Strathclyde County, Scotland News

TAXPAYERS could be left to foot up to A 62million for restoring opencast mines in East Ayrshire after council expose shortfall in funding.

Firefighters in Bellshill say the number of grass fires they are having to attend is getting out of hand, and fear one will eventually lead to tragedy.

A stray snake found by a man while he was drinking his morning tea could have been living in his wall for 18 months.

A former marina manager did not tell police that a murder accused made disparaging remarks about a man who died in a fire until the fourth time he was interviewed months later, a court has heard.

Do the Scots dislike the English? Overlook for the moment the lamentable generalisations inherent in any such question and think of Nigel Farage struggling with his student opponents in an Edinburgh street recently.

There has been speculation in recent weeks about the developer's intentions regarding development of the land, after East Dunbartonshire Council granted Waitrose permission to build on land owned by West of Scotland rugby club.

Campaigners from Bute hoping to save Rothesay Sheriff Court from closure met Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill in Edinburgh on Thursday.

A fresh appeal for new evidence has been issued on behalf of the two men convicted of the brutal killing of 91-year-old Galston woman Margaret Irvine.

North Lanarkshire Council is set to be the first local authority in Scotland to install life-saving defibrillators in all of its high schools.

Argyll and Bute Council have elected a new council leader in the form of Roddy McCuish at its meeting in Lochgilphead today.

ONE was injured in the fire which broke out in a flat in the town's John Street late last night but nearby resident were all evacuated.

A father whose toddler son was killed by a gunman with an illegal weapon has said he was "honoured" to receive a letter of thanks from the UK Government in recognition of his campaigning efforts.

SIMON Fraser told the court he met accused Scott Snowden for dinner and was shocked to hear him say Thomas Sharkey deserved what had happened to him.

The Newton Mearns woman, who asked not to be named, is a full time carer for her daughter, despite being disabled herself.

A funeral service has been held for one of three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland who were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

The 14-year-old boy became stuck in the seven-metre chimney on a commercial building in Carluke, North Lanarkshire.

The bid to create the 500ft-long 13ft-high dune between the course and a holiday park has been branded snobbish A posh golf club wants to build a massive mound of sand to hide a nearby caravan site from view.

A businessman who died along with his two children following a fire at the family home was left "gutted, devastated and speechless" when a pub he was renovating was burned down, a court heard.

Judges said Ms Dingwall had been chosen as finalist thanks to the "passion, commitment and innovation" she had brought to the school and the positive ethos at Knightswood.

An inquiry into the death of a teenager on a school bus trip has found she may have lived if she had worn a seatbelt and the driver had gone slower.