Police confirm tragic death of pensioner, 82, in Dumbarton house fire

The family of a Scots dad who died after being restrained by police and hospital staff for up to four hours during a mental health crisis are demanding answers about his death. Joseph Sneddon passed away at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on April 8, 2022, just two days after his worried family called for an ambulance over fears for his welfare.

A Perth businessman is trying to arrange for aid collections for Turkey to be left at his city kebab shop.

Scots wanting to donate to help earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria are being urged to do so via recognised charities.

Police are investigating after fire ripped through a car which was parked on a street in Fife on Friday evening. Footage from the scene shows a blaze raging from the front of the vehicle while hazard lights flash at the rear.

Police investigating an assault in Renfrewshire from nine months ago have today issued the picture of a man they would like to speak to as part of their enquiries.

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.

Former Love Island and Dancing On Ice contestant Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu says that some of her family members have been "sleeping outside" following the Turkey-Syria earthquake. The reality TV star who is of Turkish decent says that she has donated cash to the relief effort and wants to go over and volunteer.

Police have locked down a quiet cul-de-sac in a Scottish Borders town after a missing 11-year-old girl was found 'safe'. Kaitlyn Easson was reported missing in Galashiels on Sunday night after failing to return home after being out with pals.

A police officer has hit out at the sentencing of a young thug who nearly beat him to death.

Cash-strapped Police Scotland has paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months. It follows a series of costly legal actions raised against it in the courts and employment tribunals from both staff and members of the public.

A major road in Edinburgh has been locked down to an ongoing police incident this evening.

A woman has tragically died in a house fire that ripped through a property in Dumbarton on Sunday afternoon.

Fire crews are on the scene of a 'huge' house fire in Dumbarton this evening.

Police have launched an appeal to trace a missing Scots Schoolgirl. Emma Louise Clark, 15, was last seen around 5.30 pm on Tuesday, 24, January, in Falkirk.

Police have launched a desperate search for two missing schoolgirls who were last seen more than a day ago. Niamh McElhinney and Kaitlin Dundas were last seen in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, around 11am on Monday, 23rd January.

A man has been found dead at his Renfrew home.

Police Scotland have launched an investigation after JK Rowling was threatened on Twitter by a man who "wanted to kill her with a hammer" over her views on gender reforms.

Police are probing the sudden death of a woman in a Highland town. Officers were called to a property in the Mansfield Estate area of Tain at around 10.05 am on Friday, January 20, following reports that a body had been found.

Four children and two adults have been rushed to hospital following a house fire in Moray.

A man was tasered by cops on a busy Scots shopping street after allegedly causing a 'disturbance'.