1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (173+ words) More than a thousand squishy toys have been seized in a month from Aberdeen shops after complaints from parents that many smelled of chemicals or leaked. One of the confiscated toys contained a false fingernail. Aberdeen City Council trading standards…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (602+ words) A Greek man has been found guilty of murdering a Scottish woman in Crete 17 years ago. Jean Hanlon's body was found in water off Heraklion in March 2009. A 54-year-old man " who under Greek law will not be named until the…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (628+ words) The mother of a Tik Tok influencer, who was convicted of the murder of her lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase, has had an appeal to reduce her sentence rejected. Ansreen Bukhari, of George Eardley Close in…...

4+ day, 2+ min ago  (337+ words) A court has heard that award-winning actor Micheal Ward allegedly raped and sexually assaulted a woman shortly after meeting her in a bar in London in 2023. The 28-year-old actor - known for his starring roles in the film Blue Story and…...

1+ week, 34+ min ago  (338+ words) The trial of a man accused of murdering a Scottish woman on a Greek island is due to start next week. The body of Jean Hanlon, 53, was recovered from the water off Heraklion in Crete in 2009. Her family, from Dumfries,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (594+ words) Crowds at Spruce Meadows were sprinkled with pink on Saturday as many came dressed for the weekend's Barbie x Spruce Meadows theme. Some, like Rushania Kinzagulova, took the opportunity to go all-out, wearing head-to-toe pink. Most of her outfit, which…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (646+ words) An anti-racism rally in Glasgow has been disrupted by a masked group following violence in the city earlier this week. Thousands of campaigners who marched along Buchanan Street in the city centre were met by several dozen far-right demonstrators who…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (183+ words) Three armed men are being hunted after a car was hit multiple times in Glasgow, in what police describe as a "targeted attack". Officers said a dark blue Renault Clio deliberately crashed into a Nissan Micra on the slip road…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (120+ words) Yahoo News Canada A woman who fractured the skull of her seven-week-old daughter, who went on to die aged two, has been told she will serve nearly 13 years in prison for her murder. Sarah Ngaba, formerly of Telford, Shropshire, was…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (274+ words) Pubs and bars in Wolverhampton are being invited to extend their opening hours for any England and Scotland knock-out games at the World Cup. The city council said a government announcement meant licensed premises in England and Wales that were…...