Coatbridge, Scotland News

A bedroom tax campaigner called on Scottish politicians today to put party differences aside after councils sent out the first wave of eviction threats.

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.

Residents concerned about bus services being slashed have been urged to have their say on a new piece of legislation.

Buckfast crimewave revealed as police figures show tonic wine has been linked to more than 7000 offences in three years THE toll was worst in Strathclyde where the drink was mentioned in 6496 reports during the timeframe - a rise of almost 1000 on the previous three years.

SCOTLAND'S property market is the most polarised it has been for decades with smaller town centres missing out on new shops, offices and housing because of the economic malaise, research this week will reveal.

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