Ruth Suter

A 10-year-old girl was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with life-threatening injuries after a Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A721 near Carnwath, South Lanarkshire. The 44-year-old driver and a 72-year-old front-seat passenger were also taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police closed the road overnight while investigating and are seeking witnesses, dashcam footage and CCTV recordings.

Four people were killed and several others seriously injured in a head-on collision on the northbound M9 in County Kildare at about 3 a.m. on August 16, 2026. Gardaí said one vehicle was travelling southbound on the northbound carriageway before colliding with a second car. The driver and passengers of the second vehicle were taken to hospitals, with two reported to be in critical condition. Gardaí launched an investigation, while policing watchdog Fiosrú began a separate inquiry after reports that authorities had received earlier warnings about the wrong-way vehicle.

Nine-year-old Minnie Merriman from West Yorkshire died after being found critically injured at Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath in the early hours of August 3, 2026. Police Scotland arrested and charged a 35-year-old man, who was due to appear at Forfar Sheriff Court. Three other people were treated in hospital and discharged. Investigators remain at the scene, while witnesses and local residents have described the community as shocked. Minnie's family issued a statement expressing their devastation and asking for privacy.

A 35-year-old man is due to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court after a nine-year-old girl from West Yorkshire died following severe injuries at an industrial estate in Arbroath, Scotland. Three other people were hospitalized and later discharged. Police Scotland is treating the death as suspicious, says the man and girl were known to each other, and is not seeking anyone else in connection with the incident. The girl's family is receiving specialist support while the investigation continues.

A 26-year-old Afghan national has been arrested and charged in Greece with intentional homicide, robbery and weapons offences after Scottish woman Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, was found dead inside a suitcase in an abandoned Athens building. Investigators say CCTV and phone records linked him to Ross’s flat and the suitcase’s disposal, while his wife provided a phone and cash believed to belong to the victim. Police allege he used Ross’s phone to impersonate her in messages and withdrew money from her accounts. A replica firearm and blade were also found at his home. Ross’s cause of death remains undetermined pending toxicology and post-mortem results, while Greek and Scottish authorities continue the investigation.

A Greek man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Scottish woman Jean Hanlon, whose body was found near Heraklion in 2009. Initially deemed a drowning, a later post‑mortem revealed injuries suggesting a violent struggle. Despite the conviction, the defendant was released pending appeal under Greek legal procedures. Hanlon’s three sons, who pursued the case for nearly two decades and enlisted a private investigator who uncovered key evidence, delivered emotional testimony during the trial. Expert findings presented in court suggested her fatal injuries were inconsistent with an accidental fall.

A Scottish man, Danny Vettrino, was found fatally shot in Canouan in St. Vincent and the Grenadines late on June 24, prompting an investigation by local police and the detention of two men for questioning. Vettrino, who had worked internationally before taking a job in the Grenadines, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. His family and friends have paid tribute online, remembering him as a kind and widely loved individual.