Scots surgeon's 'heartbreaking' work saving lives in Malawi after deadly cyclone

A man contacted a woman on Gumtree and threatened to kill her with a chainsaw after refusing a date from him. Michael Curling, 48, hounded a total of six victims he met on the online selling site between July 2014 and 2017 from his then home in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire.

A naughty Labrador who is 'mad for eggs' could have died after scoffing foam Easter decorations at a local park. Three-year-old Paco was rushed to the vets after eating the large ball which was made out of pipe cleaners and contained hard boiled eggs.

Drivers in Perthshire met an unusual hazard when they discovered pots and pans littering the road. Earlier this month, artist Stepharia Scott (43) was flummoxed by the debris strewn in her way, which was hard to spot because it was dark at the time she was passing through.

Scottish Tory MSPs have hit out after a Conservative lord said that devolution should be put '"into reverse".

A retired teacher polished off several glasses of wine in her car before driving so slowly she built a long queue of motorists behind her.

A female police officer claims she was left “in a constant state of worry and paranoia” after making a bullying claim against a fellow officer. Karen Harper, who served as an officer for 22 years, was probed by Police Scotland over a criminal complaint after making the bullying claims.

A 40-year-old man who died after falling over 160ft while climbing a mountain in the Scottish Highlands has been named as Colour Sergeant Richard Melia. The Royal Marine, also known as Rick and Reggie, died on April 8 as he ascended Stob Dear's Crowberry Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor, near Glencoe.

A man who was spared a prison sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl is to appeal against his conviction.

Police have arrested a 49-year-old man following an incident that locked down a street in Arbroath for over six hours.

A Scots family's holiday to Tenerife turned into a living 'nightmare' after a grandmother fractured her shoulder and spine while unpacking.

A cancer patient who fell ill with an infection which can cause deadly sepsis had her life saved by her sister's gut instinct.

A Scottish cleaning influencer has shared her go-to Aldi product that can tackle five different areas in the home - and it costs less than one pound.

Dame Deborah James has shared details of his final phone call with the late podcast host and charity campaigner prior to her death. In a new interview, pal Tony Livesey opened up about what was said between the two of them - admitting he struggled to put the phone down. He also revealed that the mum said she was "frightened of dying".

The members of pop group Girls Aloud leaned on one another following the death of Sarah Harding, close friend and former band member Kimberley Walsh has revealed.The English-Irish pop group was formed back in 2002 while on the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals, with the band being comprised of Kimberley, Sarah, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Cheryl Tweedy.Their first single, Sound of the Underground, cemented their place on the charts, and over the course of their seven years together, they were named the United Kingdom's biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century, with over 4.3 million singles sales and 4 million albums sold in the UK alone.The band split in 2013 and went their separate ways, with each of the women releasing solo work. Sarah died in 2021 at the age of 39 after revealing she had breast cancer which had spread to other parts of her body.

A catalogue of failures led to the death of Jade McGrath, 19, when she was admitted to New Craigs Hospital in Inverness, which has now also formally apologised to her mother. Jade, who had threatened to take her own life, walked out of the hospital unchallenged.

A mum is finally to get a hip replacement op – thanks to the Sunday Mail – after waiting more than five years. Mother-of-six Joan Brown was first referred to a specialist in December 2017 by her GP but until last week was still to get a date for surgery.

A student has told of her shock after being diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer after mistaking the symptoms for anaemia. Laila Hudson, from Glasgow, first realised something was wrong when she began having stomach and bowel problems in the summer of 2017.

A stressed out ambulance assistant was forced to take his bosses to court in a row over an unpaid £15 meal allowance. Gerald Paton, who has worked for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) for more than 30 years, says they racked up months of legal bills before agreeing to pay up.

A brave Scots mum says she feels completely “helpless” after three generations of her family have been ‘decimated’ by deadly brain tumours. Claire Cordiner tragically lost her mum Margaret O’Kane, 66, in October 2008 after she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM).

A man has tragically died after being struck by a car on a busy Aberdeen road today.