Investigations continue into cause of massive blaze that destroyed two lorries

Fire crews are currently battling a huge blaze in an abandoned building in Dundee City Centre tonight.

A man and woman have been fined nearly £2,000 for destroying protected bird eggs in the Highlands. Storm Curtis, 21, from Ullapool, and Morag Morrison, 22, from Edinburgh, pled guilty to destroying over 40 protected bird eggs on Boralie Island, near the Kyle of Durness, on Tuesday, May 17.

Police Scotland have launched a probe after a much-loved children's playpark was set ablaze over the weekend by cruel vandals. Fire crews were called to Eastside park in Kirkintilloch shortly before 9.30am on Saturday, November 5, after reports of a fire.

A lorry caught fire on the A96 this morning bringing traffic to a halt. Emergency crews raced to the scene at Alexandra Road, Elgin just after 10am this morning.

A host of popular historic sites across the region remain closed due to safety concerns.

Two crashes on the Queensferry Crossing have caused rush hour chaos heading into Edinburgh this morning, with commuters facing lengthy queues.

Police have launched a search for an HGV driver who ran down a man in Greenock and didn't stop to help.

The Tay Bridge has been locked down this evening after a lorry overturned amid reports of high winds.

An “unfortunate freak accident” involving a fan blade at a Perth-based meat processing plant was revealed to be the cause of a major greenhouse gas leak.

A firebug who forced a woman to flee her home after torching her BMW car has been jailed for 30 months. Liam Bradburn, 28, poured petrol on the motor belonging to Angela Moffat and set it on fire.

Firefighters have worked overnight to contain riots in Dundee after youths launched fireworks into flames.

Rampaging youths set fire to a road before throwing fireworks into the blaze this evening. Emergency services raced to Balgowan Avenue in Dundee after the alarm was raised at around 5.30pm.

The brother of a woman who died by suicide in a young offender's institution has accused the authorities of continuing to let down his sister.

The devastated father of a Scots nursery teacher who was killed by a lorry driver has slammed his 'slap on the wrist' sentence after he was spared jail.

A distraught father screamed out in court yesterday after the lorry driver who killed his daughter was spared jail.

A man has been rushed to hospital after being injured during an alleged assault in Fife.

A blaze has broken out at a flat in Edinburgh, sparking an emergency response from firefighters who sped to the tower block.

A woman has died at a tower block in Edinburgh. Emergency services swooped on Cobbinshaw House South in the Wester Hailes are of the capital at around 5pm last night.

Robbie Coltrane’s cause of death has been revealed.