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The RNLI has praised the “quick thinking” of a teenager after he sailed out and rescued two men who had fallen into the water from an inflatable toy boat.

Police Scotland said a man was charged after a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday night that are being treated as potential anti-Muslim hate crimes.

George Shipley doesn’t mince his words. The 34-year-old acting skipper stands on the quayside at Brixham harbour, the smell of salt and diesel thick in the early morning air, white plastic boxes stacked behind him and the Devon hills rising beyond the trawlers, and says what every fisherman here is thinking.

Passengers are facing long queues at Edinburgh Airport after parts of the terminal building were evacuated following a bomb scare.

A former head gamekeeper found guilty of murdering an ex-colleague with a shotgun has been refused leave to appeal against his conviction.

Police have released CCTV images of a man following a serious assault in Arbroath.

British Army soldier Corporal Rhys Calland has won the Europe’s Strongest Man competition.

The Welsh government has expressed disappointment that a meeting promised by Sir Keir Starmer with First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth in June is not taking place.

A man who exploited vulnerable people to allow homes in Aberdeen to be used for a so-called county lines drugs supply network has been jailed.

A woman has allegedly been raped in Glasgow city centre with police rushing to the scene and closing off an area under a motorway.

Grant Calder, who campaigned for Thomas Kerr MSP during the Scottish Parliament election, claimed on Facebook on Tuesday that “there are going to be protests and there’s going to be trouble, including migrants getting put out of houses and hostels”.

Two men who firebombed a house on the orders of a "boss" based in Dubai as part of a violent gang feud have been jailed.

A man who caused a woman to suffer “severe” psychological harm as a result of a two-day-long abduction, rape, and physical abuse ordeal has been jailed.

Five men face lengthy jail terms after police busted a £4m cocaine and dirty money ring in the north of Glasgow.

A former key member of Nicola Sturgeon’s team has backed calls for an inquiry into how her ex-husband was able to embezzle more than £400,000 from the SNP.

A pair of signed stilettos donated by Nicola Sturgeon to be auctioned at an SNP fundraising event were bought back by her former husband, Peter Murrell, it has emerged.

A violent rapist who carried out a catalogue of abuse and brutality towards women has been jailed for nine years after putting victims through “a horrific ordeal”.

Police are treating a huge blaze at a derelict warehouse in West Lothian as deliberate as investigations continue.

Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry, The Ferret can reveal.

As Nicola Sturgeon prepares to speak in public in Scotland for the first time this Sunday since the embezzlement conviction of her estranged husband Peter Murrell, it is time to reflect on how the case will affect her political legacy.

A Bulgarian man has been found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year.

Scotland’s commissioner for children and young people has called on the government to take urgent action to end the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for children.

Worshippers had to be locked in as a group of men wearing black hoodies and balaclavas marched on Glasgow’s largest mosque, according to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

A man has been convicted of raping a young boy and assaulting a teenage girl in a Caithness town.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has purchased two islands off Scotland’s east coast to protect their "awe-inspiring" seabird colonies.