regulate BNPL schemes has been welcomed.Sharon Bell, Head of StepChange Scotland, says: “Buy now pay later services are often marketed as a source of convenience but the financial commitment should not be underestimated - it’s important to remember that the main benefit to retailers of offering these services is to sell more goods.“It’s essential that these

Edinburgh city centre incident.Emergency services swarmed Hunter Square around 10pm last night and rushed a 35-year-old to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.Several police vans and an ambulance were spotted at the scene.The cordon stretched across the steps of the Tron Kirk which backs on to the square.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10pm on Friday, 26 February, officers in Edinburgh responded to reports of a concern for person in Hunter Square.“Emergency services attended and a

Olivia Rodrigo shows no sign of getting clamped, with Drivers License notching up a seventh week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

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

jail despite the fears of his victim’s family that he could go home to attack again. Adam Stein was jailed for life after he abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Collette Gallacher in 1986 in the English steel town of Corby.