US citizens accused of plotting to snatch kids spend £180k of taxpayers' cash trying to stay in Scotland

Love Island's Casa Amor will close its doors later with heartbreak looming as a recoupling rocks the villa. It's the last chance for the Islanders to impress or decide whether or not they want to remain in their original couple.

A police officer accused of raping and assaulting a woman and a young child "abused his position" a prosecutor has told jury members.

A former South Ayrshire Council leader has raised concerns that 'everything is going to Kilmarnock' after hearing about emergency service plans for Ayr.

Daddy’s girl! True Thompson proudly represented father Tristan Thompson during her school’s recent spirit day.

A taxpayer-funded firm set up by Nicola Sturgeon to help children in care splurged £100,000 on SNP-linked lobbyists.

Love Island's Ellie Spence and Jordan Odofin are the latest two bombshells to be bumped from the swanky villa in South Africa.

A Scottish Subway customer says she was rushed to hospital after biting into a sandwich she claims gave her an allergic reaction.

Demand for help with energy bills across the Citizens Advice network overtook support with universal credit and other benefits for the first time north of the Border, the organisation has said.

A child had to hide in a cupboard for an hour during the violent outburst of a police officer accused of raping a woman and another youngster, a court has heard.

A conman who hid a 20-year relationship to dupe taxpayers out of nearly £30,000 has been sent to prison for eight months. Graeme Dewar pretended he was living alone for years despite having a common law wife he operated joint bank accounts with.

Cash-strapped Police Scotland has paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months. It follows a series of costly legal actions raised against it in the courts and employment tribunals from both staff and members of the public.

The SNP has accused the UK Government of blocking a Bill to prevent people from being cut off from power.

West Lothian Council's Chief Executive has hit back at claims on social media by a local MSP that extra Holyrood funding has not been spent on teachers.

Love Island narrator Iain Stirling has echoed fans views that not one couple is currently strong enough to survive Casa Amor.

Historic visitor sites popular with tourists are set to close on Wednesday across Scotland due to strikes.

The State Attorney of Cook County in the US state of Illinois, Kim Foxx, yesterday announced that her office is dropping the charges it previously filed against R Kelly, concluding that the prosecution isn’t necessary given that the musician has already been convicted of similar crimes in the federal courts of both Illinois and New York.Kelly faced charges in multiple US jurisdictions following the broadcast of the documentary ‘Surviving R Kelly’ in 2019. That programme, of course, put the spotlight on the many allegations of sexual abuse that had been made against the star in the preceding decades.The first case to get to court, in 2021, was in New York, where Kelly was found guilty of building and running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers.Then last year, Kelly was found guilty in the federal court in his home city of Chicago of three charges of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and three more in relation to his filming of that sexual abuse of children.Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in jail in relation to the New York conviction.

A former teacher accused of abusing a pupil at an Edinburgh school by a Scots broadcaster has been arrested in South Africa. The man, who is known as “Edgar” for legal reasons, taught at both the Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College in the 1960s and 70s.

Lethal new pills on the street have sparked a major warning they could fuel Scotland’s drug death toll.

A mum has told how she was duped into inviting two suspects in a US child kidnap and murder plot to stay at her home with her kids.

The Scottish Government has been accused of allowing millions of pounds to be wasted during the battle to bring down drug deaths.