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POLICE are appealing for two teenage men who went to the aid of a 14-year-old girl raped on a double decker bus to come forward.

A father who is awaiting sentence for killing his six children in a house fire was on bail for a violent road rage incident at the time of the blaze, a court has heard.

A local Labour politician fined £100 by magistrates after admitting being drunk in a supermarket while in charge of her two-year-old daughter has lost a High Court anonymity fight.

The case against two men accused of murdering missing businesswoman Lynda Spence is a "leaky vessel", a defence lawyer has said.

Evidence given by two former co-accused in the Lynda Spence murder trial amounts to "a back-shop deal", a defence lawyer has said.

Robbie Dinwoodie visits Tulliallan Castle to ask Chief Constable Stephen House of Police Scotland what we can expect after midnight on Sunday when Scotland’s new single force takes control. The impact on the public, the savings, the improvements and the bureaucratic battles are all discussed openly by our new top cop

MURDER-accused Colin Coats has claimed it was "monstrous lies" to suggest he had abducted, tortured and killed missing financial adviser Lynda Spence.

A FORMER paralegal has been jailed for more than three years after being caught with drugs worth almost £140,000.

A PET sitter who left seven animals entrusted into her care unattended has been banned from keeping animals for 40 months.

A former postman who crept into the homes of two women and raped them in their own beds has been jailed for seven years at the High Court in Perth.

A MAN has appeared in court charged with taking part in an alleged £1 million robbery from an exclusive Scots jeweller.

A MAN accused of murdering a missing financial adviser has been asked to tell her parents where her remains are.

A LOTTERY winner who claimed thousands of pounds in benefits after his massive win because he was immersed in the "benefits culture" has been ordered to do 180 hours of community service.

A man who admitted guarding a missing businesswoman alleged to have been murdered has told a court he takes responsibility for not stopping what was happening to her.