All news by author: Cara Blackhall

Retired Gerry Gallacher has slammed his former colleagues who failed to nail Emma Caldwell's murder in 2005, despite the case against her killer, Iain Packer, being "on a plate"

Nikki and Ciaran are desperate to be reunited with their missing seven-month-old Dachshund Milo who disappeared on December 8 while out and about in East Lothian with a dog walker

Mum Daria Sezonenka, 32, fled her home city of Kherson in Ukraine with her six-year-old son and has settled in the UK thanks to the Homes for Ukraine Programme

One dad-of-two was about to head to bed in his home in Clovenstone, Edinburgh, when his cameras caught two hooded crooks scoping out their house seemingly preparing to rob it as his kids slept inside

Teachers at Corstorphine Primary in Wester Bloom, Edinburgh, made Markel Martinez sit on his own behind a screen - called a "concentration station" by Edinburgh City Council

Nicola Davies died in an airport last month after suddenly falling ill - now her children Rebecca and Assan have been told to vacate their home in Loanhead, Midlothian

A mum who took her kids on a Halloween day out at Craigie's Farm in Edinburgh has accused the event of overcharging her after she paid £15 for two 'medium-sized' pumpkins

An Aberdeen family have described their “chaotic” experience after being stranded in Edinburgh without accommodation when their flight home aborted its landing - amid the extreme weather from Storm Babet

A family says that a 'last minute' flight cancellation meant they missed out on a dream TUI cruise holiday around the Mediterranean as alternative flights were too late