Visitors to popular Scots beach warned not to swim or paddle after 'pollution incident'

A former soldier suffered life changing injuries after a change in water temperature caused him to collapse in the shower.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The 76thLocarno Film Festival is hosting one of the largest international retrospectives of Mexican popular cinema in decades, encompassing 36 titles of varying genres, from dramas to film noir as well as comedies, musicals, horror and sports. Putting together “Daily Spectacle – The Different Seasons of Mexican Popular Cinema” took at least two years, according to writer and programmer Olaf Möller, who curated the selection alongside critic Roberto Turigliatto and in close collaboration with Filmoteca UNAM director Hugo Villa and other key experts.

A Scots dad digging a swimming pool in his back garden for his kids ­discovered the bones of a 10ft-long dolphin thought to date back up to 8000 years.

Plans are in place to close one of Ayr’s best-known hotels - and turn it into three luxury homes.

A 52-year-old man has appeared in court charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving after a Scots dad was killed in a crash.

A Scots dad has told how his young family saw flames engulf a hill near the family’s hotel bungalow after a wildfire broke out. Barry Campbell and wife Claire, from Glasgow, were enjoying a relaxing break in Gouvia, Corfu, with their sons Nathan, five, and Connor, four, when they began to smell smoke on Sunday.

A Moray woman has been banned from keeping animals for five years after her malnourished and sick German Shepherd died. Nine-month-old Berlin was described as "one of the thinnest dogs seen" by a Scottish SPCA inspector who had been called by a vet.

A Scots bar has closed its doors for good just days after its workers went on strike.

A starstruck Scots Harry Styles superfan has shared her chance encounter with the star as she queued to buy some of his official merchandise.

Anyone going on holiday this summer has been warned that vaping in certain destinations could land you with a hefty fine or even a jail sentence.

Sir Rod Stewart has helped to make a little girl’s dream come true after learning that she watches her mum go without food to feed her family.The legendary rocker said his 'heart broke' after reading the plight of schoolgirl Sophia McKenzie in the Daily Record. He has now offered to donate £2500 to help Sophia's mum Heather Griffiths with her financial struggles.

A man has been rushed to hospital following a 'serious assault' in Paisley.

A warning has been issued to Scots heading to the coast this summer after reports of multiple cases of beachgoers being stung by venomous fish.

A Scots dad’s world was turned upside down after his ‘flushed red face’ turned out to be a sign of a rare terminal cancer. Craig Speirs first went to his GP in 2008 after he began experiencing the strange symptom alongside heart palpitations and going to the toilet 10-15 times a day.

A woman claims she was left bald and covered in painful blisters after paying £1300 for botched hair extensions at a Scots salon.

Two people have been rushed to hospital after two allegedly linked incidents in Fife this morning.

A cinema in Wigan has closed its doors after its chain collapsed into administration. Empire Cinemas today announced it had entered administration with six of its cinemas, including the branch on Robin Park Road near the DW Stadium, ceasing trading today and being closed with immediate effect.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after he and a young child were hit by a train at a Glasgow train station.

Police have launched an appeal to trace a missing teen who was last seen in Fife on Wednesday morning.

A victim of disgraced surgeon Professor Sam Eljamel has told Scotland’s First Minister in a face-to-face meeting that only a public inquiry will restore trust in the NHS.