Badger found in illegal snare in Airdrie had been "dead two or three months"

Rochdale origins after the chip was scanned by an animal charity.

Ethan Ross Bonnar was left with horror injuries after crashing through the abandoned Dairy Crest building in Totnes.The 22-year-old, originally from Dunoon, lay undiscovered inside the building for more than 24 hours before he was found sparking a huge emergency operation.Ethan who had been living in Torquay, Devon, suffered fatal brain fractures and was flown by helicopter from the scene as medics desperately tried to save him.He was brought to Derriford major trauma centre in Plymouth where he

wedding band stolen more than 30 years ago has been reunited with its Scots owner thanks to a team of internet supersleuths.The gold band was discovered in a large plant pot at the Edinburgh home of Debbie Davidson while she was gardening on August 2.The tour guide launched a social media appeal to try and find the ring’s rightful keeper after noticing an inscription that read: “Norman and Alice 5.8.61.”In a Facebook post, she wrote: “Looking for either Alice or Norman who got married

Police in West Lothian have launched an enquiry after the body of a man was found inside a house in Bathgate at the weekend.The body of the 43-year-old was found in a property on Marjoribanks Street on Sunday.Police confirmed officers are investigating the “unexplained” death.A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 1.15pm on Sunday, August, 2, the body of a 43-year-old man was discovered within a property on Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate.“The death is currently being treated as unexplained

probe has been launched after a woman was found dead in a home in a Scots town. Cops and forensics officers were seen on Glenlyon Place in Leven, Fife last night.

Cops are probing the death of a man after his body was found in a house in West Lothian.The body of the 43-year-old was discovered in a property on Marjoribanks Street in Bathgate yesterday afternoon.Passers-by reported police standing guard outside the address following the grim find.Forensics officers were also spotted going into the property.Police confirmed officers are investigating the "unexplained" death.A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Around 1.15pm on Sunday, 2 August, 2020, the

holiday home phoned police after discovering 34 men at their remote ­property.The couple got an even bigger shock when they arrived at the house in Glen Etive to find a sword on a bed and an axe and 10 tents in the garden of the Airbnb property.Martin and Sheri Murphy, from Kinlochleven, Argyll, were put on alert on Thursday when a local resident called to tell them there were at least 10 cars in the driveway.Sheri, who had taken an Airbnb booking for the house, which sleeps eight, said: “As

Covid-19 response.We revealed in January how 79-year-old dementia sufferer Irene Marandola was found freezing and badly injured at 2.30am after wandering more than a mile from Kintyre House in Invergordon, Ross-shire.A probe by the Care Inspectorate concluded that the pensioner had been repeatedly failed by her carers and now it has branded the home’s care during the coronavirus pandemic as “weak”.An unannounced inspection in recent weeks raised concerns in relation to the safeguarding of

missing for five days have been found "safe and well". Heather Fraser, 29, and son Jack Meldrum, from Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, were reported missing on Monday, July 27.

Highlands has been found safe and well. George McGowan sparked a major search and rescue operation after failing to return from a motorbike ride at Ben Bhraggie in Sutherland on Monday afternoon.

Aberdeen Market in 2018 two days after he had fallen down the staircase on June 7.The alarm had been raised by staff at his sheltered housing complex on June 8 and his body was discovered by police on June 9.Yesterday a court heard how Frank’s death was “entirely foreseeable” and could have been avoided.The Market Village Company Limited, who run the shopping centre, were fined £80,000 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.Following the proceedings, Frank’s 46-year-old son Keith Finnie told the Daily Record

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A HEARTLESS Airdrie man who badly neglected two dogs in his care has been given a five-year ban on owning dogs following a Scottish SPCA investigation.Andrew William McPherson admitted he failed to provide a nutritionally adequate diet or veterinary treatment for Zara, a seven-year-old female German Shepherd, and Bobo, a 16-year-old male crossbreed, resulting in the dogs’ welfare being seriously impacted and causing

badger baiters is being tackled by a team of amateur detectives.Networks of primitive hunters are operating in woodlands on the edges of bustling Scottish towns.The secret societies are linking thugs from former mining towns in Fife, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire to use dogs to prey on big sett networks during night-time killing sprees.The hunters then share their grisly videos and photos of the slaughter via private social media messaging.Badger Scotland has sent volunteer agents, armed with

rat urine and faeces.Peter Dougan, 58, was appalled when he opened a large package of dog food to find the 'stinking' excrement all over the 24 cans.The former gas worker, who suffers from chronic asthma alongside a number of other health conditions, demands an apology from the retail giant and compensation.Peter, from Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, told the Record: "My daughter's been ordering my shopping online to be delivered to my door as I'm shielding during the pandemic."Part of the order

popular with Scots for years and has been a bawdy rite of passage for millions of teenagers.

missing man in Edinburgh has sparked a major police investigation. Nikhil Sharma was last seen at around 8.30am on Tuesday, July 21 in the Fort Kinnaird area of the city.