Politicians who led a unilateral referendum in Catalonia warned Nicola Sturgeon to take care yesterday as she finalises her strategy to stage a second independence poll.
Serious and organised crime gangs have moved into multinational food fraud lured by rising prices and broken supply chains, expert crime-fighters warn.
The great summer getaway is under way at Scots airports but alarming stories of lost and delayed baggage have encouraged more travellers to consider leaving their suitcases in the loft and taking only hand luggage to avoid the queues.
Handling a Glock 17 pistol or a Colt C8 rifle requires a cool head and a steady hand. However, those are also vital qualities for those working in the highly-skilled world of glass making – as police firearms officer William Manson knows only too well.
More than 1,000 years ago, Vikings began to construct forts and farmsteads in Caithness and Sutherland, or Suder land – southern land – as they called it.