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Inside the abandoned Barcaldine SeaLife Centre with tanks still full of water
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (513+ words) Centre in Oban was the UK's first SeaLife centre, but closed in October 2018 after a significant drop in visitor numbers An eerie glimpse inside a derelict aquarium has shown cleaning supplies and creature feed lying forsaken and gathering grime. Urban…...
'Explosion' at GTA developer Rockstar North in Edinburgh as building sealed off
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (182+ words) Barclay House in Edinburgh, the home of video game developer Rockstar North, was sealed off this morning. Rockstar North's Edinburgh HQ has been sealed off after an "explosion". Emergency services were called to the scene on Holyrood Road shortly after…...
Woman who was diagnosed with cancer after miscarriage dies as tributes pour in
1+ week, 1+ day ago (545+ words) Laura Strathearn has sadly passed away following a five year battle with breast cancer. A Scots woman who learnt she had aggressive breast cancer after having a miscarriage has sadly passed away following a five-year battle. Laura Strathearn was diagnosed…...
Criminal battling to stay in Scotland after failing in bid to avoid extradition
1+ week, 3+ day ago (836+ words) Gheorghe Marcoci, suspected of bring involved in organised crime, fled Romania for Scotland in 2018 after being convicted of tax evasion and was later sentenced to eight years in prison. A man suspected of being involved in organised crime in Romania…...
Scot who shot wheelchair-bound wife dead in US loses appeal against conviction
1+ week, 4+ day ago (330+ words) A Scot who shot dead his wheelchair-bound wife in the US has lost an appeal against his conviction. Wayne Fraser, 49, was jailed for 20 years after he was found guilty of the culpable negligent manslaughter of his wife Natalia Ryan-Fraser, 55, with…...
Twin sisters who died in River Dee brought home in backpacks by family
1+ week, 6+ day ago (503+ words) The brother of Hungarian twins Henrietta and Eliza Huszti has revealed their family could not afford the "45,000 cost of bringing their bodies home from Scotland. The family of tragic twin sisters who died in the River Dee in Aberdeen had…...
Drug dealer who supplied ecstasy which killed his teenage girlfriend jailed
1+ week, 6+ day ago (903+ words) Drug dealer Jay Conway cried as he was jailed for 15 months following the death of his 16-year-old girlfriend, Lennix Hughes. A drug dealer who supplied the ecstasy which killed his 16-year-old girlfriend has been jailed for 15 months.Tragic schoolgirl Lennix…...
Former soldier jailed after using Molotov cocktails to firebomb police station
1+ week, 6+ day ago (531+ words) Jamie Taylor, 34, has been jailed for three years following the fire attack at Livingston Police Station last year. A British Army veteran who threw Molotov cocktails at a police station after his criminal record was revealed has been jailed for…...
Two children struck by black car in hit-and-run in Dalkeith
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (142+ words) Police are hunting the driver of the vehicle which failed to stop after striking the two girls. Police are hunting a black car after two children were struck in a hit-and-run in Dalkeith. The two girls aged 13 and 12 were hit…...
Sisters reunited 50 years after dad murdered mum and fled to Scotland
2+ week, 1+ day ago (830+ words) Sisters who were separated after their dad brutally murdered their mum with a hammer and fled to Scotland have been reunited 50 years on. The lives of Theresa Fazzani, 59 and Janet Brocklhurst, 57, changed forever when they found mum Helen Barnes lying…...