Teenage girl dies after horror smash on M73 as man arrested

A Scots pedestrian has died after a horror collision with a car.

The family of a Scots dad who died after being restrained by police and hospital staff for up to four hours during a mental health crisis are demanding answers about his death. Joseph Sneddon passed away at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on April 8, 2022, just two days after his worried family called for an ambulance over fears for his welfare.

A man was left bedbound in his mum's front room for four years after being bitten by a tick.

Firefighters across the UK held a minute's silence in memory of a colleague who died while fighting a fire at Edinburgh's historic Jenners building.

Police have made an arrest following the death of a teenager who was found injured in Edinburgh.

Police have made an arrest in connection with the alleged rape of a teenager in Midlothian.

A teenager has died after being found injured on a street in Edinburgh this morning.

Police are investigating reports of a serious sexual assault after a teenage girl was attacked in Midlothian.

A woman has tragically died following a crash involving a car and a pedestrian in Fife.

A teenage girl has been found pregnant in a wardrobe after going missing more than a year ago. The 14-year-old has been reunited with her dad after police were tipped off by a member of the public.

A man has died after being found with serious injuries inside a Scots property.

A man has been arrested over the disappearance of a girl who vanished for around 27 hours in the Borders.

A teenage girl has been charged after a man was seriously injured at a flat in Clydebank. Emergency services rushed to Castle View in Radnor Street at around 5.05am on Friday, 3 February, following reports a man had been found injured.

A pensioner has died after being struck by a bus on a major road in Edinburgh.

Tributes have been paid to a 'popular' Scots airport worker with decades of service after he passed away last month.

An elderly man has tragically died after being knocked down by a car outside a Lanarkshire school.

A woman has tragically died in a house fire that ripped through a property in Dumbarton on Sunday afternoon.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 11.30am on Saturday, 28 January, 2023 officers were called to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on the A76, Mauchline, East Ayrshire. "The pedestrian, a 14-year-old female, was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Crosshouse."The 77-year-old male driver of the vehicle will be reported in connection with road traffic offences. "The road was closed while investigations were carried out and reopened around 1.30pm."

The mum of a schoolgirl who was allegedly beaten on a school bus has spoken out against a spate of horrific attacks among youths in Scotland. Kaylynn Donald, 12, is receiving therapy for an alleged beating which took place during a journey on her way home from class at Bell Baxter High School in Ladybank, Fife, on October 25.

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with an alleged weapons incident on the streets of a quiet village. Officers, including specialist armed response units, were called to an address in Port Elphinstone, immediately south of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday, January 25.