Ishan Crawford

A woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after she was attacked by a bulldog in a Scottish town. The incident happened on Friday morning in the Silvertrees area of Bothwell, where the woman was walking her puppy. The bulldog, which was on a lead, reportedly bit the woman’s face and arm as she tried to protect her pet from being mauled. Police shoot the dog dead after it tries to attack an officer Police Scotland confirmed that they were investigating the incident and that the dog had been shot dead by armed officers. The dog was described as…

Rangers impress Club Brugge manager with their performance in Europa League Club Brugge manager Philippe Clement has praised Rangers for their impressive display in the Europa League last 16, where they held the Belgian champions to a 1-1 draw at Ibrox on Thursday. Clement, who played for Coventry City in the Premier League, said he was impressed by the quality and intensity of Steven Gerrard’s side, who are unbeaten in domestic and European competitions this season. “Rangers are a top European team and they deserve respect,” Clement said after the match. “They have a lot of quality players, a lot…

The trial of Iain Packer, who is accused of murdering sex worker Emma Caldwell in 2005, continued on Wednesday with forensic evidence from a soil expert. Soil samples matched location of body Dr Stefan Uitdehaag, from the Netherlands Forensic Institute, told the High Court in Glasgow that he was commissioned by Police Scotland to analyse soil samples from the forest where Ms Caldwell’s body was found and from the footwell of Packer’s van. He said he used a technique called palynology, which studies the composition of pollen and spores in soil, to calculate the “ecological distance” between the samples. He…

Offshore Energies UK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore energy industry, held its annual Health Safety and Environment (HSE) conference on Thursday, 8th February 2024, at the P&J Live centre in Aberdeen. The event attracted over 300 delegates from various sectors and organisations, who came to learn and share best practices on how to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition and net zero. Collaboration for climate and environmental goals One of the key messages of the conference was the need for collaboration across the industry and beyond to achieve the climate and environmental goals and…

Hearts have set a high price tag for their star striker Lawrence Shankland, who has been linked with a move to Rangers in the January transfer window. The Edinburgh club are reportedly asking for more than £4.5 million, which would break the Scottish transfer record between domestic clubs. Shankland’s impressive form for Hearts and Scotland Shankland has been in sensational form for Hearts this season, scoring 21 goals in 25 appearances in all competitions. He has also earned 12 caps for Scotland, netting four times, including a stunning strike against Denmark in the World Cup qualifiers. The 28-year-old has attracted…

A devastating diagnosis Lynne Mackie was heartbroken when her son Ryan died at the age of 19 from a rare blood disorder called Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA). He was one of only 125 people in the UK with the condition, which affects the production of red blood cells and can cause severe anaemia, bone marrow failure, and other complications. Ryan was diagnosed with DBA when he was just six weeks old, after he stopped feeding and became very pale. He had to undergo regular blood transfusions and steroid treatments to keep him alive, as well as multiple surgeries and procedures to…

A young father has become the fourth person to die after a horrific crash on the A9 in the Highlands. Steven Macdonald, 28, passed away on Friday night at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, where he had been fighting for his life since the collision on Monday. Family’s Heartbreak Steven’s family said they were “devastated” by his death and paid tribute to him as a “loving son, brother, partner and dad”. They also thanked the emergency services and hospital staff for their efforts to save him. Steven, from Inverness, was driving a Ford Fiesta that was involved in a head-on crash…

A Scots postmistress who was sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling £20,000 from her Isle of Gigha branch has had her conviction quashed after 12 years. Aleid Kloosterhuis, 64, was one of the hundreds of victims of the Horizon IT scandal, which saw faulty accounting software falsely accuse post office workers of stealing money. A miscarriage of justice Kloosterhuis, who moved to Scotland from the Netherlands in 1998, pleaded guilty to embezzlement at Campbeltown Sheriff Court in 2012, based on evidence from the Horizon system. She was the only one of the six Scots postmasters and mistresses who…