Firebomb and acid attack vendetta against Scots councillor linked to criminal gang probe

mum who almost choked to death when she was a baby has thanked the hero Asda worker who saved her 26 years ago. Jodie McLaughlin, 27, had stopped breathing in Asda carpark in Blantyre when George Barclay sprung into action to save her.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A total of 126 deaths in West Dunbartonshire are now linked to Covid-19, new figures published today by National Records for Scotland show.The deaths, registered in the week beginning August 17 and week beginning September 7 came after the area had gone for six consecutive weeks without registering a death linked to the virus.In Argyll and Bute meanwhile the figure remains at 64, with the area not having

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horror crash on a Scots road have said they are 'devastated' by his loss. John King was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident on the A92 near the Cowdenbeath junction at around 10pm on Saturday.

Middle East movements, it has been claimed.Glaswegian Dennis McFadden - exposed last month as an M15 agent who was working as a resource officer with New IRA political front party Saoradh - is believed to have secured information that the terror organisation was being provided with weapons and finances after communicating with Hezbollah and some Palestinian groups.McFadden, believed to be a former special constable in his late 50s, is now understood to be under a witness protection programme

jail. Connor McHugh passed away suddenly at HMP Kilmarnock on September 8.

jail cell at a Scots prison. Reese Fairgrieve, 23, was found on Sunday morning at HMP Perth where he was being held.

Glasgow and Aberdeen as part of a massive operation to crack down on human trafficking. Officers joined forces with colleagues in England and Romania before smashing their way into several addresses of interest.

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

Highland Perthshire councillor has called for further support after the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) announced cuts to half of its countryside jobs despite recent Scottish Government funding.

The Record recently published CCTV evidence of a masked man attacking two BMWs parked on Campbell’s drive in Strathaven, where he serves as a Tory elected member.

police investigation. Officers were called to Fortrose Gardens in Strathaven at around 3.10am on August 16.

horrific cruelty at a former remand home.His nightmare ordeal included a sick sex attack by a woman guard after being sent to Calder House in Blantyre aged 11 for a minor misdemeanor he denies to this day.Yet after reporting his horrors to the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, he was left furious as the home forms no part of the hearing.Now 62, he said: “I’ve repeatedly asked the abuse inquiry why they’ve not got it on their list but they just fob me off.“They’re not investigating and we’re

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.

neighbour-from-hell attacked five police officers after they arrived to break up her asbo-breaching nine hour through the night party.Sarah Stewart, 23, reacted by tearing off their PPE and telling them she had coronavirus, as well as threatening to firebomb their families.Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Stewart for 27 months and told her: "It is quite clear that on the night in question you caused considerable difficulty to your upstairs neighbour when there was an asbo against you."You paid no

Toby Carvery and Harvester will extend the Eat Out to Help Out scheme at its Scots branches beyond the August 31 cut off date. Customers at both restaurants, which are owned by Mitchells & Butler, will be able to get 50% off food and soft drinks on Monday to Wednesday until September 9.

NHS Tayside has said. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the 43 positive cases identified so far, as part of an outbreak at the 2 Sisters food processing plant, as "a significant cluster".

police. The grim discovery was made at Inverkip beach on Monday, 10 August.