Crime

A surgeon’s lapse in attention at the wheel of his car resulted in a fatal head-on collision that claimed the life of a motorist.

POLICE are hunting a man who attempted an armed robbery at a shop in Leith.

Police in Edinburgh have arrested and charged two men in connection with a serious assault in the south of the city.

A CAPITAL dental surgery has been targeted in an armed attack over its stocks of platinum-based implants, it is understood.

The question of what makes a doctor become a serial killer will be examined in depth at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh next week.

Children’s charities have welcomed support from organisations across Scotland for a Bill that would outlaw smacking and help to give greater protection to young people.

Police in Edinburgh have released CCTV images of a man following an armed robbery at a dentists in the south of the Capital.

HAPLESS thieves hit four high-end florists the night before Valentine’s Day – stealing cash but ignoring thousands of pounds’ worth of flowers.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a hate crime at Tynecastle Stadium.

A notorious rapist attacked a fellow sex offender at a jail because of a threat to assault a woman prison worker.

The family of IS schoolgirl Shamima Begum have been notified that the Home Office intends to deprive her of her British citizenship, their lawyer Tasnime Akunjee said.

An East Lothian rapist who carried out sex attacks on three victims over two decades has been jailed.

A HEROIN addict kept almost £500,000 of the drug in his home for dealers so he could feed his habit, a court has heard.

Police have issued a fresh public appeal to trace an Edinburgh man who disappeared two weeks ago.

DNA matching a teenage boy accused of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl was found on her body and clothes, a court has heard.

POLICE have issued an appeal after an ‘extremely noisy’ housebreaking in Gullane.

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STRESSED-OUT Scottish firefighters and support staff are increasingly taking time off sick, figures obtained by the Evening News reveal.

THE family of a Colombian woman who was left to drown off the coast of the Bahamas are set to travel to Edinburgh to see their granddaughter for the first time since the incident.