A bagpiper from the Scots Guards led the final tour of duty for D-Day veteran James Edward Davidson as his adopted granddaugher, celebrated soprano Grace O’Malley, gave a fitting send-off to her ...
A MUM allegedly murdered at a property in a quiet Scots village has been named by police. The body of Megan Hughes, 31, was discovered at an address in Windram Road in Chirnside near Duns ...
A crime gang boss and a trusted lieutenant have been convicted of a plot to execute a man branded "a grass". David Nisbet and Declan McCuish were central to an assassination attempt which ...
RECORD numbers of jobless Scots say they don’t even want to work, official figures reveal. A staggering 810,400 people here are now classed as “economically inactive” - amounting to 22.9 per ...
The widow of a dad who died of a head injury at an ‘off grid’ hutters' camp said she doesn’t blame the 999 call handler who failed to send an ambulance. Dad-of-three Brian O’Neill, 59, was ...
Islanders have raised concerns that a 'crisis' lifeline ferry service will leave them without direct services for days because there is no room for passengers. The Isle of Barra and Vatersay rely ...
When Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th 1914, tens of thousands of Scottish men quickly volunteered to join the British Army. In this article we'll look at why so many Scots volunteered ...
The First Minister has been asked to make a direct intervention as it emerged that a "national emergency" over the future of a key Scots lifeline ferry port has meant a key taskforce mapping its ...
One of the most underrated defenders in NBA history, Alvin Robertson is one of just four shooting guards ever to win Defensive Player of the Year. He led the league in steals three times ...
It was here, two miles or so from Twickenham, where Smith’s mother Judith first set eyes on his father, Andrew: two Scots not then knowing they would one day produce a player who will spend much ...
It is estimated that one third of these are Scots. The cottish poet, Charles Hamilton Sorley lost his life at Loos, as did John Kipling, the son of the author Rudyard Kipling. The historian Trevor ...