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Man who escaped prison van told he may never be released after ‘bestial’ rape of girl

Aaron Strachan, 21, stalked, abducted and raped the teenager in the York Place area of Edinburgh in May 2025

The Independent UK

Man jailed for ‘bestial’ rape of 15-year-old girl in Edinburgh

A judge told Aaron Strachan the attack was ‘the stuff of nightmares for every woman’.

Evening Standard

Children in care were ‘stripped of their dignity’, inquiry told

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard closing submissions related to its current phase.

Evening Standard

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Prison service ‘closed ranks’ after young offender took his own life, FAI finds

Jack McKenzie, 20, died at Polmont YOI in September 2021.

Evening Standard

Families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay to meet prison service chiefs

The two died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont.

The Independent UK

Families of Katie Allan and William Brown to meet Constance ahead of speech

The families’ lawyer Aamer Anwar called for a change to a ‘lack of accountability’ across the Scottish Prison Service.

Evening Standard

Storm Henk: Raw sewage spills onto public path in Surrey after treatment works flooded

The Horley treatment works near Gatwick Airport has flooded four times since October

Evening Standard

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Louder

Edinburgh mum sent threats to ex after discovering new girlfriend on TikTok

The 25-year-old sent her former partner messages over social media and prompted a relative to send him a threat about damaging his car. Moss appeared at the city's sheriff court on Wednesday and admitted sending repeated messages.

Edinburgh Live

Scots mum sent threatening messages to ex after discovering new girlfriend on TikTok live

Jemma Moss was left upset after discovering over video on social media platform that her former partner was seeing someone else.

Daily Record

Politician's stalker jailed for three years and banned from entire Scottish town

James Lynn-Wilson was arrested on a bus in Bonnybridge.

Daily Record

Painting firm boss facing jail after worker thrown 26ft from cherry picker to his death

Kevin Bowie failed to take any steps to ensure that the machine Mikey McArthur was using was segregated from traffic.

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