FAMILIES have been forced to flee their flats after a fire erupted in the shop below. Terrified residents were evacuated from the block while five fire engines fought to control the blaze at the Edinburgh Halal unit just south of the capital’s city centre. Crews peered in windows after being… Blaze engulfs Scots shop as … Read more
AN URGENT search has been launched for a man who was last seen on Christmas Eve. Duncan McGregor, 55, has been missing since December 24 and hasn’t been in touch with his family. 3 Police have launched an urgent searchCredit: Alamy 3 He was last seen on Perth High StreetCredit: Google Maps Concerns… Urgent search … Read more
A TORPEDO ended up in a fishing net after it was pulled from the sea off Scotland’s coast. Emergency services, including the bomb squad, police and the coastguard were called out after the device was brought up by a vessel in the Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh. 3 Emergency services are on the… Bomb squad … Read more
A SCOTS council engineer couldn’t believe his luck after he found a 700-year-old coin at the bottom of his garden. Craig Smith, 34, was fixing a fence in his back garden of his home in Linlithgow, West Lothian, during the summer when he discovered the extremely rare item. 5 Craig Smith discovered a… Scots dad … Read more
JAILED brutes are attacking warders 250 times a year, shocking figures reveal. Ministers have been accused of letting prison violence “spiral out of control” as stats showed staff endured 2,562 assaults by inmates in a decade. 3 There were 26 incidents involving Scots prison officers being… Scots prisons ‘out of control’ as lags attack wardens … Read more