The garden of a woman reported missing in Inverclyde six weeks ago is to be excavated after it emerged she was last seen in public 17 years ago. Police Scotland said that apart from her carers, the last independent sighting of Margaret Fleming was on 17 December 1999 at a [...]

Officials from the Scottish Football Association will meet Police Scotland later to discuss allegations of child sex abuse within the sport. Football has been shaken by claims from former players, from across the UK, that they were abused by those in positions of authority. Deputy First Minister John Swinney has [...]

An eight-year-old girl has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after police were called to a house in Edinburgh. A 48-year-old woman from the same address in Danube Street was also taken to hospital but her injuries were not said to be life-threatening. It was reported that the girl [...]

A former youth football coach and top-flight assistant referee has been accused of a catalogue of child sex offences in Scotland. Pete Haynes, 50, claims Hugh Stevenson sexually abused him over a three to four-year period from 1979. The Scottish Football Association accredited match official coached hundreds of boys with [...]

GUN crime in Glasgow has plummeted in the last ten years to just a couple of dozen incidents in a year. Firearm offences in the city has fallen from 254 in 2006/07 to just 26 last year 2015/16, a drop of 90% There has been a similar huge drop across [...]

More than a third of footballers surveyed in Scotland say they received threats from the stands on a match day, according to a players' union. The figure is revealed in a survey conducted by players' union Fifpro into the working conditions of nearly 14,000 male players in 54 countries. A [...]

A claim by a leader of Scotland's police officers that domestic abuse cases with no chance of conviction are being taken to court, has been denied by prosecution service representatives. The conflicting evidence was given before the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee, at a hearing during its inquiry into the Crown [...]

A man has died after being shot while sitting in a car in the south side of Glasgow. Police said the 26-year-old was targeted at 23:55 on Tuesday while he was in his Audi at a junction in Scotland Street. He was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University [...]

A man had part of his ear bitten off during a brawl at a nightclub in the centre of Glasgow at the weekend. The 19-year-old was treated for serious injuries after being attacked at the Light nightclub in Royal Exchange Square in the early hours of Sunday. A witness told [...]

Thugs attempted to set fire to a family home in Milton in the middle of the night - but were stopped in their tracks by vigilant neighbours. The fire-starting bid took place in Westray Street at around 1am yesterday. It is understood the thugs lined a door to the home, [...]