Police continue search for culprit who set car on fire - saying it was lucky nobody was hurt

It may look like a ‘scruffy, overgrown piece of land’ but locals say Stockport County’s plans to turn it into a car park would destroy a ‘haven’ for wildlife left undisturbed for decades. The resurgent club - which narrowly missed out on promotion to the third tier of English football last season - has a seven-year plan to redevelop its Edgeley Park home, as it eyes a return to the game’s big time.It comes after The Hatters secured a 250-year lease from the council for the ground, part of which was occupied by the old Sykes Bleach Works. The proposals include using land behind the ‘pop side’ of the ground as a 60-space car park for staff, players and officials - albeit with a ‘considerable area’ set aside for landscaping and ecology.A planning appliction is expected later this year - but local nature lovers are urging the club to think again. They say the football pitch-sized plot is the only area suitable for wildlife in the whole of Edgeley - bar two pieces of land at the sewage works - hosting a variety of potentially vital flora and fauna.

An airline is on the hunt for anyone with a Scottish accent to feature in a new advert - and nab free plane tickets in the process.

A pensioner who conned elderly caravanners out of nearly £350,000 to prop up her failing business has been jailed for 12 months.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a pensioner reported missing from a town in the Highlands.

A body has been found in the search for missing Edinburgh man Zyrynyl Melendres.

Naman Ramachandran The world premiere of Scottish writer-director Johnny Barrington‘s debut feature “Silent Roar” will open the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival on Aug. 18. Billed as a “teenage tale of surfing, sex and hellfire” set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film stars emerging actor Louis McCartney as Dondo, a young surfer struggling to accept his father’s recent disappearance at sea. Caught up in grief, he is brought to his senses by rebellious crush Sas (Ella Lily Hyland), a high achiever who dreams of escaping the island. When an oddly-behaved new minister arrives on the island, Dondo begins to have cosmic visions. The film is produced by Scottish producer Chris Young (“The Inbetweeners Movie”) and was made with the participation of Screen Scotland, BBC Films and BFI. MK2 Films is handling sales.

Shortly after series 10 of Love Island kicked off it was revealed that Islanders Ella Thomas, 23, and Tyrique Hyde, 24, already know each other, although the encounter wasn’t a memorable one for Tyrique as he claimed he couldn’t remember. Tyrique is a semi-professional footballer who originally hails from Essex and currently plays as a midfielder for East Sussex club Lewes FC.

Cops have launched a hunt for a man they are eager to talk to in connection with an incident inside an Ayr supermarket earlier this year.

Councillors will scrutinise Police Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway local policing plan for 2023-26 on Wednesday.

Fresh calls have been made to the Scottish Government to drop plans to label 10 per cent of the country’s seas Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs).

Ofgem is lowering its energy price cap by 17 per cent from the current £3,280 per year to £2,074 for the average household in Scotland, England and Wales from July. The regulator announced its latest energy price cap last month, however, consumers are likely to feel little relief with bills remaining well above pre-pandemic levels.

Footballer Josh Wright is set to star in a new travel series on BBC One.

An urgent search has been launched for a missing Lanarkshire man who vanished overnight.

A man who quit his job to hunt for the Loch Ness Monster has been living in a van on the shores of the loch for more than 30 years.

Any hopes of a reconciliation between Prince Harry and his father have been halted as King Charles will be reportedly holidaying in Transylvania when his son jets into the UK.

A wildfire that has burned through three square miles near Loch Ness and is visible from space should serve as a climate warning, the Greens have said.

An urgent search has been launched for an elderly dementia sufferer who vanished from a West Lothian town.

elephant in the room. The musician appeared to poke fun at his recently heightened public profile, amid rumors of a relationship with global pop icon Taylor Swift, during a set with his band on Saturday. As Healy kicked off his performance with his band The 1975 at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in Dundee, Scotland, the 34-year-old wryly referenced the numerous burning questions fans may currently have for him. «Is it all a bit? Is it sincere? Will he ever address it?» he said to the crowd, adding: «All of these questions and more will be ignored in the next hour.

Paul Burrell has claimed he had a secret meeting with Prince William and Harry back in 2017.

A body has been found in the search for missing Scots man Reece Rodger.