East Kilbride, Scotland News

A father whose toddler son was killed by a gunman with an illegal weapon has called on governments to "finish the job" by signing and ratifying the first global treaty to regulate the international arms trade.

Heartless thieves in Glasgow use metal cutters to break into charity bins and steal two tons of clothes bound for Africa VOLUNTEERS at charity Glasgow the Caring City have been left shocked by the raids which came just weeks after 15 metal hospital beds, destined for South Sudan, were stolen from a storage unit.

Crooks believed to have been armed with specialised cutting gear broke into five clothing banks in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, including one at Kingsgate Retail Park, over the bank holiday weekend.

The city council which has one of Scotland's worst records for recycling had hoped to keep its Cathkin landfill open for another two years.

THE Our Heroes ceremony will take place tomorrow and will see big names from TV, film, sport and politics honouring ordinary Scots who make an extraordinary difference to the lives of others.

But when they saw a group of elderly neighbours were trapped in a burning building, 18-year-old twins Laura and Rachel King didn't hesitate to run headlong into the sort of situation that most people would flee from.

WE caught up with the stars of the sci-fi blockbuster at the London premiere and got their thoughts on their deep space adventures.

Brighton is abuzz with the festival and the fringe, the superb Imaginate festival for children gets underway in Edinburgh and The Winslow Boy is revived at Mold in Wales Pirates of the Carabina fly into Eden Court in Inverness with the aerial show Flown.

The road forms part of the latest draft of the council's local transport strategy, which is currently undergoing a public consultation.

A DJ whose parents died in the space of four years is organising a club night with eight DJs across two venues to raise cash for cancer research.

DUNDEE ace gives statement to detectives after 43-year-old victim is battered outside a bar at wedding anniversary party.

IT may not have been an overpowering tide of good news. But the latest economic pointers - that 0.5 per cent rise in Scottish GDP in the final quarter of last year and now the better-than-expected 0.3 per cent advance in UK GDP in the first three months of 2013 - have all but banished fears of that dreaded "triple dip" recession.

DARREN Bunce's home in East Kilbride was being used as a factory to package cannabis.

THE directors of Clyde FC are to hold another meeting with supporters after they decided to move the club's base from Cumbernauld to East Kilbride.

Eleven-week-old Rocky is the latest recruit to join the ranks of the canine team at North Yorkshire Police.

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