Massive blaze breaks out at Scots home as firefighters rush to put it out

Scots spy David Ballantyne Smith was a lonely ex-serviceman who turned traitor while consuming online conspiracy theories and pro-Putin propaganda, the Old Bailey heard.

A Scots spy in Berlin who sold secrets to Russia has been jailed for more than 13 years for betraying his country and colleagues.

Black Sabbath is set to release a career-spanning autobiography later this year. Titled Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond, the autobiography is due to hit bookshelves on June 6, and will trace the founding Black Sabbath bassist’s personal and professional life. The latter topic will include a recount of Black Sabbath’s multiple line-up changes and internal struggles, as well as the band’s “beginnings as a scrappy blues quartet”, according to an official synopsis.“A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed,” the synopsis adds.Into the Void is said to include appearances and mentions of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and The Who.

A Scots spy in Berlin had an "ongoing relationship" with Russia and was paid for his “treachery”, a senior judge has ruled.

A pervert shared his horrific haul of child sex abuse videos with fellow beasts using the Telegram messenger service.

An SNP MP has called for action after a Glasgow resident was forced to move out his home due to a pre-payment meter error which more than doubled his energy costs. Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss asked the UK Government to help her constituent Justin Valmassoi who had been "ignored and let down" by his energy provider Utilita.

A cocktail bar owner fleeing undercover cops after picking up cannabis worth £110,000 crashed into a police car and flipped it onto its roof.

A Scots couple have been banned from keeping animals for life after their two extremely underweight dogs were found with no food or water in a kitchen smeared in faeces and urine.

Game Of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are expecting their second child together.

Baby on board! Kit Harington and his wife, Rose Leslie, are expecting their second child.

Rickey Smiley is getting real about the unfathomable pain he feels following the death of Brandon Smiley.

A Scottish social media star was left so excited by retro sweets flavoured drinks from Home Bargains that she had to give them all a try.

There’s a new striker in the door at Hibs after they announced the loan signing of Middlesbrough frontman Matthew Hoppe.

While there are countless pubs across Scotland that have a reputation for being rough, few match the infamy of the now-demolished The Gunner in Edinburgh.

The Jenners building, which was gutted by fire in Edinburgh, has been turned into a shrine to the hero firefighter who lost his life during the call out.

Emergency services are tackling a fire on a major road in Fife tonight after a car is burst into flames. Firefighters are in attendance on Standing Stane Road in Windygates, just outside of Kirkcaldy.

A firefighter has died following a fire at the former Jenners building in Edinburgh.

Scotland's biggest teaching union has called for better recording of violent incidents in schools amid a rise in cases.

A trio of thugs have been jailed for a horrific attack on two brothers who were on a trip to the Edinburgh Festival. Thomas Scoular, 33, and Euan Waddell, 41, battered the visitors from England, leaving one of the men knocked out on the ground.

A man and a woman have been found dead at a home in Dumfries and Galloway.