Virgin Galactic flies to edge of space in successful mission with Scots pilot and Richard Branson

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos – who funds motoring show The Grand Tour – will offer him a shot on his New Shepard rocket.

Lanark mum-of-three, who has incurable Huntington’s disease, is on cloud nine after ticking off the most daring challenge on her bold bucket list so far.

Scots pensioner was found following a mammoth nine-hour overnight search involving multiple emergency services. Stephen James, 79, vanished from an address in Balmedie over the weekend after he went for a walk.

missing Scots man who is believed to travel to the Glasgow and Loch Lomond areas. Dylan McCamon, 26, was reported missing on Sunday and is described as being white, around 6ft and of slim build with brown hair.He also has a short beard.It is not known what he was wearing when he went missing but he is known to regularly wear jeans, trainers and a bomber style jacket.Dylan's last known sighting is also not known at this time.

Scottish weather had been glorious recently with many of us sitting outside to bask in the beautiful sunshine but with the good weather comes a few downsides. Aside from getting sunburn the heat also makes our rubbish get warmer which can attract pesky flies and maggots, which nobody wants a wheelie bin full of.

Methil in Fife. The area which has become a breeding ground for rats is piled high with rubbish and has been attracting thousands of flies which are infesting nearby homes.There is even a bag of rubbish on the roof of a three-storey building after someone attempted to throw it out of a window.Disgusted householder Ellie Dryburgh has spent £20 on fly spray in the last fortnight as swarms of insects invade her home.

Gordon Ramsay may be the most foul-mouthed chef on TV, but even he was lost for words during a terrifying near-death experience. The Scottish celebrity, 54, was hunting puffins for his programme The F Word in 2008 when he slipped and thought he was a "goner".

West Lothian street. The 40-year-old female owner of the XL American Bulldog-type animal has also been reported to the Procurator Fiscal in connection with the incident.

the Scottish Government to follow the policy in England, which allows passengers to use private suppliers charging as little as £25 for a testing kit compared to £170 per person for amber list countries in Scotland.Those returning to Scotland from green list countries still have to pay £88 per person for the Government-approved testing kit.In the letter, the heads of airlines easyJet, Jet2, Loganair and Tui joined with the chiefs of all of Scotland’s major airports, the Airport Operators

Cumbernauld around 8.55pm on Monday July 19. He was thought to be in the Croy or Falkirk area at the time after returning from a trip to Birmingham via train.

Glasgow, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in August 2017, and was given the all-clear from doctors in December 2019.

John Swinney.The country's Deputy First Minister - and Covid Recovery Minister - revealed the detail from the Scottish Government's modelling, which predicts the number of cases and deaths as a result of the virus.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that Scotland would move to the lowest of its Covid-19 restrictions on July 19 as planned.It means up to eight people from up to four households can meet within homes, while outside up to 15 people from up to 15 households can get together

walkers on a 3,000ft Scots mountain in an epic helicopter rescue. The inexperienced walkers had taken to the hills without a map or head torch and became separated while climbing down Beinn a Chlaidheimh in Wester Ross around 9.45pm on Saturday night.

gin to his schoolmates has bucked the trend during lockdown by launching his own drinks business.Bruce Walker, 22, from Broomhill in Glasgow's west end, turned his passion for spirits into a company called Purist Gin after finding himself jobless when the first coronavirus lockdown hit.Within months of him launching, the first batch of his new juniper spirit had won a bronze medal at the Scottish Gin Awards in a category with 150 entrants, including established names like Edinburgh Gin and Isle

drone, a report has found. The helicopter was travelling over Kelty in Fife at around 2.15pm on April 17 when a paramedic on board spotted the device outside the pilot’s window.

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.

metal plate in her face, has been caged for 15 months. Ryan Boyle, 26, shattered Angela Casey’s eye socket in a savage attack.