Rise in number of human trafficking victims found in West Dunbartonshire

A Scots man has been caged for four years after being convicted of historic sexual abuse against young people in Edinburgh.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a 59-year-old man, who passed away after being found injured near an Edinburgh school.

A crisp packet dating from the 1960s was found in a river raising fears over plastic pollution.

Tucker Carlson launched his promised new show on Twitter today with talk of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UFOs, who killed JFK and what really went down on 9/11 — and the one-time Fox News host was a hit.

A Scottish Prison Service boss says there are “no plans” for more cell searches despite soaring numbers of inmates being caught with drugs.

Susan Boyle suffered a minor stroke in April that left her doubtful over whether she could perform again, the singer told fans. The Scottish singer rose to fame in 2009 after competing on the third season of the ITV competition Britain’s Got Talent. She impressed the judges with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from the musical Les Misérables, in one of the show’s biggest viral moments.

An estate worker who killed two passengers in his car after driving dangerously on a country road was jailed today after leaving the victims at the scene.

A Scots mum has accused her local council of ignoring her pleas after they refused to move her family from a house infested with bed bugs. Samantha, 29, from Edinburgh, has said that the insects are making her and her sons aged 10, eight and six, life a living hell.

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

A Scottish youth charity helping young people in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community has stopped offering its support services on Twitter.

A primary school on Shetland has been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious item.

A team of budding entrepreneurs from Annan Academy are heading to Hampden Park for the Young Enterprise Scotland company programme finals.

Astronomers have found an ancient galaxy located 25 million light years away using the most powerful telescope to spot the system

Stirling University chiefs have been urged to reverse planned rent rises at student accommodation by a local MSP.

The body of a 22-year-old man has been found in the Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye after a major search operation.

A Scots finance worker was found dead in a Spanish villa next to his unconscious wife after a broken fridge caused a carbon monoxide leak. Jaime Carsi, 40, tragically lost his life while on holiday with Mary Somerville in Majorca on Saturday, May 6.

Elizabeth Taylor Sydney Sweeney debuted her new HBO Films drama “Reality” at an intimate premiere Monday at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. “Usually whenever I’m scared or challenged by something, I know I should do it,” the Emmy nominee told Variety on the red carpet about tackling the role of controversial real-life American whistleblower Reality Winner. Winner was a former U.S. Air Force member who was working as a translator for an NSA contractor when she was convicted of leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to the media. Winner was ultimately charged under the Espionage Act and served four years in federal prison. She remains under supervised release until 2024, while public opinion remains split on the actions that put her behind bars.

A vulnerable Scot who vanished in Lanzarote after failing to board his flight home with a pal has tragically been found dead. Robert Campbell had been due to fly home on Thursday, May 11, after enjoying his first holiday abroad but took unwell and had to go to hospital.

Christopher Vourlias Two years ago, Hungarian producer Mónika Mécs had a banner year, bowing Bence Fliegauf’s “Forest — I See You Everywhere” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival before walking the red carpet in Cannes, where Oscar nominee Ildikó Enyedi’s “The Story of My Wife” competed for the Palme d’Or. The world — and the global film industry — was still learning to live with the coronavirus pandemic; “Forest” premiered online in the Berlinale’s virtual edition, and Cannes attendees spent dry-mouthed mornings spitting into test tubes. But the economic impact of the pandemic had only begun to make itself felt, as production costs spiked and reached heights that are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year.

A higher percentage of workers in Scotland are now relying on zero hours contracts than any other UK nation.