Scotland News

THE mother of a 10-year-old girl mauled by two Rottweilers praised the child’s grandmother for helping to save her.

SCOTLAND’S police forces seized nearly £40 million worth of cannabis plants in the past four years, figures released today showed.

POLICE were today investigating the death of 10-month-old Leland Symons who died after being taken to hospital.

A SCOTTISH lorry driver was arrested in Romania on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys, police said.

A FOOTBALL fan who set an Aberdeen FC supporter on fire was today ordered to pay his victim £25,000.

A WOMAN charged with the murders of her three children was this afternoon due at a specially convened court session in hospital.

A DAY of mass action in Edinburgh by climate protesters led to 12 arrests and caused major disruption.

THE families of two of serial killer Peter Tobin’s victims were today calling for him to be denied the right to a court appeal.

THE Rosyth to Zeebrugge passenger ferry is to be scrapped, the operator said today.

MORE than 150 mourners gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in Aberdeen to say a final, heartbreaking farewell to three little innocents.

THE UK government warned Libya not to celebrate the return of the Lockerbie bomber today, the first anniversary of his release from a Scottish jail.

LIBYAN leader Colonel Gaddafi plans to pay respects to the Lockerbie bomber to mark the first anniversary of his release, it was reported today.

THREE rare 19th-century bottles of whisky and cognac were to go under the hammer today.

POP Idol winner Michelle McManus will sing for the Pope when he visits Scotland, the Catholic Church said today.

SCIENTISTS said today they had created a new biofuel made from whisky by-products which could be used to power cars.

A DIVER died on a beach in front of a coastguard station despite desperate efforts to save her.

A FATHER has told of his heartache as a new search was due to begin today for the body of his missing daughter.

A CALL for all-year-round British Summer Time for the UK has been branded as “daft” by an Aberdeen MSP.

THREE Aberdeen children at the centre of a major murder inquiry died from stab wounds to the chest, their death certificates revealed today.

A TEENAGER who killed a woman in a drink-fuelled crash on New Year’s Day faces being locked up.

A PILOT who crashed his light plane into a tree on a golf course underestimated the amount of fuel needed for his flight, investigators said today.

THE Royal Bank of Scotland scraped into the black today with net profits of £9 million for the first half of 2010.

THE search resumed today for a fisherman missing after his boat and a passenger ferry collided.

THE Pope’s visit to Scotland could be disrupted by strikes in an ongoing dispute over council pay and conditions, it emerged today.