Sheku Bayoh inquiry sees ex-detective slam police evidence-gathering

Police have launched a fresh appeal to help trace a Scots teen who has been missing for more than two weeks.

Police have locked down the area around the First Minister's official residence amid an ongoing incident in the area.

Susan Boyle has recalled her final meeting with her ‘great friend’ Paul O’Grady after his death aged 67. The Lily Savage and Blind Date star died ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ on Tuesday, his husband Andre Portasio said in a statement. Tributes have since poured in for the For the Love of Dogs presenter from figures in the entertainment world, including Lorraine Kelly, while the royal family said they were ‘deeply saddened’ by his death.

Police have objected to a Bury nightclub extending their opening hours saying among past issues was the rape of 17-year-old girl after she had left the premises. Club 66, on Silver Street have given notice to Bury Council for a temporary event this weekend (April 1 and 2) to allow their alcohol licence to be extended from 4am to 5am.

Community campaigners have taken another giant stride towards leasing a beachfront toilet block as part of plans to revitalise Ardrossan South Beach.

Megan McKenna has hilariously baffled fans as she revealed her new relationship. The former Ex On the Beach and The Only Way is Essex star was rumoured to be dating Millwall footballer Oliver Burke but only went 'Instagram official' with her new man this week as they went on a romantic break to Paris.

A man whose body was found in the garden of a Fife house has been named locally as village resident Henry White.

Cold case detectives probing the brutal murder of a Scottish nurse at a religious college in the US 33 years ago have identified a suspect.

A significant amount of arrests and warrants took place during a day of action in Rochdale yesterday (March 21). This coincided with hundreds of cars being stopped for checks leading to more arrests as Operation AVRO made its mark on the town.

Brand new Channel 4 reality game show Rise and Fall landed on TVs tonight and many viewers were hooked after the very first 'brutal' episode.

Cops have issued an urgent re-appeal in their bid to trace 12-year-old Jamie-Lee Harvey, who has been missing from Ayr for four days.

Scotland suffered "negative natural change" in its population, as deaths outnumbered births last year. New figures from National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed we had a "shortfall" of 15,983 in 2022.

Police officers who had been involved with Sheku Bayoh before his death were given results from his post-mortem examination despite refusing to give statements or complete notebooks beforehand, the inquiry into his death has heard.

A breath test to diagnose pancreatic cancer is being hailed as a major breakthrough for the disease which claims thousands of lives a year.

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will focus on Edinburgh Academy when it resumes public hearings on boarding schools in late summer.

CCTV images have been released following a serious assault at a pub in Edinburgh.

A former junior counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has been charged with sex offences.

Officers investigating an incident where a man died after being restrained by police considered whether the case could be linked to terrorism, an inquiry has heard.

Optical illusions can be tricky brain teasers as you have to see through the visual traps that have been designed to confuse your mind.

Love Island has reportedly been thrown into chaos as two islanders have been booted from the villa just days before the final in an emotional dumping.