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Pensioner attacked in own home by robbers pretending to be workmen

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 12:35 PM Comments comments (0)


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Hotel bookkeeper embezzled ?30k from bosses to fund her internet shopping addiction, court hears

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM Comments comments (0)

ELEANOR BUCHANAN, 43, spent all of the stolen cash on designer...

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Man, 32, appears in court in connection with stand-off at Edinburgh chemist shop

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 11:50 AM Comments comments (0)

RUSSELL Irvine was accused of being involved in a stand-off at a pha...

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Hostages freed safely following stand-off between police and armed man and woman in Edinburgh chemist shop

Posted on May 16, 2013 at 5:35 AM Comments comments (0)

POLICE had to use a Taser to detain the man following the hostage drama in ...

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Heartless thieves in Glasgow use metal cutters to break into charity bins and steal two tons of clothes bound for Africa

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM Comments comments (0)

VOLUNTEERS at charity Glasgow the Caring City have been left shocked by the raids which ca...

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Village shop robbed by armed raider

Posted on May 12, 2013 at 10:10 AM Comments comments (0)

A young female s...

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Thieves steal 'significant' painting from altar of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh

Posted on May 8, 2013 at 1:15 PM Comments comments (0)

POLICE say the artwork, depicting the Trinity icon, "has a ...

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Bogus callers warning from cops

Posted on May 4, 2013 at 9:30 AM Comments comments (0)


Reports of bogus workers operating in this area have increased, police warn.

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Man fined over mobile phone theft

Posted on May 4, 2013 at 9:25 AM Comments comments (0)


AN IRVINE man has been fined after stealing a mobile phone.

Martin Beveridge, 23, of Pladda Avenue, behaved in a threatening manner,

shouted, swore and stole a phone at an address in Milldown Place on

January 22....

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Warning after OAP is targeted by conman

Posted on May 4, 2013 at 8:35 AM Comments comments (0)


A FRAIL pensioner has been left distraught after a callous crook conned her out of £500.

Doreen Lang, 98, of Gryffe Road, was targeted by the sick scam artist last month after receiving a knock on her door by a man...

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James McAulay, 36, jailed over shop robberies

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 1:40 PM Comments comments (0)


A man who carried out three robberies to pay an £800 loanshark debt has been jailed for four years and 10 months.

James McAulay, 36, stole £285 from a Coral ...

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George Nicol and David Fowler admit failed ATM ram-raid

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 1:40 PM Comments comments (0)


Two men have admitted theft and firearms charges over a failed ram-raid robbery at an ATM in South Lanarkshire.

George Nicol, 37, and David Fowler, 27, stole a sewage ...

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Disabled man tipped out of wheelchair by robber who raided his home

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 11:00 AM Comments comments (0)


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Bogus caller robbed pensioner at home after lying about road crash

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 10:55 AM Comments comments (0)


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Brave teenager tells how pervert teacher bombarded her with sex messages on Facebook

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 10:45 AM Comments comments (0)

REBECCA FORRESTER was only 13 when Clyde Valley High teacher Kyle You...

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Man charged with trying to rob police officers of car at gunpoint

Posted on April 29, 2013 at 7:25 PM Comments comments (0)


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