Police appeal for information to catch thugs who assaulted and robbed 14-year-old

Police have issued an urgent search for a missing teenage boy. Andrew Baird, 16, vanished from the Forfar area at around 4.30pm yesterday evening.

Rutherglen dog owners are being warned to be vigilant when out with their pets after a second dog has been poisoned in the area. The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information following the suspected poisoning of a dog in Rutherglen, on Tuesday, September 29.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scottish judges have ordered protected documents held by the UK Government be released to the court as part of an appeal to clear the Lockerbie bomber.The family of late Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi want to review secret files as part of their case.Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said producing the documents, which are covered by a public immunity certificate, would cause “harm to the

search for a missing Scots mum. Police made the grim discovery of a 48-year-old woman in Broomhoouse Road, Bonnybridge, around 11.10am on September 29.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Wishaw.Around 10pm, on Sunday, September 27, a 20-year-old man was standing outside Ross’s Bar in Stewarton Street when he was assaulted by another man with a bottle.Officers are keen to trace a man described as being in his early 30s, with short dark hair and was wearing light coloured clothing.Detective Constable Lindsey McIntyre, from

Police have launched an urgent appeal after a 15-year-old girl was reported missing in Fife.Chloe Whyte was last seen around 9.50pm yesterday, September 28, at the Prominade area of Leven.Officers believe members of the public may be able to help in the search.Chloe is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, average build and White Scottish in appearance.She has short brown hair and often wears a baseball cap.Anyone who may have seen Chloe, or who has any information on her whereabouts, is urged to

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA 21-year-old man has died after his boat overturned in a loch.The tragedy unfolded just after 6pm last night after a major rescue operation got underway at Loch Snipe outside the village of Coylton.Two helicopters and a number of fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles raced to the fishing loch - which is located about five miles from Ayr on the B742.A Scottish Fire and Rescue boat was seen

Court in Edinburgh heard Singh, 54, was brought back to Scotland to face prosecution after being detained by authorities in Canada for an alleged shoplifting offence. A judge told Singh: “You have pled guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old child in 2016.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA cockatiel bird has been found a long way from home after he took refuge on a shocked fisherman’s boat.The Scottish SPCA have now issued an appeal to find the owner after the stranded bird landed on the boat out at sea near Troon on Friday (September 18).The boat was around 10 miles from the shore so the bird- dubbed HeiHei after the character in the movie Moana- was a long way from land.The

sexual abuse and rape of a young girl in both Asia and Scotland. Arthur Hutchinson, 74, who had a 40 year career in education, began preying on the youngster when she was just eight-years-old.

Trafalgar Square in London. An army of Metropolitan Police officers moved in on demonstrators defying coronavirus laws against mass gatherings as they set up a protest camp beside Nelson’s column.

cocaine bragged about his champagne lifestyle after jumping bail and fleeing Scotland.Security consultant ­Christopher Lawson posted photos of his jet-setting around the world as he spent three years on the run from justice.Lawson, who was shot in the line of duty in Afghanistan, regularly updated his social media with pictures from countries including Tanzania, Cambodia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.But he was arrested at an airport when he returned to the UK from Dubai in June

Omar Sadiq was murdered during a “targeted attack” in the city’s southside. The 32-year-old was found in a pool of blood by officers after being knifed on Boydstone Road in the Pollok area at around 1.25pm on Tuesday.

Perthshire town could be made to use a council office as Police Scotland looks to slash costs.

Kirkcaldy after being arrested yesterday. Officers from Police Scotland have launched an investigation after a 36-year-old male passes away earlier today.

Police are searching for a missing Scots teenager who vanished earlier this morning. Rachel Allan, 13, was last seen at around 12.30am today at her home in Paisley.

raped an 80 year-old woman in her own home has been locked up for eight years. John Laming struck last Christmas Eve just 12 days after he had been freed from jail.

cancer since February 2019.The cancer affects just one in 250,000 children. It affects bone marrow and, without transplant, Adeline's bone marrow failure could turn into acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive cancer she won’t be able to cope with alongside her other diagnosis.Last night, the sick youngster, from Inverness, was on her way to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow to be treated for possible sepsis.Her mum Steph, 26, said: “Even a cold could mean Adeline could die.

CCTV appeal on the anniversary of 'frightening' robbery at a Scots store. The thug who threatened staff before robbing them at Camelon Perk shop in Camelon near Falkirk remains at large a year after the incident.