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1. Scots gran arrested for breaching abortion clinic buffer zones has case dismissed

   Rose Docherty, 75, was charged after being accused of holding up a placard outside Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital twice last year.

2. Teacher accused of murdering adopted baby joked child was 'dead meat', jury told

   Jamie Varley, a former teacher accused of the murder of 13-month-old adopted baby Preston Davey, allegedly joked the child was 'dead meat' days after adoption, Preston Crown Court heard

3. Grandad 'punched to death outside pub by man he helped up', trial hears

   Nathan Gothard is on trial for the murder of David Darke, 66, who was allegedly punched outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, on December 21 last year

4. St Andrew's Hospice marks 40 years of care at Airdrie Town Hall celebration

   The milestone event, hosted by radio DJ Des Clarke, saw speakers from across the hospice’s four-decade history take to the stage.

5. Missing man's skeletal leg found washed up on Welsh beach

   The skeletal leg of William Shine, a retail manager from Birmingham who went missing in May 2025, was found washed up on a Gwynedd beach and identified through DNA testing

6. Scots influencer missing in Morocco tourist hotspot after checking out of hotel

   Rachel Kerr, from Dunblane, has not been heard from since checking out of her hotel in Agadir, Morocco, on April 25.

7. Criminal Record: Gangster's widow firebombed to pensioner 'stabbed' in car

   Criminal Record has brought together a round-up of today's biggest crime stories.

8. Teen arrested after cop hit by car 'trying to flee' in Hamilton

   The 18-year-old male driver has now been arrested in connection with the incident.

9. The Kinnahan Crime Cartel's links to Scotland as mob's £168m assets frozen in Dubai

   Drug kingpin Christy “The Dapper Don” Kinahan and his boys, Daniel and Christopher Jr, have dominated Europe’s cocaine trade and global arms smuggling for over a decade.

10. Scottish Greens co-leader says John Swinney 'softening' position on securing indyref2

    EXCLUSIVE: Ross Greer said he believes the First Minister is rowing back on claims that only an SNP majority on May 7th would trigger a referendum.