Woman, 29, raped on Edinburgh street as police launch major probe

Edinburgh Castle has been “seized” by protesters as multiple police vehicles and officers rushed to the scene and evacuated visitors. A group of roughly 30 people gathered there around 5.45pm on Tuesday August 17 in what they have described as a “peaceful” protest.

dementia who vanished while walking her dog. Carol Urquhart was last seen at around 12.15pm on Thursday in the Barnton Park Avenue area of the city.

iOS and Android.The woman returned to her car and contacted the police.Sergeant Gordon Young from Irvine Police Station said: “This was a very distressing incident for the woman and it is vital that we trace the person responsible.“I am appealing for anyone who was in the area of South Beach on Thursday evening, and noticed the man described or anything at all suspicious, to please get in touch.“Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland through 101, quoting incident number 3390

Fife. Cops were called to a premises on Durie Street in Leven at around 10.50pm on Wednesday, August 4.

cyclist was hospitalised following a hit and run on an Edinburgh street. The incident occurred around 7.30 am on Wednesday August 4 on Mansfield Place in Edinburgh city centre.

Scots hillwalker who may have got into trouble while out exploring. Isabel Wilson, 78, was last seen on the south shore of Loch Katrine near to Royal Cottage in Culligart, Stirling between 2pm and 3pm today.

Glasgow park this morning. Extensive enquiries into the incident are ongoing after police say what appears to be human remains were found at the site of a fire in Househill Park.

Police have launched an appeal to trace a missing 13-year-old in Aberdeen. Ellie Willox was reported missing from the Byron area of Northfield in Aberdeen at 3.30am this morning, August 3.

Scots academics have criticised the Scottish Government for allowing the country to lag behind the rest of the UK for Long Covid rehabilitation services. A report by professors at Stirling University and Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen highlights the lack of funding in Scotland to help those suffering.

injured on a Scots street sparking a police investigation. Officers were called to reports of a 37-year-old injured in Shuttle Street, Paisley, at around 11.50pm on Friday July 30.

Scots woman who was raped and sexually assaulted by a hotel worker on a package holiday with her husband has won an 11-year fight for justice after the Supreme Court ruled that a tour operator was liable for the attack. The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was attacked by an on-duty hotel employee in a Kuoni resort in Sri Lanka in 2010.

officers has collided with a tour bus in Edinburgh. Dramatic pictures show the smash between the Police Scotland vehicle and the Majestic tours coach in the capital's city centre while sunglass-wearing cops look on.

missing as police appeal for information to help trace him. Stephen James was reported missing from an address in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Covid victim has been refused disability benefits despite being left unable to work and taking 10 types of medication for the last 16 months. Shereen Smith was a wedding singer and had also been in the process of setting up her own cake-making company when she was struck down by the virus in March last year.

Fife has been caged for five years. Daniel Ross has been jailed for five years following a trial at Edinburgh High Court on Thursday, July 22.

investigation. Kevin Hughes was reported missing when he didn't turn up for work on Monday.

Fife street. Police were called to the scene on Chapel Street in Lochgelly shortly before 9pm on Saturday, July 16.

Fife street sparking a major police investigation. Emergency services were called to the scene on Boblingen Way in the Tanshall area of Glenrothes in the early hours of Saturday morning.

raping a girl on a woodland walk following an 18-year campaign of sex offending against children. Edward Swan, 75, attacked the girl at Buckland Woods, at Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, and seized her and removed her lower clothing before pushing her to the ground and raping her.