After Eights flavoured gin hits Scots supermarket shelves

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A scaffolder was caught by border agents buying a stun gun which was shipped to his home from China.Sean Crozier admitted the offence under the Firearms Act and faced a prison sentence for obtaining the device.A court heard the dad-of-two was unaware the purchase made over a shopping app was illegal.Sheriff Alistair Noble told him he “didn’t think a sentence of imprisonment was necessary” and accepted

gin fans. The Old Curiosity distillery has launched its first non-alcoholic spirit, created with six natural gin botanicals to deliver a "guilt-free tipple that perfectly captures the genuine flavour of a real gin".

missing airman Corrie McKeague has said that police have been unable to reassure her that bones found in bin bags in a Suffolk river are not her son's. Nicola Urquhart said she was "trying to keep a sensible head on" after the discovery of human remains in the River Stour in Sudbury on August 27.Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, around 16 miles north of Sudbury, on September 24 2016.

dog was found distressed and riddled with wounds from a pellet gun in Lanarkshire. The tan-coloured lurcher had 60 wounds on his body when he was found in Newhouse on August 19.

cystic fibrosis patient is enjoying her best period of health for three years.Hailey Mann, 24, had been told she was looking at end of life care even though she knew there was a drug, Kaftrio, which could help her.But because the drug - a real game changer - wasn’t licensed in Europe she could only get it on compassionate grounds from drug company Vertex.However, just days after the Daily Record began to campaign on her behalf, Vertex agreed she could get the drug.Cystic fibrosis causes a

incredible tot, from Drongan in Ayrshire, looked the part as she used a stick to help her scale 3000ft Ben Lawers - Scotland’s tenth heighest munro - and neighbouring Ben Ghlas at the weekend, only asking to be put in her carrier on the way back down.Her proud mum Amy Boyd said: “She just kept saying ‘I made it to the top of this mountain’.

sex club has reopened after closing its doors during lockdown. Dundee's Club Kudos, which calls itself 'the only 7 day alternative lifestyle club for the Gay, Bi, BDSM and Swinger community in East Scotland', has thrown open its doors once again.

Hospital, were smashed in the early hours of Sunday morning. Cancer patients had their appointments cancelled at the facility after the charity was forced to cancel their slots.

Glaswegian who has been named as an informer for security forces, disappeared from his home near Belfast shortly before the arrest of 10 terror suspects earlier this month.

battle of his young life. Three-year-old Archie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a cancer of the while blood cells, in March, after it was first thought he had a bad case of tonsillitis.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A grandmother who wiped out her own mother's £6,000 savings in a month to fund her gambling habit has been told that only her grandchildren can save her from prison.Desperate Lynne Cree stole her mother's bank card and emptied more than £6,000 from her 82-year-old mother's Post Office account as she chased her losses.Today Sheriff John Rafferty told Cree she should be jailed but might get a chance to walk

gins.The team at Linlithgow Distillery have launched their new LinGin Colours range in a bid to capture what was left of summer and "bring the colours, scents and flavours of the beach to your door".The range consists of four highly coloured bottles and four flavours including Yuzu, Lime, Raspberry and Coconut.Designed to be enjoyed on their own or mixed and matched to create 15 different flavour combinations - the Yellow (Yuzu), Green (Lime), Pink (Raspberry) and Blue (Coconut) gins all come in

jail.Scott McAllister and his accomplices were arrested by police following evidence from a supergrass.The 46-year-old was behind the plot to bring shipments of Class A and B drugs, which also included cannabis and amphetamine, north of the Border from Liverpool.McAllister, from Cumbernauld, was jailed for 14 years and four months after admitting trafficking offences at the city’s Crown Court.But while fellow Scots gang members have been transferred to prisons closer to home, McAllister’s

ecstasy tablets – but no trace of alcohol was found.The Mackies, of Biggar, Lanarkshire, believe Greg was killed after his soft drink was spiked.The first year film and TV media student was anti-drugs.

café has hit back at a 'mean little review' left by a customer online. The Wonder Spot in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, was left furious after a man named 'Colin' branded them 'greedy and disgusting'.In a review left online, 'Colin' accused the cafe of serving him a "extremely poor, finger-wedged size" slice of cake for £3.95 and told owners to "have a rethink".But the Edinburgh hit back at the review and urged customers 'don't be a Colin' after they defended their pricing.