First picture of Scots man who tragically died after kayak capsized on River Spey

A man whose mouth was "shattered" by a blow from a stranger in an unprovoked attack at Belladrum Music Festival has undergone major surgery to reconstruct his jaw back into place.

Police knocked on the door of a grieving Scots mum and claimed to have her drunk son in the back of their van - 15 months after her own son died. Tracey Hadlow lost her 20-year-old son Nathan after an accidental overdose in April 2021. He had taken street Valium, cocaine and methadone - a polydrug cocktail.

A woman from Ayrshire has recently told her story about how her and her baby's lives were saved by quick-thinking medics when suffering from pre-eclampsia.

A Scots mum has publicly shamed a party planner after claiming they splashed £250 on her daughter's 10th birthday - only to get six 'embarrassing' plates of nibbles to share between 28 kids. Ashley Black, from Falkirk, claims that she quizzed the event planner twice and was assured that there would 'definitely' be enough food for her daughter's 28 friends for the party last month.

A Scots man attempted to lighten the mood after a sad day spreading his sister's ashes by playing a boat prank on his mum in which he swung the boat they hired round in a dizzying display.

Schools could stay shut after the summer holidays and rubbish could pile high after council staff voted for strike action amid a pay dispute. Workers in the Unison trade union voted to reject a “measly” two per cent pay offer by local authority bosses.

The ex-chief of a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland has reportedly died in a fall. Sam ‘Skelly’ McCrory, a former leader of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), passed away in Scotland over the weekend.

A Scots man was left physically sick after tucking into his beef dish from a local Chinese takeaway, only to find a used plaster in his food.

A mum who spent £250,000 on a derelict baronial castle is to star in a TV show on its transformation into a top wedding venue. Nicole Rudder bought her dream project – dilapidated Garrion Tower, in Lanarkshire – in secret and is now working on £5million plans to restore the relic.

The dad of a Scot who drowned in the River Clyde has told how three water deaths in the last ten days have brought him back to the day he lost his own son.

A disabled Scots mum says she is "trapped" in her own home and even has to rely on her husband to carry her up the stairs.

A Scots mum who hit out after a house was built so close to hers she could chap her neighbour's door from her window is now being sued for £75,000.

A Crossmichael man made his way around the parish boundaries using a bike, a canoe and by walking.

The body of a man was pulled from the Clyde near Renfrew this afternoon.

A pedestrian who died after he was hit by a car on a main road in Dumbarton has been named as 42-year-old Alan Baker.

Scotland's rivers and reservoirs could be at risk of water scarcity as temperatures continue to soar across the country and Scots make greater use of water than usual to keep cool.

A man who died after a car crash ed with a bus on the A77 near Girvan has been named.

A Scots toddler has died after drowning in a swimming pool while on holiday with his family in Mauritius. Four-year-old Ozair Ali began having difficulty breathing while in the Lux Hotel's swimming pool in Belle Mare.