A Covid staffing crisis at a privately run jail saw prisoners given bananas in their cells for their Christmas Day breakfast.
10.12.2021 - 22:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The funeral of one of Scotland's most notorious crime figures took place on Friday amid fears of gangland violence.
Police stepped up patrols during the service for Andrew Gallacher - a senior figure within the Lyons crime gang.
Mourners packed into Glasgow Crematorium to say a final goodbye to Gallacher, who died suddenly inside his prison cell.
The 43-year-old was serving 20 years for organised crime offences including the attempted murder of rival Steven "Bonzo" Daniel and four other men.
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A Covid staffing crisis at a privately run jail saw prisoners given bananas in their cells for their Christmas Day breakfast.
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Dozens of Scotland's most wanted criminals were successfully tracked down by crimebusters.
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Air units have been called in amid the major search for a missing Scots pensioner suffering from dementia.
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Emergency services are dealing with a serious two-vehicle smash in Falkirk.
Santa switched his trusty sleigh for a crane in order to visit children at a Scots hospital at the weekend.
A Scots chip shop owner has told of how she almost died giving birth to her daughter - but was saved with multiple blood transfusions.
A teenager with no driving licence led police on a 12-mile-long high-speed chase along Scotland's busiest motorway in a stolen car before crashing into a ditch.
An urgent search has been launched to find a missing Scots woman from Denny.
A Perth mum who has been told she has months left to live from advanced cancer made the radical decision to host her own funeral, surrounded by her closest family and friends.
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Two Scots fugitives accused of running a multi-million organised crime empire have been kidnapped and executed by a gang in Brazil, detectives fear.
Scots have been urged to postpone Christmas parties this year due to a rising number of Omicron cases.