88 m. ago Students in Lanarkshire who are unpaid carers urged to check if they qualify for financial help

It’s estimated around 35,000 attend college or university in Scotland

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2 h. ago Sick boyfriend, 39, who forced his partner to have sex with their pet pug while he filmed the abuse is jailed for nearly six years

Graham Marshall, 39, who forced his partner to perform sex acts on the couple's pug Charlie over a two year period appeared at Sheffield Crown Court where he was jailed for five years.

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2 h. ago Grooming gang pair raped two teen girls for months, calling them "fresh meat"

"The defendants gained the girls' trust and confidence by plying them with alcohol and giving them cigarettes at house parties, and offering them flirtatious attention."

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2 h. ago Dan Biggar's Scotland comments are more relevant than ever and it gives Wales an edge

The former Wales fly-half was strong about Scotland in the past but the comments still hold weight

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3 h. ago Gang carried out a £2.8m heist weeks before they shot the man behind Britain's biggest ever armed robbery in his luxury home, court hears

Convicted armed robber Paul Allen was paralysed for life after two bullets were fired through the kitchen window of his rented home in Woodford Green, East London, on July 11 2019.

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3 h. ago How I rediscovered the magic of salsa, the music of my mother's mother, in an Edinburgh bar

Salsa was the background to Lisa Simonis’s early childhood but it took an outgoing flatmate in Scotland’s capital to persuade her to rediscover this electrifying music and dance

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3 h. ago Inside the Wales camp as 18 players return and injured duo train ahead of Scotland clash

Wales trained in the Principality Stadium on Monday as they ramped up their preparations ahead of the trip to Edinburgh

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4 h. ago Nurse accused of shooting her husband dead as they argued over a social media friend request

Rashaan Wallace, 30, is in jail on a $50,000 bond

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4 h. ago Probe to take place into death of Scots prisoner who died weeks after being jailed

Connor Morrison died at HMP Edinburgh in April 2022, after only being sentenced in March.

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4 h. ago Rotherham grooming gang duo raped two teens regularly for MONTHS with sick 'fresh meat' slur

Romulad Stefan Houphouet, 37, and Absolom Sigiyo, 41, have been found guilty of rape after befriending their two victims, living in a children's home, in Rotherham,. South Yorkshire

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5 h. ago Gang who smuggled £1.5m of illicit tobacco into Scotland jailed for 16 years

Yuanjian Zhou, 48, masterminded the operation from his property in the Royston area of Glasgow across a three-year period from March 18.

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5 h. ago 'Why is my son's killer allowed to gloat about it online?' Grieving mother whose son was killed in mistaken ID revenge attack slams Prison Service over jailed murderer's Instagram boasts

Kodi Wescott, a 17-year-old from Bristol, was found guilty alongside four others of the double murder of Max and Mason in Knowle West in a case of mistaken identity just over a year ago.

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5 h. ago Builder who killed his former workmate in boozy punching game after 'banter' over who could take the hardest blow is jailed for two

Jason Thomas, 40, hit his 22-year-old friend Liam Morgan-Whittle twice to the head - knocking the victim out and leaving him with a bleed on the brain in Llanelli, Wales.

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6 h. ago Dumfries hotel named Scotland's best new spa at Hotels of the Year Scotland awards

The Cairndale Hotel also landed the award for Best Hotel in the South West at the Hotels of the Year Scotland Awards

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6 h. ago Scots Dragon's Den star facing jail after 'sinister' masked hammer attack on ex

Brian Smillie Jr turned up uninvited outside his ex-partner's home and smashed her car with a weapon.

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6 h. ago Creetown gaffer unhappy with 'awful' game management despite 7

The Castle Cary Park side won a crazy game 7-4 to boost their South of Scotland League title hopes.

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6 h. ago Entitled Spirit Airlines passenger learns harsh lesson after attacking staff as she tells them to 'take me to jail'

An entitled female Spirit Airlines passenger named Rachel threw a huge fit and stomped her feet at police after she was put on the no-fly list while trying to catch a flight from Orlando to San Juan.

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6 h. ago Heartbroken son says he will never forgive 'paranoid' father jailed for murdering his partner in the deluded belief she was scamming him

Sophie Evans, 30, was found face down at home with a towel tied to a cupboard on her throat in July last year.

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6 h. ago Sophie Evans: Woman killed by her boyfriend’s father after he wrongly believed she was scamming him

Richard Jones has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years for the murder

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6 h. ago 'Hidden' underground streets below Scots city to be 'unlocked' for one night only

Visitors will have the chance to explore a hidden network of underground passages dating back to the 17th century

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