Terminally ill Scot to marry sweetheart in surprise lavish ceremony thanks to kind strangers

Douglas Barton, 57, was diagnosed with anal cancer in January and given 12 to 18 months to live. The painter and decorator's last wish was to marry his sweetheart Sharon Brown, 48.

Paisley flat after a troubled man barricaded himself inside and started chucking items through windows.William Coughtrie, 23, tossed a microwave oven, a number of guitars, a computer, a monitor, a plant pot and a chunk of glass into the road during a tense stand-off with the emergency services, which included police negotiators, firefighters and paramedics.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Coughtrie, who suffers from a number of health problems, waved a hammer and shouted abuse at officers during the

Police Scotland. Karen McKeddie tragically lost her life after her Toyota RAV4 car was found crashed on the C1016 between Alness and Achandunie in the early hours of Sunday morning.

missing teen Kai Rae. Stephanie Bonner has put her own turmoil on hold to help find 16-year-old Kai, who vanished from his family home a week ago.

tied the knot in a special ceremony in a high dependency unit of a Scots hospital as the groom awaits an important organ transplant. Staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary managed to organise the celebration in just two days for patient Rory Wilson, 24, to marry beloved girlfriend Rebecca Macadam.

Winston Churchill was actually an adopted Scot, according to his family. Randolph Churchill, the legendary Prime Minister’s great-grandson, revealed that the Tory wartime PM loved Scotland and the Scots and was ironically best pals with the SNP ’s founding father.

referendum. Before the first speeches, Sturgeon said she has "never been so certain" Scotland will achieve independence.

First Minister spoke ahead of her party’s annual conference today by telling members she has “never been so certain” the country will achieve independence.Her party is riding high in opinion polls and is widely tipped to win a majority of MSPs at next year's Holyrood election.That could set off a constitutional showdown with Westminster as the SNP uses its mandate to demand an IndyRef2 takes place.While Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said he will not allow another referendum on

Peter Sawkins become the first Scot ever to win the Great British Bake Off.

Aberdeen have the strength in depth to deliver without a band of big names. The Dons were missing eight players for Sunday’s 4-0 defeat to Rangers with Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Dylan McGeouch, Scott Wright and Marley Watkins out through injury.

Scottish SPCA has penned an emotional poem inspired by dogs involved in puppy farming.Author and poet Patsy Goodsir, 70, from Burghead in Moray, created the piece of writing to raise awareness of the illegal puppy trade that is taking place across Scotland.The Scottish SPCA confirmed that in October 2020 alone, they launched 78 investigations into reports of puppy farming.Patsy, who is a regular supporter of the charity, explained that she used to be a licensed breeder of papillons many years

smash that shattered so many lives.Out of picture, three men lay dead or dying.Two others, including Aberdeen-born expat Scott Gordon, 49, were maimed.Six hundred yards away, the driver whose car ploughed into six cyclists on a Sunday morning ride was slumped by the side of her Ford Mondeo, head down, her tattooed arms and hands dripping with blood.Mavi Sanchez, 31, had spent the night partying, was four times the drink-drive limit and had taken cocaine.But now, three-and-a-half years on, she

killed in a hit-and-run are offering a £10,000 reward for information that leads to finding those responsible for his death. Pedestrian George Robertson was fatally mowed down by a motor in West Lothian on the night of September 20.

missing Scot. Robert Clark was last seen in Lumphinnnans, Fife, on Sunday.

nearly died from pneumonia while on holiday in Vietnam is set to return home for Christmas – 15 months after setting off on the dream trip.Mekala Osborne, 23, from Wallyford, East Lothian, was given a five per cent chance of survival.But now the personal trainer will head home on December 14, after eight months in Edinburgh's Astley Ainslie Hospital.Mekala said: “The countdown is on.

Aberdeen. Officers have locked down a number of roads on the south side of the city.

lockdown blues by running a 70km (43 miles) fundraiser in his hotel room.Chris Gordon, from West Dunbartonshire, has been cooped up in an airport hotel outside London after a work group were told to self-isolate for 14 days.Keen to put his spare time to good use, Chris vowed to run 5km-a-day - or 558 lengths of his room - to raise £2,500 for the Mental Health Foundation.Chris, 36, said: “The circumstances you find yourself in get you thinking and you constantly see about suicide rates