20 h. ago Chef dies on Richard Branson's Necker Island after 'crashing electric buggy following all

Executive sous chef Sihle Somdaka, 37, was found fatally injured after apparently losing control of an electric buggy on Necker Island, the Virgin tycoon's £95,000-a-night private paradise.

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4 d. ago Police probe hate crime after footballer 'subjected to homophobic abuse' in match

Police Scotland have confirmed they are treating an incident of homophobic abuse against Edinburgh City goalkeeper Mark Weir as a hate crime after a supporter was ejected from Elgin City's Borough Briggs stadium

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4 d. ago Scots police probe hate crime after 'homophobic abuse' of footballer

Police Scotland described the incident has 'despicable' and they were following a positive line of enquiry.

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5 d. ago Police Scotland 'aware' of online misinformation over Dundee 'blade' incident

A statement from the force said they "would urge the public not to share misinformation about this incident or speculate on the circumstances".

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5 d. ago The night Richard Gordon 'thought he was going to die' in terrifying Russian mob incident before Scotland game

Gordon watched a man stabbed and was left fearing for his life in the terrifying incident in 1995

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8 d. ago Teen girl charged after reportedly seen with bladed weapon on Scots street

Police Scotland were called to the incident in Dundee on Saturday.

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8 d. ago Sex attacks and disorder on rise at Scots airports as drunken passengers blamed

New figures released by Police Scotland show that incidents of crime and disorder at Scottish Airports have shot up.

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1 week ago East Kilbride hand over footage from alleged racism incident in Stranraer clash to Police Scotland

Kilby have conducted their own internal investigation and now passed information on to the authorities

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2 w. ago Fears over 'serious nuclear incident' at Faslane naval base where Britain's Trident submarines are kept

A serious nuclear incident took place at Britain's Trident submarine base in Scotland earlier this year, it has emerged.

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4 w. ago Storm Floris: Scottish government holds emergency meeting amid warnings of more UK travel disruption

Scotland says there have been 119 incidents on the rail network caused by Storm Floris, including 75 tree-related onesThe Scottish government has held emergency meetings in response to the “significant disruption” caused by Storm Floris across the country, with warnings of further travel chaos on Tuesday as poor weather continues.On Monday night, the Scottish government’s Resilience Room held a meeting to help decide an appropriate response to the storm, which has included power outages and almost 120 rail incidents. Representatives from the Met Office, Police Scotland, Transport Scotland and transport and utilities companies were in attendance. Continue reading...

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