Tuesday May 14 | BBC News
Man jailed over A 300,000 drug haul
A 54-year-old drugs courier found with cannabis resin with a potential street value of A 300,000 has been jailed by the sheriff at Dumfries for 29 months.
Cashier embezzled cash for gambling
A court has heard how a cashier in a solicitors' office embezzled tens of thousands of pounds to feed her online gambling habit.
Trump Ad Banned: Scotland Bans Donald Trump's Anti-Wind Farm Ad, Dubbed 'Misleading'
An anti-wind farm ad campaign created by Donald Trump has been banned by Britain's Advertising Standards Agency for what it calls unsubstantiated claims and "misleading imagery." On Wednesday, the British agency, which works to ensure that advertisements are "truthful and socially responsible," ruled that Trump hadn't provided sufficient evidence ... (more)
Lockerbie bombing: Plane wreckage from doomed jumbo jet Pan Am 103 is ...
THE torn fuselage of Pan Am 103 has been returned to Dumfriesshire as the investigation into the terrorist atrocity, which killed 270 people, continues.
Bombed plane returned to Scotland
The Crown Office has confirmed that part of the wreckage of the aeroplane that exploded over Lockerbie has been returned to Scotland.
I have experienced more terrorism than the average person. In 1988, I lost my brother in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.