Scots teenager found after going missing from East Lothian home wearing his pyjamas

“Increasingly, funding given to us by the Scottish Government, is earmarked for specific national programmes, so reducing any flexibility for innovation, and forcing the council to cut back on essential service areas.“There’s no increase to the capital budgets that councils have to spend on improvement works and projects, and following a massive shortfall in capital grant last year, the council faces another significant shortfall in grant funding for 2021/22.“There is a 0.7 per cent increase in

nurse working on the frontline is on a mission to make the lives of palliative patients more comfortable. Hannah Brockett has watched dying patients become more and more distressed at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where she works on the coronavirus ward.

coronavirus ward has said patients told her they did not believe the virus was real.Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe leads the team at Ward A31 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk, and said there has been a “huge spike” in cases recently.The 32-bed Covid-19 ward has every bed taken up as hospital referrals have doubled since the first wave.Rosario believes a combination of family gatherings at Christmas, people ignoring guidelines and the rapidly-spreading variant is behind

The Voice UK after impressing the judges in his audition. Cameron Ledwidge, 18, from Denny, took to the stage to win over judges Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs, Will.i.am and Anne Marie in a bid to fulfil his dreams of performing as a solo artist.

dementia who went missing while walking her dog. Lorna Ferguson was last seen leaving the Pilrig Park in Edinburgh about 11am this morning.

music producer, SOPHIE, who has died suddenly aged 34. The Glasgow -born artist passed away 'following a sudden accident' in Athens, Greece, around 4am on Saturday January 30.

child abuse images. Liam Mackay was yesterday sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court to nearly two years in jail for possessing the horrendous pictures.

flash cars were stolen in a 'daring heist' at a showroom more than 150 miles away. On January 14 Hawco Garage in Elgin, Moray was robbed of luxury cars totalling £60,000.

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Scots to unite against the condition.Nicole Little was just 27 when she was diagnosed with the disease – five years younger than her mum Celine Mason was when it took her life.Now she is launching World Cancer Day in ­Scotland and urges people to unite on February 4 by donating to Cancer Research UK or wearing the charity’s Unity band.The ambulance controller carries the BRCA1 gene, known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.Nicole of Bathgate, West Lothian said: “Most people are

East Lothian student who died in her sleep just days before she had an interview for her dream job. Ellie Morris, from Longniddry, tragically died on December 5 after suffering an epileptic seizure in her sleep.Mum Alyson Birss said the family had been "devastated" by the loss of their "beautiful, bright and much loved" daughter.

Glasgow crash left one driver hospitalised. Emergency services raced to the scene on Dorchester Avenue in the Kelvindale area of the city following the accident last night.

horror attack that left a terrier needing life-saving surgery. Police have launched a probe over the incident, which took place at the Eskrigg Nature Reserve near Lockerbie at around 2.15pm on Sunday January 17.

Dundee Sheriff Court today. The court was told that Anderson had notes on her phone which referred to "baby torture" and "toddler murder" among various other similar terms.Fiscal depute Gavin Burton told the court: "A search warrant for the locus was granted and officers attended on 6 November last year.

sex is today exposed after a Daily Record probe into lowlife landlords.Divorced Steven Anderson told our female reporter, “I won’t treat you like a piece of meat,” after she responded to an online advert for his flat.He was just one of several men we found touting for female “rent-free” flatmates despite a pledged crackdown.We went undercover to lay bare the depraved tactics used by would-be landlords targeting vulnerable Scots during the pandemic.Anderson, 45, responded to our message through

family home just days before Christmas has been caught on camera. Ailie and Tori Gray screamed with delight after realising the family had moved into a three-bedroom house in Kirkliston, near Edinburgh, on December 22.

missing from his home on Friday evening. Santino Hogan - who is known as Sonny - vanished in Glenfarg, near Perth.

Class-B drugs on Thursday when they stopped a car travelling near Tomatin.

disappearance of teenager from his Scots home. The family of Gabriel Ursu are said to be 'very worried' after the 17-year-old vanished from his home in Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross on Saturday.

Scots pensioner who was found dead at home. John Burgess was discovered alone within his property at Dundasvale Court in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow on Thursday, January 7.