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Police hunting motorist who fled scene of fatal crash

POLICE are hunting a motorist who left the scene of a fatal New Years Day crash where his passenger was killed. The unidentified male was sitting...

Scottish TV doc James Logan slams hospital over grandmother’s care

A SCOTTISH TV doctor has blasted "rude" hospital medics over the care they provided to his grandmother who has suffered a stroke. James Logan, presenter of...

Nearly 500 accidents on Lothian buses in one year

A BUS company’s passengers became trapped in closing doors on 43 occasions, amid almost 500 accidents which were reported over the last year. New figures from...

32,000 items handed into lost and found at Scottish police station

TENTS, ski-poles and medical insulin pens are just some of the mislaid possessions cluttering a police lost and found department. Lothian and Borders police force recorded...

£250,000 vet bill for Scottish police animals revealed

MISHAPS involving police hounds and horses have cost Scottish forces nearly £250,000 in vets fees over the last five years. Animal assistants of the boys in...

Professor Tom Devine calls for “warts and all” version of memorial

ONE of Scotland’s top academics has called for a “warts and all” version of  history to be used in a planned memorial to victims of...

Scottish siblings in post code lottery “of life and death”

A SCOTTISH brother and sister fear a post code lottery could stop one of them receiving life-saving drugs. Emma Mitchell and Nick Talbot both suffer from...

Highest number of people sleeping rough in a decade

THE number of homeless people sleeping rough on the streets has risen to its highest number in a decade. Crisis, a homeless charity, recorded a 23%...

Scottish village named one of the world’s leading pilgrimage sites

A TINY Scottish village has become one of the world’s leading pilgrimage sites. Luss, a village found on Loch Lomond in Argyll and Bute, has been...

NHS staff lose 60 hospital keys in five years

SCOTTISH medical staff have lost dozens of hospital keys over the past five years. New figures have revealed that medical staff lost the keys or fobs...

NHS patients have thousands of fillings removed after falling ill

SCOTTISH taxpayers have paid more than £400,000 over the past five years so that NHS patients can have their fillings removed. Patients have had thousands of...

Health bosses warn staff “patient increase due to benefit cuts”

SCOTTISH health bosses have warned NHS staff to prepare themselves for an increase in patients needing treatment because of financial worries. Family doctors in Glasgow are...

Over 3,000 working days lost to assaults on police

MORE than 3,000 working days have been lost over the past three years because of assaults on Scottish police officers and staff. New figures revealed that...

Over a fifth of fines issued become arrest warrants

OVER a fifth of fines issued by Scottish courts ends up becoming an arrest warrant because offenders fail to pay their fines. New figures from the...

Iraq war veteran devastated after house break-in

AN Iraq war veteran has spoken of his utter devastation at having his home ransacked by crooks as he attended a Christmas carol service with...

Ewan McGregor hits back at critics

SCOTTISH actor Ewan McGregor has hit back at critics of his new film based on the 2004 Boxing day disaster. The 41-year-old stars alongside Naomi Watts...

Scottish company recreate boxing day tsunami for new blockbuster

THE terrifying wave that caused massive death and destruction on Boxing Day 2004 was recreated for a blockbuster movie – by  a Scottish company. The Impossible,...

£200,000 statue of Wojtek the bear planned for next year

A BEAR that fought the Nazis before seeing out the rest of its days in Edinburgh Zoo is set to be immortalised by a statue...

Family’s lucky escape after car hits electricity pylon

A FAMILY had a lucky escape after their car spun out of control and hit an electricity pylon. The family-of-four – including two children - were...

Scots motorists lives at risk as road markings fade

ALMOST two-thirds of road markings in Scotland are “barely visible” - putting the lives of motorists at risk. And more than half of the nation’s motorways...

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