Daughter's horror after 'vile' vandals used dad's memorial as a fire pit at Scots beauty spot

Scots funeral director spoke of his joy after he was reunited with his dad's memorial ornament thanks to the power of Facebook. Paul O'Connor's two children laid a special flower stand on his dad's grave last year to mark the one year anniversary of his death.It read PAPA, and Paul and his family were devastated when they thought it had been destroyed after it had gone missing.

Scots doctor has been struck off after disappearing from a hectic A&E ward to have a nap. Newly qualified Dr Raisah Sawati, 33, from Glasgow was discovered by a nurse asleep on a bench underneath a blanket after colleagues reported her missing from duty.

fire engulfed her garden says she is “crushed” that police have closed the case. Claire McGinley was asleep in her Chapelhill Road home with partner Mark and six-year-old daughter Everly when a neighbour banged on her door to raise the alarm at 4.30am on August 6.

hospital days after she attempted to take her own life believes her daughter was “driven to suicide” by her former partner. Dawson McAllister was due to stand trial at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Friday accused of a lengthy charge of abusive behaviour against Marley McCulloch but pleaded guilty at the last minute.

Cops raced to the A75, between Annan and Dumfries, at around 11:50pm on Sunday, August 29. The alarm was raised following a collision between a pedestrian and a car near the turning for the B7020.

Glasgow.Police have launched a probe after the message "all T**** are targets" was spotted on Hawthorn Street near junction for Duntocher Road in Clydebank.

missing on August 14th before her body was found in Newton.But before her death, Cat had been planning to run the London marathon in October for Macmillan cancer charity.And since the passing of 'lovely' 29-year-old, wellwishers have raised almost £3k as part of a charity fundraiser set up by Cat herself.Scots have been donating to the page in recent weeks in order for Cat to reach the target, despite the fact she will no longer be able to take part in the race.

Tillicoultry were spray painted onto, according to Police Scotland.

Laurieston in Falkirk, marks the 10th anniversary of his death.

Aberdeen. The 18-year-old was reportedly assaulted around 12.55am last Tuesday on Bon Accord Street in the Granite City.

Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletterNEW Doctor Who star Karen Gillan recommended her young cousin for a key role - before she had even met her.The Scots actress, who plays the Doctor's assistant Amy Pond in the new series of the BBC1 drama, put 10-year-old Caitlin Blackwood forward to play a younger version of her own character.The pair only met for the first time on set but have become firm friends and were reunited in 22-year-old

Emergency services raced to the inferno in Dunoon town centre in the early hours of Friday morning. It's understood the fire took hold in a building on the town's Argyll Street.

missing Scots doctor. Police have confirmed the grim discovery was made a wooded area in Newton, Cambuslang around 10.45am this morning.

mum is demanding answers after her 16-year-old daughter was given an unapproved Moderna jab by mistake. The girl, who has asked not to be named, was given the Moderna vaccine at Leith Community Centre, Leith, Edinburgh, on June 28 despite assurances that stocks of Pfizer would be available.She was eligible as her mother is severely immuno-compromised.

NHS worker who was last seen walking into the woods, with policing launched an urgent search.Catriona, who is known as Cat, has been missing from her home in Cambuslang for nearly two days after vanishing on Saturday August 14.The 29-year-old was last seen leaving her home in Fallow Grove at around 7.55 pm.She was then spotted heading towards Red Deer Road and into the wooded area nearby.The young medic has not been in contact with friends or family since, something police describe as 'very out

missing at a scenic Scots beauty spot. A major search was sparked when the 82-year-old vanished at the Loch of Cliff in Unst, Shetland yesterday.

drug dealer connected to the deaths of two men had thousands of pounds of dirty cash seized yesterday. Police found crack cocaine, a Louis Vuitton handbag and more than £4,000 in Farrah Fadli's home.

grave of her late daughter twice in just two days. Police were called after the grieving parent discovered damage to a cherub ornament at the plot in Newhills Cemetery, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, August 4.

beauty spot. The alarm was raised after the animal was discovered at the Forvie Nature Reserve.