3 h. ago Areas of Scotland with highest and lowest rates of crime 2025

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been shared.

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8 h. ago Body is found in search for missing schoolboy, 13, who vanished near a river after police divers are called in

Mylo Capilla was last seen at around 9pm on Thursday in an area known as the Muddies in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside.

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9 h. ago Body is found in search for missing woman, 34, who vanished more than a month ago

A body has been found in the search for a missing woman who vanished in Coventry after visiting a food bank. 

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11 h. ago Glasgow City Council warns of parking scam messages amid ongoing cyber incident

The local authority said it was investigating the messages ‘as a matter of urgency’.

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12 h. ago Body found in missing woman search as man charged with murder

Officers searching for Reanne Coulson found a body in Binley Woods on Friday afternoon, West Midlands Police said.

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13 h. ago Mylo Capilla: Body found in search for missing boy, 13, who 'entered river'

Mylo Capilla, 13, was last seen at 9pm on Thursday where he is believed to have entered the River Tees

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13 h. ago Mylo Capilla: Tragedy as police searching for missing boy, 13, find body in water

Police have found a body in the search for missing 13-year-old Mylo Capilla - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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28 h. ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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35 h. ago Crackdown on Scotland gang war: Police arrest 49 suspects including boy, 17, after spate of shootings, firebombings and assaults rocked Edinburgh and Glasgow

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of firebombing in connection with Operation Portaledge, the ongoing investigation into a spate of violent incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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36 h. ago Scottish Crime 2025: Here are the official crime stats for 32 of Scotland's local authorities

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been published.

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38 h. ago Cops release images amid probe into spate of thefts in Fife and Glasgow

Images have been released by Police Scotland as they appeal for those who recognise the man to come forward.

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39 h. ago Police Scotland say transgender suspects have the right to ask for a male officer to search one half of their body and a female officer to search the other half

Gender-critical campaigners have accused Police Scotland of putting female staff at risk with new rules drawn up after a recent Supreme Court verdict.

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41 h. ago Scottish Crime Rates 2025: Here are the official crime stats for all 32 of Scotland's local authorities

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been published.

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46 h. ago Woman's body found in water near Scottish village in search for missing person

A body has been found in the search for missing woman Jennifer Stephen.

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61 h. ago Body found in water amid search for missing woman in Falkirk

Police have confirmed that a woman's body was found in the water near Hallglen Terrace in Falkirk around 1.45pm on Wednesday, June 25.

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62 h. ago Scots cops searches to be on 'biological sex' after Supreme Court ruling

Police Scotland has issued new interim guidance requiring certain searches to be conducted based on a person’s biological sex.

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64 h. ago Fraudster who conned luxury brands into buying fake Scottish tea jailed

Thomas Robinson, 55, claimed to have cultivated the tea at his Perthshire estate using innovative techniques but was convicted of fraud in May.

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3 d. ago Tamworth tragedy as search ends for missing man, 21, after body found in water

Police searching for a missing man in Tamworth, Staffordshire, have confirmed that the body of a 21-year-old man was recovered from a river following an 'incident in water'

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4 d. ago Police Scotland spend £332,000 on supergrasses as deadly gangland turf war erupts

EXCLUSIVE: The £332,189 spent last year was the highest for some time.

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4 d. ago Inquiry into fatal shooting of asylum seeker to last up to 12 weeks

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, was shot dead in Glasgow in June 2020 after attacking six people with a knife.

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