MISSING: Police are appealing for information to trace Glasgow man William Hurst.

The 62 Y/O was last seen in the city's Ledmore Drive area at around 10:20pm on Saturday.

He's described as 5'4', average build with greying black hair, and was wearing a black parka, dark trousers

A 53 Y/O man's been jailed for 17 years for the murder of Stacey Warnock in Airdrie.

Her body was found within a property in the town's Barra Drive in December 2022.

John McLaughlan pleaded guilty to her murder and was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow today.

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The number of deaths caused by alcohol across the UK has reached a record high.

Official figures show they went up rapidly after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2022 more than 10,000 people died as a direct consequence of drinking - around a third higher compared with

A woman convicted of murdering Caroline Glachan in West Dunbartonshire more than 27 years ago has been jailed for 17 years.

Donna Marie Brand, who's now 44, was found guilty in December of killing the 14-year-old in 1996 along with Robert O'Brien and Andrew Kelly.

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Police are appealing for information following a robbery in Greenock.

It happened on Hastie Street at 9pm on Friday. A 58-year-old man was approached by three male youths who stole his mobile phone and a two-figure sum of cash. The trio then ran off.

One week on from a mass stabbing in Sydney, we're being warned a similar incident could happen in Scotland at some point.

That's according to an expert in incel culture, which police have not yet ruled out as a motive for the attack near Australia's Bondi Beach.

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Wet wipes containing plastic are set to be banned from sale in the UK.

The Environment Secretary plans to introduce a bill before Parliament's summer recess in July.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with drug and road traffic offences near Glasgow's Believe in Scotland march.

It's after footage appeared online of a car being stopped near the Scottish independence supporters in George Square yesterday.

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Glaswegians are being scammed out of five figure sums by bogus repair workers.

Trading Standards Scotland have noted a rise in fraudsters across the city in the last six months.

Rogue traders are beginning apparently urgent repair work, before leaving homeowners in the lurch.

A man has been arrested following an attempted murder at a Glasgow train station.

Officers were called to Hyndland station around 6.30pm yesterday evening.

It followed reports of a man pushing a woman onto the tracks.

British Transport Police say the victim has been taken to

The closure of GP practices across Scotland is affecting the mental health of Scots.

New figures from the British Medical Association show that 60 GP practices have closed across the country in the last 6 years.

There are now 17 fewer practices in Glasgow, and 16 fewer in

Pro-independence campaigners are taking to Glasgow's streets this afternoon.

The Believe in Scotland event will see several groups march from the Kelvin Way through the city centre from 12:30pm, with a rally in George Square from around 1:45pm.

It comes at the end of a turbulent

A man has been arrested after police seized an estimated £420,000 worth of drugs in Lanarkshire.

The discovery was made after a car was stopped on the M74 northbound near Lesmahagow on Friday afternoon.

The 34Y/O is due to appear at Airdrie Sheriff Court on Monday.

One week on from a mass stabbing in Sydney, we're being warned a similar incident could happen in Scotland at some point.

That's according to an expert in incel culture, which police have not yet ruled out as a motive for the attack near Australia's Bondi Beach.

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The Scottish Green Party is holding a vote on the future of its powersharing arrangement with the SNP after a key climate change target was ditched.

On Thursday Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan announced the SNP-Green administration was abandoning its commitment to cutting

Police in America say a man who set himself alight outside a New York courthouse, while the former US president Donald Trump was inside, has died.

Max Azzarello, from Florida, threw around pamphlets about conspiracy theories before covering himself with a flammable liquid and

A 33-year-old man has been sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in connection with non-recent sexual offences against children in Renfrewshire, Glasgow and Argyll.

Kristofer Johnstone was sentenced today for offences involving two girls, committed between 2005 and 2017.

A serving police officer has been sentenced to community service for stealing from a dead man's home.

In June last year Alan Sneddon took two mobiles and a tablet while he was investigating the sudden death of a Paisley man who suffered a heart attack.

Police Scotland say the