Prisoner escapes from Scots hospital 'in handcuffs' as police launch manhunt

A pensioner was forced to lie on a hospital trolley after a stroke for 21 hours because there were no beds.

A teenager who went deaf in his right ear after emergency surgery to save his life has become the first person in Scotland to get a revolutionary hearing implant.

Scots cops have issued an appeal for information to trace a missing man from Lanarkshire who may have travelled as far afield as Glencoe.

A nine-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after a car flipped on its roof in a Scots town.

Primal Scream star Bobby Gillespie has teamed up with trade union boss Mick Lynch to release a fundraising song in support of striking railway workers.

A health campaigner who helped save her local A&E ward has spoken out after a "terrifying" 10-hour ordeal for treatment at the same hospital. Councillor Sophia Coyle said her experience at Monklands Hospital, after complaining of chest pain, was so bad she would not go back if she fell ill again.

Cops have launched a probe after a man was stabbed in a vicious daylight assault. Officers raced to the scene at Grieve Road in Greenock yesterday afternoon after reports of a disturbance in the area.

The sudden death of a seven-month-old baby in Aberdeen is being treated as “unexplained” by police.

Police have launched an attempted murder probe after a man was found seriously injured in a West Lothian street.

Police are hunting knife thugs who stabbed a man in a playpark in broad daylight after a terrifying car chase through the streets of Johnstone.

A prisoner bombarded his former lover with calls and a letter to try and rekindle the relationship.

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

Police have locked down a large section of New Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow after a man reportedly ‘fell from the building’.

Police are hunting vandals who cut the brakes on 10 cars in Glasgow's southside.

A boy has been rushed to hospital after being attacked in an Ayrshire town centre this evening.

A baby boy has tragically died at a home in a Scots town, sparking a police investigation.

The new Harry Potter coin collection being released by the Royal Mint will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.

A cyclist was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a hit and run on a Scots roundabout.

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Police are re-appealing for information on a Castlemilk man who left hospital and disappeared without a trace almost two weeks ago.