Young girl, 16, raped in Glasgow Green as cops investigate

Nicola Sturgeon has surprised an inspiring woman on her birthday after finding out how she grew up in care. Jeanette Miller, known as Jinty, was thrilled to receive a personal message from the First Minister as she turned 23 today.

Middle East last year, but claims he was freed without charge, has been left terrified as he now faces a year behind bars in a Qatar jail after being hunted down by cops again in Greece last weekend.

arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a young Scots dad in Lanarkshire. Graham "Kermit" Williamson was allegedly gunned down at home in Caithness Street, Blantyre at around 5pm on August 17.

horror smash.Passengers Troi Lawton, 23 and Connor Elgey, 19, died at the scene when the Subaru they were in careered off Longridge Road in Whitburn yesterday.Devastated pals of the Bathgate pair took to social media to express their shock at the double tragedy as news of their deaths spread.In an emotional post accompanying a photo of Troi and Connor, Chloe Haddow wrote: “Rest in paradise Troi, you are one in a million and have been taken way too young.“I have so many good memories with you

house parties this weekend to help protect older relatives from lethal Covid-19. Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland's top police officer made a joint plea as new laws come into force to ban large gatherings indoors.

Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish have been spotted filming in a coastal village in the East Neuk of Fife.

Police hunt two motorcyclists after a boy was left injured in a crash in West Lothian. The youngster was struck by a 'dirt bike' on Friday around 12:20pm.

gun and ammunition were found in a car in Glasgow city centre. Officers from Police Scotland stopped and searched a black Mazda 6 car on Sauchiehall Street at around 6.30pm on Friday, August 21.

children are the hardest working in the UK with one in three parents giving household chores to kids as young as five. According to new figures Scotland has the highest number of children doing jobs around the house than anywhere else in the UK, with the national average being one in five.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A paisley teenager, who amassed more than 700,000 followers on social media, says being named a Young Scot Award finalist is “her proudest moment”.Kristen, who is a massive star on the video sharing website TikTok, says being shortlisted for the entertainment award has been the pinnacle of what has so far been an exceptional career.The 15 year old lost out on the top award to actor Ncuti Gatwa from

new benefit to support 16 to 24-year-olds into work if they have been unemployed for six months has opened for applications. Job Start Payment is a one-off £250 payment to help with the costs of starting a new job.

“A lot of hard work goes into the strikes, there have been many stressful meetings and difficult times balancing climate activism with our personal lives, so I’m really happy our efforts are being recognised on this scale.

house parties. Anyone under the age of 25 with less than three positive ratings will be banned from renting entire listings close to where they live.

bowel cancer was missed by doctors because he was 'too young'.Mark Newberry, 41, visited an out of hours service and his GP twice in the days leading up to his shock diagnosis where he was told he was suffering from a stomach ulcer and colic.Mark, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire said: “I had been having irregular bowel movements for a few months but didn’t think much about it.

Scots woman has told how she underwent chemically induced menopause after suffering the excruciating pain of endometriosis since the age of 11.Rachel Currie fought for over a decade to be diagnosed after experiencing pain she described as “like being stabbed in the stomach” on a regular basis.The 25-year-old finally received a diagnosis of endometriosis - a long-term condition affecting one in 10 women in the UK where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such

Scots mum has been left with nothing after her roof caved in while she and her small children slept – leaving them “covered in asbestos”.Sophie McGarry, 21, was in bed with three-year-old daughter Olivia while one-year-old Harper-Rose was in a cot next to them, when they were woken by a loud bang.The rubble and ‘asbestos’ from the collapse left her bed, towels, belongings and all her children’s clothes toys destroyed and Sophie says she has little left.The mum says she reported a small crack in

NHS heroes deserve to have their pay looked at, say Scottish Labour. The party called for talks ahead of a planned protest by health and social care workers in Glasgow today.

prisons for the brutal murder of a paper boy.The Glasgow mum was aged just 30 when she was ordered to the gallows of the now-demolished Duke Street Prison in 1923.Newell has been branded as one of the most evil women in Scottish history for the callous nature in which she murdered 13-year-old John Johnstone.At around 7pm on June 20, 1923, the youngster chapped on the door of Newell’s Coatbridge home - which she shared with her husband John Newell and her eight-year-old daughter Janet