Eastern European crime gangs are repeatedly forcing trafficked women into sexual exploitation and sham marriages, a BBC investigation found. The programme, Humans for Sale, found one Slovakian girl who had been trafficked to Glasgow three times. Many of the women were forced into sham marriages with men, mainly from Pakistan, [...]

Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a "terrifying" assault on a young woman in Glasgow city centre. The 20-year-old was attacked near the Revolution Bar in Renfield Street at about 00:25 on Saturday 18 March. She was approached by the [...]

The death of a 30-year-old man in Paisley is being treated as murder. The man was discovered by police attending a disturbance in Argyle Street at about 15:35 on Saturday. Another man, aged 37, was also found with serious injuries and is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital. [...]

Police have returned to the scene of a robbery at the home of a 69-year-old woman in which she was threatened by three masked men. The men forced their way in to Bilquis Choudry's home in Giffnock, near Glasgow, on Monday 10 April and made off with £4,500 and jewellery. [...]

A woman has been sexually assaulted on a path beside the River Clyde in Glasgow. The attack took place on Monday afternoon. Police officers sealed off a stretch of the walkway beside the Broomielaw shortly before 18:00. A police spokeswoman said: "On Monday, April 10, officers received a report of [...]

A 73-year-old man was subjected to a "terrifying ordeal" after being threatened with a knife and robbed in his own home. Police said a man wearing a balaclava, described as possibly being like a "spiderman mask", forced his way into the house on Saturday at about 20:55. He brandished the [...]

Two Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferries have been targeted with a powerful laser beam during docking manoeuvres. The ferry operator revealed the attacks took place on consecutive days at Wemyss Bay on the Clyde coast. The bridge crews of the MV Argyle and MV Bute were subjected to an intense green [...]

A drink-driver who killed an island vet in a head-on collision has been found guilty of death by dangerous driving. Thomas Wainwright was on the wrong side of the road and travelling at speeds of up to 95mph in his Maserati hire car, just minutes before the crash. The 27-year-old [...]

A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies in East Renfrewshire. The first incident happened at Drumby Service Station in Eastwoodmains Road, Clarkston, at about 06:05 on Wednesday 23 November 2016. The second robbery was at about 16:20 on Thursday 9 March at the [...]

A man who was shot in the leg by a gunman in Glasgow chased after his attacker, police have revealed The 34-year-old was getting into his vehicle in Shawhill Road, in Shawlands, at about 08:30 when he noticed a man near his driveway. When he went to investigate the man [...]