Peter Scott: Last News

A man who died in a horror house fire on Halloween has been named by police. Peter Scott, from Brydekirk, Annan, tragically died in the incident on Monday, October 31.

Jim Rae welcomed members of Lockerbie Wildlife Trust to the latest meeting at Lockerbie Town Hall and virtually via Zoom before introducing the speaker, David Pickett, manager at WWT Caerlaverock who had prepared an illustrated talk titled “A wilder wetter Caerlaverock”.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Cops hunting a hit and run driver in Edinburgh who struck a six-year-old boy say they have been left with damage to the car.The youngster had been walking across the pedestrian crossing at the city's West Approach Road at around 4.40pm yesterday when he was hit.As we reported last night, the cowardly driver of a grey Skoda Fabia car had failed to stop.Emergency services rushed to the scene and the child was taken to hospital.He is being treated for facial injuries.Police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch and say the car was damaged on its nearside fog lamp and nearside mirror.Sergeant Peter Scott, of Edinburgh Road Policing Unit, said: "We're