Young mum-of-two missing from Scots home as family take frantic search to Isle of Arran

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.

terrorism offences as police investigate 'the New IRA'. Officers had been probing the dissident republican group when they accused the pair of bring members of a proscribed organisation.

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.

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

police investigation has been launched after a 16-year-old girl was raped in a Scots park.  Emergency services were called to an area of Glasgow Green at around 7.50pm on Saturday after the alarm was raised. The serious sexual assault took place near East Footway of Kings Drive in the city’s east end, Glasgow Live reports.

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

West Lothian have made an emotional appeal for help in finding him.William McDowell, known locally as Billy Irvine, was last seen on Friday, July 31 in the Loch Awe Way area of Whitburn sparking a police appeal.Now desperate friends and family have pleaded for locals to scour the town for any sight of Billy, who has medical issues.The 58-year-old is described as a white, 5ft 2in and has short grey hair.It is not known what he was wearing at the time of his disappearance however he is known to

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

religious cult who raped two young girls has been jailed for 11 and a half years. Derek Lincoln - who was part of the Children of God group - preyed on the youngsters, who were just nine and 10 when he first struck.

pensioner has been released as police race to find the dementia sufferer. William Thom can be seen in footage taken on Bath Street in Glasgow city centre at 1.53pm on Wednesday.

Rochdale origins after the chip was scanned by an animal charity.

Cystic fibrosis sufferer has made a harrowing plea for urgent access to a wonder drug which could save her life, telling medics: “I will soon be dead.

Northern Ireland peace process and hailed as “Ireland’s peacemaker”, has died aged 83. The current SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described him as Ireland’s “most significant and consequential political leader” of the 20th century as tributes poured in.