Emergency services race to house fire in Scots town as smoke billows from home

A heroic Scottish swimmer known as “The Merman” rescued a Spaniard drowning on a beach in Thailand.

Travis Barker has postponed a number of Blink-182 concerts after he announced that he was rushing back home for a "family emergency". Speculation went into overdrive over whether that meant his wife Kourtney Kardashian-Barker, 44, who is currently pregnant with their first child together, had secretly gone into labour. Yet as fans wait to find out the answers with bated breath, Travis, 49, seemed more solemn as he shared a number of snaps of him praying at the airport before heading home.The rock musician and band drummer first posted an image of the prayer room from the outside before heading in to silence.

A detective said it was “blindingly obvious” after Sheku Bayoh’s death that “race was the main factor” in the police response, an inquiry has heard. Father-of-two Mr Bayoh, 31, died after he was restrained on the ground by six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3, 2015.

Rail passengers in Scotland may face some disruption this weekend as a bout of industrial action is set to take place.

With summer almost behind us, now is a good opportunity to begin investing in some transitional wardrobe items that you can wear this autumn.

A pensioner has died in a Scots town after she took unwell earlier today.

A woman who says she can't afford to buy a house on her £40,000 salary has now started transforming her parent's barn into a home to live in. Isobel Perl, 28, wanted to get on the property ladder but was told by a mortgage advisor that she wouldn’t be able to afford anything beyond a one-bedroom flat with her solo salary.

A child was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a Mercedes in Fife.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of arson after the historic Crooked House pub went up in flames earlier this month.

The constant worry that their little girl will catch a cold and fall desperately ill doesn’t fill the waking hours of parents Lyn and Ed French when they are busy making memories together at children’s hospice Robin House.

A man's body has been found near a block of flats in Motherwell.

King Charles already had access to an impressive portfolio of homes that stretched as far south as Tamarisk House on the Isles to Scilly to The Castle of Mey in Northern Scotland - but he has now added several more. While many of these official residences are controlled by The Crown Estate there are some properties, such as Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, which are privately owned. Throughout his many years as Prince of Wales, The King lived in a number of properties - but always had his eye on one home in particular.

A Falkirk landlord has warned that Scottish Government legislation designed to control rents is instead causing private landlords to sell up, leading to a shortage of properties and soaring rents.

Emergency services rushed to a Scots road on Tuesday night after two vehicles burst into flames.

A fire has ripped through an abandoned hotel in Edinburgh this evening.

A speeding driver killed a much-loved mother as she returned home from work. Francisco Suarez-Hughes struck Angela Marshall, 55, just a short distance from her front door in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, on January 13, 2022.

Nicola Sturgeon has defended her use of VIP airport services after a massive data dump of her former Government’s credit card spending.

A much-loved pensioner suffered a "horrific" death from an operable brain tumour after doctors failed to properly monitor her scan results, her husband has said.

The family of a teenager murdered by Scotland’s youngest female killer have pleaded with the Government to protect more young people from a terrifying surge in violence.

A passenger who took unwell on a flight from Spain to Scotland was helped by a nurse after quick-thinking Ryanair staff rushed to their aid.