Richard Fleming and Liam Richardson carried hammers, a machete and a pistol when they raided Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire, on June 27 last year.

The property mogul has proposed a build of luxury housing, including 50 hotel cottages, a gym, an equestrian centre, shops and offices at the Menie estate near Balmedie.

Philip proved he's still king of the road at 97 after he took his Land Rover for a drive on the A93 near Balmoral. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are still enjoying their annual summer break.

The snorkelers had been swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago in Scotland last month when the shark suddenly 'appeared through very murky water'.

Storm Ali crept underneath a grassy front garden and uprooted a huge tree in Scotland. Liz Reid filmed as her garden path and surrounding grass regularly lifted and fell from the wind.

The monarch, 92, arrived at the chapel on the Balmoral estate in Scotland this morning accompanied by her nephew David Armstrong-Jones in the rear of the car.

Courtney Booth, 15, has been found safe and well in Edinburgh eight days after she went missing. South Yorkshire Police shared the news today after releasing a CCTV image of the teenager.

The 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 sold for a record-breaking £848,750 when it went under the hammer today at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh.

Sarah McGill, a 28-year-old hypnotherapist from Galashiels in Selkirkshire, Scotland, was arrested in Florida in April.

Anna Pursglove who moved from London to Northern Scotland revealed how embracing coorie has helped her to experience a deep sense of proportion and contentment.

The project in Sutherland, on Scotland's north coast, will initially host launches of rockets and satellites, but commercial passenger trips could then follow.

Aptly, this hotel on Bankrugg Farm in East Lothian is called The Bus Stop. Each bus has king-size beds, a spacious kitchen, and there is even a mini-bus that is now used as a chicken coop.

The farm of the coast of Jura - which could hold 600,000 fish at a time in a dozen cages - would be close to Orwell's 'bothy' where he penned his most famous works.

Gillian Bayford, who split a £148million win on the Euromillions with ex-husband Adrian in 2012 before they split up, has put a luxury waterfront home near Dundee up for sale.

These photographs show the exterior of Ballachar Estate in Inverness, Scotland, which comes with an additional two-bedroom cottage. It has around 287 acres and even its own fishing spot.

Melness Crofting Estate on northern coast of Sutherland, in Scotland, was selected to be the country's first rocket launch site. But crofters worry for rare eagles and the peat ecosystem.

The picture was uploaded to VisitScotland's feed with the caption: 'Snow-capped mountain in Glencoe, fantastic shot'. But followers were quick to notice the building in the foreground.

Admiral Lord Alan West, former First Sea Lord, said the Scottish Maritime Museum's plans to introduce 'gender-neutral' terms for its vessels are 'stark staring bonkers'.

Margaret Fleming suffered a cruel death at the hands of Edward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, at the pair's home in Inverkip in western Scotland. Her body has never been found.

Boris Johnson has reiterated his opposition to a second vote on Scottish independence during a call with Nicola Sturgeon, despite her saying it is now a 'democratic right'.

The Prime Minister contacted senior Tories to acknowledge the huge challenge to protect the union that they face. The SNP won 48 of the 59 Westminster seats in Scotland.

A total of 15,980 new diabetes patients were diagnosed in Scotland in 2018 - including 205 under the age of 30. Around 88 per cent of the nation's cases are type 2 (file photo)

In a letter to the SNP leader, Boris Johnson insisted he will not authorise another vote north of the border. He later told the Cabinet that he had an 'optimistic vision' for Scotland.

Downing Street today confirmed it is seriously considering plans to build a bridge between Northern Ireland and mainland Great Britain.

Cara, 43, from London, admits that working on a remote petting form in Scotland proved harder than she thought on tonight';s Ben Fogle: Make a New Life in the Country on Channel 5.

Professor June Andrews, a former Scottish government official, admitted the comments sounded 'horrific' but said they gave an honest assessment of the impacts of a Covid-19 pandemic.

The 65-year-old former first minister of Scotland is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh over accusations of sexual assault, including one of attempted rape.

It comes after it was revealed today that Prince Charles has the coronavirus and may have been contagious just 24 hours after last seeing the Queen.

It comes after the UK yesterday posted 43 coronavirus deaths, sparking hope that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unprecedented lockdown was working to control the ever-worsening crisis.

A total of 1,408 people in Britain have died from coronavirus. England recorded 159 new deaths in the last 24 hours, while Wales reported 14, Scotland six and Northern Ireland one.

Statistics published by the Department of Health reveal a record high number of victims for the second day in a row and more than 4,000 people have been diagnosed in a single day.

Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern Ireland.

England recorded 866 new deaths, while the other 87 were confirmed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The treatment of the Fred Olsen employees is being managed on board the 28,600-tonne vessel Black Watch in the Firth of Forth and there are no plans for anyone to disembark.

A number of offenders in Scotland charged with knife offences and violent assaults have been bailed to appear in court several months down the line - when they normally would be dealt with the next day.

The sharp fall adds to growing evidence that the peak of the UK's epidemic has blown over and that efforts now must be concentrated on stopping the spread of the virus surging to a second peak.

Data from the Office for National Statistics, which includes deaths which happen in care homes, shows 13,000 people had died by April 10 but the Government had only announced 9,000 by then.

Researchers from the University of Dundee will conduct trials of brensocatib - formerly known as INS1007 - to tackle lung inflammation caused by the virus.

Nicola Sturgeon today signalled she is willing to ease coronavirus restrictions in Scotland independently of the UK government as Northern Ireland also appeared set to follow suit.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today refused to bow to growing political pressure to set out how the UK government will ease the coronavirus lockdown.

The UK Government's team of top scientists believe there is no way for stylists to cut people's hair without risking spreading the virus.

Nicola Sturgeon today suggested people in Scotland could soon be allowed to meet a small 'bubble' of friends or family outside of their households under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown.

There may not have been much to smile about in the last few years of her marriage, but it's true to say Bake Off star Paul Hollywood's long-suffering ex Alex most definitely has the last laugh now.

Kevin Lygo, ITV's director of television, has declared enough is enough: 'I'm tired of another show that has B-rate celebrities going to Mykonos to look at their feet.'

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have just reached a landmark 10 million followers on their account. Harry and Meghan are on 9.4 million followers, despite only launching in April this year.

Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995 but jumped back into making music after a two-year hiatus. The album went platinum eight times in Britain and had more than two million sales.

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