Eat Out to Help Out chancer tried to blag weeks' worth of meals at Scots chippy

bigoted tongue.Karen Mason, 49, verbally abused people in Bo'ness, West Lothian, “almost daily” for nearly two-and-a-half years.Many of her targets were neighbours of her elderly mother.In one particularly nasty outburst she called a man “a homosexual, flag-waving Jew”, a court was told.Prosecutor Kristina Kelly said: “Comments directed at other neighbours included, ‘That’s the black b******’.”Falkirk Sheriff Court heard Mason’s behaviour got so bad that a couple living in Links Road, Bo’ness,

cancer since February 2019.The cancer affects just one in 250,000 children. It affects bone marrow and, without transplant, Adeline's bone marrow failure could turn into acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive cancer she won’t be able to cope with alongside her other diagnosis.Last night, the sick youngster, from Inverness, was on her way to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow to be treated for possible sepsis.Her mum Steph, 26, said: “Even a cold could mean Adeline could die.

Police Scotland for his dedicated service. Inspector Chris Mutter, from Dunfermline, Fife, tragically passed away on June 29 after an eight-month fight against oesophageal cancer.

online has been branded “a danger to women” after he returned to a dating app following his release from jail.Pervert Steven McGinley joined Tinder just weeks after he was let out of jail for attacking a woman on their first date.They had arranged the meeting on an online dating app but after tricking his victim into a flat, he sexually assaulted and spat on her.The victim had to flee to a nearby chip shop to get help after escaping his clutches.McGinley, 35, was sentenced to 15 months inside –

grandmother who lost four limbs after getting blood poisoning from a tiny paper cut has vowed to devote her life to preventing others suffering the same fate.Marguerite Henderson, 57, had to have four amputations because the paper cut led to sepsis, which spread throughout her body.The mum of two was a family support worker at Fife Council when she was left fighting for her life in early 2018.She lost her left arm below the elbow and was left with just half a thumb on her right hand.

miracle baby Annabelle Main, who was born with half a heart, is home after six life-saving operations. The tot has hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and weighed just 4lb when she was born in January .

Fort William to hunt for a missing Springer Spaniel who was washed away in a river.  The adorable pooch had been enjoying a swim on Sunday, September 6, when the strong current dragged him downstream and over Steall Waterfall.

Ayrshire residents during the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.Official Treasury figures show that diners in the region saved £2,203,000 throughout August as a result of the initiative.Diners got a state-backed 50 per cent discount on meals and soft drinks up to £10 each on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during August.The Treasury said restaurants have so far made 130,000 claims worth £522 million, with figures likely to rise as outlets have until the end of September to claim.Across Scotland, more

gay' after weeks of torment from a teenage gang.Peter McCluskey, 25, said he endured weeks of homophobic abuse and violence from 'thugs' which led him to flee his flat in Greenhill Court, Rutherglen last week.The Scottish Government Civil Servant told how he was targeted any time he left his home by the gang of around 20 youths.He claims he was spat on, as well as being called a number of homophobic slurs, including 'gay boy' and 'p**fter*, several times a day.He added: "I tried to not let them

mum of a Scots schoolgirl fighting cancer has shared shocking pictures of the brutal treatment she has endured in her battle with the disease. Sharon McCallister says she could 'smell' cancer on daughter Kaiann weeks before doctors finally diagnosed her with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - a type of cancer so rare that only 650 people in the UK are diagnosed with it per year.

children like her.Two-year-old Jessica Wright battled for survival when she was born with three holes in her heart, undergoing life-threatening surgery at just nine-days old and a further gruelling operation a few months later.And despite another spell in intensive care earlier this year and only starting to walk eight months ago, she crossed the finishing line yesterday after toddling the equivalent distance from her home in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, to the Royal Hospital for Children in

the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.New figures released by HMRC showed that up to midnight on August 27, more than 260,000 meals were devoured by diners at participating restaurants, pubs and cafes in the region.In neighbouring North Lanarkshire, another £1.5 million was discounted from the 274,000 meals served there.Restaurants have until the end of September to claim back the discount so HMRC expect the number of claims to continue to increase.Across Scotland, 6.3 million meals have

More than 3,100 restaurants in Scotland signed up for UK Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme - meaning eateries were buzzing again for the first time in months.Ruth Sutherland (below), who runs the Carfraemill Hotel in the Lammermuir Hills, says the introduction of the promotion saw demand 'quadruple'.The UK Government has given firms across Scotland vital support to protect jobs and help them weather the storm of the Covid-19 crisis.

daughter's first birthday after a long battle with cancer.Jolene Patrick was told just weeks after giving birth in August last year that her triple negative breast cancer had returned for a second time and had already spread to her lymph nodes, liver, ribs, lungs and bones.The 31-year-old from Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, fought the disease but sadly lost her fight on August 22, the same day her 'miracle baby' Emmeline turned one.Jolene's devastated husband Alan said he will never understand why his

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.

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.

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.

terminal cancer.And when finally diagnosed she only discovered how serious her condition was by reading notes left discarded on her bed by a nurse.Jackie Johnson, 50, has stage four cancer of the oesophagus and has been told by medics there is no hope for her.