Connor Gillies

A Scottish man has been reunited with his family after being detained in a vile Iraqi prison over an alleged bank debt.

The man, who is being sought by US authorities over serious sexual allegations, is now being linked to a rape in Essex.

Recent official figures from the National Records of Scotland reveal an estimated 250 people died last year, which is around 50% higher than in 2017. While the number of people rough sleeping in Scotland has dropped in recent years, charities suggest the pandemic disguised the problem.

Rossi, 35, who is accused of setting up a bogus memorial to mark his own death, has claimed he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, and not a US citizen.

Kenmore sits on the banks of the River Tay and is home to around 100 residents. Arizona-based Investors Discovery Land Company has snapped up a lot of real estate in the region, which is causing concerns among the locals the area is becoming “hoarded by the elite”.

Caroline Muirhead helped solve the mystery surrounding Tony Parsons, who vanished during a charity bike ride in September 2017. Her ex Alexander McKellar eventually pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and was jailed on Friday.

A former Scottish sub-postmaster who attempted to take his own life after being convicted in the Post Office scandal has told Sky News he has no faith in government plans to pardon victims. Rab Thomson, who lives in Clackmannanshire, is one of around 100 people in Scotland wrongfully given a criminal record after bogus shortfalls appeared in the faulty Horizon IT system. Prosecutions north of the border were managed by Scotland’s independent public prosecution service, the Crown Office, as oppo…

A court has been told Scottish sub-postmasters who were given a criminal record as a result of the Post Office scandal have been placed in an “intolerable” position by politicians promising to pardon victims. Around 100 Scots were criminalised due to the faulty computer system but only four have so far been successful in overturning their convictions. In England and Wales, the Post Office acted as a private prosecutor in all cases but the legal system in Scotland is different. Scotland’s public…

A former sub-postmaster who attempted to take his own life after being criminalised in the Post Office scandal has told Sky News he is “overwhelmed” after his conviction was overturned. Rab Thomson, from Clackmannanshire, is one of around 50 people in Scotland wrongfully convicted after bogus shortfalls appeared in the faulty Horizon IT system. The 64-year-old father-of-two had been due to have his miscarriage of justice claims heard at the Court of Criminal Appeal in February, but prosecutors c…

Messages have emerged of Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf admitting to “winging it” during his role as health secretary at the height of the COVID pandemic. The UK COVID Inquiry has released WhatsApp exchanges between Mr Yousaf and Scotland’s national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch from June 2021. The discussion happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary and saw him joke that he was “winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later”, followed by a…