Dumfriesshire trucker freed following Dutch prison ordeal after illegal immigrants found in his lorry

Eurovision Song Contest is set to be examined for “potential illegal statements” in its lyrics.The song, ‘Russian Woman’, is performed by the Tajikistan-born singer Manizha Sangin, who works under the name Manizha and is an activist for women’s rights.In the chorus of the song, which praises strength in Russian woman, Manizha sings: “Every Russian woman needs to know / You’re strong enough you’re gonna break the wall.” Ahead of this year’s event in the Netherlands in May, the Investigative

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the company where he also helped develop the compact disc.Ottens died Saturday at age 94, Philips confirmed.A structural engineer who trained at the prestigious Technical University in Delft, he joined Philips in 1952 and was head of the Dutch company's product development department when he began work on an alternative for existing tape

AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clotting issues.The First Minister said the medical body, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, responsible for vaccines in the UK was monitoring the problem.Ireland stopped injecting its population with the jab yesterday, while the Netherland temporarily halted the rollout.A review released by Norway's medical agency over the weekend led to a number of countries suspending the vaccine while they investigate further.So far the Netherlands,

Theaters are beginning to open up on both coasts and the specialty box office life is starting to get some shine with each passing week. Things are slowly yet surely are gravitating to something a little more — dare I say — normal?

Inverness.The 57-year-old was stuck yesterday after walking along Southside Road and crossing onto Crown Street.Police are keen to speak to the driver of a silver pickup truck who was directly behind the lorry before the tragic accident.It comes after the alarm was raised at around 12.45pm before the woman raced to Raigmore Hospital.She was then transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where she remains in serious condition with horror injuries.The road was closed for around five hours whilst

Cheshire Police said: "He was arrested on December 14 as he travelled in a taxi in Amsterdam after Cheshire Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit obtained a European Arrest Warrant."Detectives worked with the National Crime Agency, North West Regional and Organised Crime Unit and Dutch partners along with assistance from the Crown Prosecution Service to secure the arrest and his subsequent extradition."Mr Rothwell has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

Joe Leydon Film Critic“Dutch” is dreadful. It’s a shambling, rambling recycling of clichés and conventions from ’70s Blaxploitation fare mixed with stilted murder-trial melodrama and half-baked morsels of sociopolitical topicality.

The Guardian, 1,300 music fans visited Amsterdam’s largest venue, the Ziggo Dome, over the weekend for four hours, dancing to DJ sets from Sam Feldt, Lady Bee and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano.Participants were separated into five ‘bubbles’ of 250 and one bubble of 50, with each grouping subject to varying restrictions.

Coatbridge road.Stephen Brown, from Viewpark, spent two days in hospital fighting for his life after being knocked down on Tuesday.Mercy crews rushed the 39-year-old to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he remained in critical condition before sadly dying yesterday.The horror incident happened at around 11.40am on Kirkshaws Road, at its junction with North Road.The 48-year-old driver of the lorry was uninjured.Now police are re-appealing for information and are urging anyone with dashcam footage to

direct to your inboxThe missing person who tested positive for a coronavirus 'variant of concern', first identified in Manaus, Brazil, has reportedly been found.Health officials were hunting for the unknown individual after six cases of the P1 variant were detected in England and Scotland towards the end of last week.One of the six cases could not be tracked because a form filled in on their arrival in the country had missing details.The missing individual has now been found after a five-day

lorry in North Lanarkshire. The pedestrian was crossing Kirkshaws Road in Coatbridge, at the junction with North Road at around 11.40am on Tuesday when he was hit by the vehicle.

Neil Lennon, with John Kennedy in charge as interim boss for the remainder of the season.But Celtic scouts have reportedly watched defensive talent van Ewijk, who has impressed for Den Haag in the Eredivisie this season.However, they face competition to land van Ewijk - who has 18 months left of his contract - from German clubs Schalke, Hamburg, Darmstadt and Belgian side Gent.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every

Twitter post Friday.A Dutch translation of “The Hill We Climb,” the poem Gorman recited to wide acclaim at the inauguration of U.S.

“It’s very unfair that a man doing his job can end up in this situation.