Airdrie, Scotland News

The city which has just been ordered to close its own dump in Cathkin, South Lanarkshire has signed a 2 million annual contract with the Greengairs tip, one of Scotland's biggest, near Airdrie.

Paul Hadden, 32, was jailed for 10 years in October 2012 for stabbing Iain O'Brien 21 times at his lover Lynn McMillan's home in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.

Police Scotland said a 69-year-old man died after the accident on the eastbound A737 near the St James Interchange in Paisley It happened shortly before 6am and caused lengthy tailbacks as the road near Glasgow Airport remained blocked during morning rush hour.

THE number of companies failing to pay the minimum wage in Scotland increased by 15 per cent last year, despite a drop in the United Kingdom as a whole, new figures have revealed.

MORE than a quarter of a million families in Scotland are to miss out on one of the UK government's flagship schemes to support working parents.

The exposure of the huge amount owed, mostly from absent dads, has led to calls for action to tackle a crisis in the Child Support Agency.

THE striker will escape a police charge but has been fined by his club and now awaits the inevitable Football Association charge.