Pa Scotland Reporter
Crime
Pair in court accused of malicious damage at Trump golf resort
Geoffrey Bush, 75, and Elizabeth Crerar-Brown, 66, both from Oban, Argyll and Bute, faced Ayr Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
16 Apr 2025
Politics
SNP MSP expelled from party over Israel comments considering appeal
John Mason revealed on Sunday he had been expelled from the party.
14 Oct 2024
UK
Opening of UK’s first drugs consumption room delayed
The facility was due to open on October 21.
10 Oct 2024
Crime
Ringleader of £76m cocaine smuggling plot to appeal against prison sentence
James Stevenson, 59, was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow on October 2.
8 Oct 2024
UK
Police identify 200 potential leads in 1983 taxi driver murder DNA breakthrough
George Murdoch, 58, was murdered in a cheese wire attack on September 29 1983.
26 Sept 2024
Crime
Emma Caldwell’s murderer loses bid to reduce prison sentence
Iain Packer, 51, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years in February.
28 Aug 2024
Celebrity News
Promoter confident Oasis ‘will deliver’ in Scotland on their reunion tour
The band has announced two dates in Scotland as part of the Oasis Live 25.
27 Aug 2024
UK
Major police response after woman hit by car in Glasgow
Several roads have been closed in the city centre.
13 Aug 2024
Politics
Swinney accuses Musk of ‘reprehensible’ comments about Humza Yousaf
Scotland’s First Minister said the X social media platform is being used ‘for the fermenting of hate’.
12 Aug 2024
UK
Bin strikes planned at more than half of Scotland’s councils
Unite said walks could take place within weeks.
2 Jul 2024
Politics
Pro-Palestine protest takes place before Scotland v Israel women’s match
The match is taking place behind closed doors at Hampden because of the threat of ‘planned disruptions’.
31 May 2024
UK
Unassuming physicist Professor Peter Higgs ahead of his time
The Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss-French border tracked down the particle that has his name.
9 Apr 2024
Business News
STV journalists join picket lines outside offices during 24-hour strike
The industrial action has led to the broadcaster’s news bulletins being cancelled.
28 Mar 2024
UK26 Mar 2024
Stolen 8ft Gary the Gorilla statue returned to owner cut in half
The fibreglass figure disappeared from a garden centre last March, but has now been found 75 miles away.
UK
Props from botched Wonka experience event raise £2,000 for charity
The backdrops – rescued from a bin – were auctioned to help a Palestinian aid charity.
14 Mar 2024
Environment
Scottish village sets provisional new UK record January temperature of 19.6C
The Met Office said the figure was recorded in Achfary, Sutherland, on Sunday.
29 Jan 2024
Crime
Euros fanzone going ahead ‘right decision’ despite Sturgeon’s instinct to scrap
First Minister Humza Yousaf was giving evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
25 Jan 2024
UK18 Jan 2024
Man dies after flat fall linked to arrest of Yousaf’s brother-in-law
Police said the death is being treated as ‘unexplained’
Crime
Pair appear in court accused of Hogmanay shooting murder in Edinburgh
Grant Hunter, 32, and Emma McVie, 25, made no plea when they appeared at the city’s sheriff court.
8 Jan 2024
UK
Police search for killer’s get-away car after fatal shooting outside pub
Marc Webley, 38, has been named locally as the victim of the shooting outside the Anchor Inn pub in Granton, Edinburgh.
2 Jan 2024
UK
Law chief welcomes trial date for Lockerbie bomb suspect on 35th anniversary
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC said she is encouraged by the progress.
21 Dec 2023