All news by author: David Meikle

Jessi-Jean MacLennan was only 20 months old when she died in Glasgow in November 2019 and an inquiry was told that a cure was 'probable' if she had been examined properly

Kevin Scott, 46, and his partner Fiona Young bought the property in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, after she won £20,000 on a scratchcard before pocketing the proceeds

Bin men are unable to collect rubbish safely as the vermin have completely overwhelmed some neighbourhoods with refuse collectors hospitalised with rat bites

Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, left behind an estate worth almost £5 million when he died, it has emerged

After failing to formally apply for planning permission, businessman Gareth Wilson has been ordered to bulldoze a beautiful Spanish sandstone house - he claimed it goes against his human rights

A man, 26, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stepped in front of a train with a two-year-old boy at Garrowhill station in Glasgow

Michael and Sarah Laing, of Mid Calder, West Lothian, wanted to shield their garden from dilapidated lock-ups and were worried a "crumbling" wall was a safety hazard for their young child

A 'neighbour from hell' in Scotland set fire to a woman's flat because of a bitter feud, and was later convicted of two charges of wilful fire-raising in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in May and August 2021