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Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Police are hunting for a father and son who went missing.Alan Caldwell (48) from Polbeth took his twelve-year-old son Thomas out and the pair have not been seen since yesterday afternoon.Police and the family are now desperately appealing to the public for information.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers in West Lothian are carrying out enquiries to trace father and son Alan Caldwell (48) and

BrewDog co-founder James Watt has announced that the brewing giant is set to open a new beer hotel in the capital this autumn.Posting on Twitter he confirmed his hints earlier this month, that a DogHouse hotel in Edinburgh could soon be following the opening of their first UK beer hotel in Manchester.Posting on Twitter, James said: "Announcing the BrewDog DogHouse Edinburgh."An amazing beer hotel & bar in the heart of Scotland's capital."Expect beer on tap in all the rooms, mini-bars filled with

investigation into his death.Neil Riddel was 19 when his body was found in a field near his home in Keith, Banffshire, in July 1991.A fatal accident inquiry ruled he had taken his own life but his ­relatives believe he died in police custody and was dumped there.They say the apprentice ­blacksmith had lodged a complaint over an assault by an officer shortly before his death.In December 2019, Neil’s family wrote to the Lord Advocate James Wolffe expressing “serious ­misgivings” over the police

chippies serving up the best fish suppers amidst a tough and challenging Covid year has revealed the top 50 from across Britain.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils is facing a second lengthy jail term - for abusing another young girl at least 100 times when she was in First Year.

Nicola Sturgeon enjoyed her first haircut of the year as lockdown restrictions in Scotland eased, allowing hairdressers and barbers to open. The First Minister got a fresh cut and colour at Julie McGuire’s hair salon in Edinburgh on Monday after months of closures on businesses to curb the spread of coronavirus.

married, as they celebrated their platinum anniversary. Davie Hunter, 93, and his wife Margaret, 89, marked a massive seven decades of "blissful" marriage on March 31.

exams system is set to descend into chaos for the second year running, opposition MSPs claim.There is currently no uniform policy for assessing pupils’ grades.Deputy First Minister John Swinney said there would be no national exams this year but many schools have abandoned continuous assessment and switched to a ­traditional exam timetable.For some pupils, who will return full-time to the classroom after the Easter holidays, that could mean sitting prelims then full exams – with only a week in

ILAWS, an independent legal and Will-writing specialist in Scotland.“The coronavirus has shown us how uncertain life can be. Now is the perfect time to set out your wishes for the future.“If you own a property, you should 100 per cent have a Will.

Alex Radan was struck by a neighbour near the site in Dumfries on Friday evening.

car crash on a Scots road. The horror smash happened on Charnwood Place in Dumfries yesterday around 6.50pm.

Lorraine Kelly over the Easter break. The SMTV Live icon will host Lorraine’s morning ITV show as the Scots star takes a well-deserved break for the next two weeks.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.With (fingers crossed) it looking likely that travel restrictions may ease up slightly in the near future, our thoughts are already turning to places we can head to nearby to indulge in some Instagram-worthy photo taking.We are talking about the kind of local 'instagrammable' spots that are loved by tourists but that you might have taken for granted in the past, or

financially challenging for thousands of households across Scotland and as we settle into the new financial year, many will be looking to the future and thinking about how to make savings in 2021. Experts at Hitachi Personal Finance have looked at five easy steps everyone can take to cut everyday costs and bills ahead of the 2021/22 financial year starting on April 6.

court over a television.When Nathan Blair couldn’t get credit, friend Heather Baird agreed to buy him the massive 70in plasma TV – as long as he kept up the weekly repayments.But when the pair from Dalry, Ayrshire, fell out, he stopped handing her the cash and she sued.Their row has rumbled on through a string of hearings and is even set to change Scots law around the way legal papers are served.Appeal judges recently quashed a decision to hand the telly to Heather after Nathan claimed he hadn’t

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“In Lanarkshire we were coordinating several incident support teams to contact trace locally.“We went quite quickly from it feeling like something that was over in Wuhan, maybe a few cases in Scotland, issues in Italy and suddenly it became very real for us.“I sat down with each of my divisional leads to review in detail our existing resilience plans.

money from his bank account after calling his Edinburgh home.But he was snared after bank staff grew concerned about the large withdrawal and alerted police.Baig appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday along with co-accused Abdul Sajjad.Sajjad admitted dragging two police constables alongside his car when he tried to flee them.

baby who was born in lockdown has become obsessed with TV show The Chase after watching it every day for a year. Despite not yet being able to speak, nine-month-old Nalah Watson demands to watch the popular quiz show every single day.Mum Jade, 33, from Castle Douglas says Nalah concentrates hard while watching and even laughs at host Bradley Walsh's jokes.

schoolgirl has vanished sparking a police frantic search. Lauren Murphy went missing on Tuesday and was last seen around 1.20pm in the Falkirk area.