Heartbreaking final post of Airdrie man shared just one hour before fatal blaze burnt home to ground

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a badger was found in an illegal snare in Airdrie.The Society’s special investigations unit was alerted to the disturbing discovery in the Lily Loch area on July 5.The snare that killed the badger – who has been dead “two or three months” – was illegal as it had been set on a fence line.This is unlawful due to the risk of an animal trapped being wholly or partially

lockdown - by offering Nicola Sturgeon style hair cuts.

coronavirus pandemic at a safe distance from Hollywood.“As a writer, you’re self-isolating your entire life anyway,” Morrison says from his home in his native Scotland. “So it hasn’t been that difficult.

Methven Post Office has won an award for the amazing way it has helped the local community keep going during the testing times of the coronavirus.The Perthshire village branch was a finalist in the community engagement category of the Post Office’s We’re Stronger Together awards Scotland for service during COVID-19.Antisocial camping situation at Perthshire lochs requires park rangersPost Office chief executive Nick Read invited Scottish postmasters and postmistresses to share their experience

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserOther recipients include Lanarkshire Carers Centre which will use its £9700 cheque to digitise its carer registration card system to make it more user-friendly; and Families and Friends Affected by Murder and Suicide, which will be developing its helpline thanks to a £7720 grant, “to meet significant increased demand from the Covid-19 lockdown”.National Lottery community fund Scotland chair Kate Still said: “These awards

alcohol in their system, there is a concern that the long-awaited reopening of pubs could result in a sudden surge in devastating fires.Even at the best of times cooking can be hard to manage and when you have been drinking alcohol the risk of having an accident increases as your coordination decreases, the LFB said.Many people drunkenly stick a pizza in the oven or some sausages in a pan and then fall asleep only to be woken by their smoke alarm.For those without a smoke alarm such incidents

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.One more than Covid-19 related death was recorded in West Dunbartonshire in the past week.According to National Records for Scotland figures, published today, the area registered one additional Covid linked death in the week ending July 5.The death was registered in a hospital setting, and takes the total number of fatalities linked to the conditional locally to 124.

Pitlochry Theatre and Horsecross Arts have welcomed the prospect of receiving part of a fund worth £10 million, set to offer oxygen to the region’s struggling arts organisations closed by the coronavirus.Arts venues have been appealing for months that they need funding to survive, with little prospect of shows or concerts being held in the coming months.Perthshire school 'didn’t close for financial gain’On July3, Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop announced the Performing Arts Venues Relief

A furious beer garden brawl at a Scots pub has been caught on camera just hours after lockdown restrictions were lifted.

Love Island villa and going on to win the show, Finley Tapp has since embraced the life of a Scot and his fans are loving it. After travelling to West Lothian to isolate with his girlfriend Paige Turley, Finn was introduced to a whole new culture which seen him drink Buckfast and watch Scottish TV programmes such as Still Game and Scot Squad and learn some of the local lingo.

lockdown that has cost the business £1.5billion.Hundreds of shoppers flocked to high streets across the country to queue in the rain from the early hours of the morning as restrictions lifted.Primark stores with outside entrances are finally being allowed to swing open their doors, while those in shopping centres with no street exits will reopen from July 13.The retail giant has taken lessons from its experiences so far, after already reopening stores in Italy, Germany, France, the US, Portugal

Love Island and moved in together six months after their win.

heartwarming moment a Scots mum was reunited with her autistic son after 15 weeks apart. Julie Grant last saw Sean McGinley, 18, the weekend before the coronavirus lockdown came into force on March 23.

Emergency services rushed to Airdrie after a house went up in flames amid reports of an "explosion".The blaze happened in the town's Ewart Drive in the early hours of this morning.Nearby residents from eight neighbouring houses were evacuated around 3.05am.One eyewitness told the Daily Record the house had been "obliterated".There was a large police presence and officers on the scene throughout the night from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.Emergency services remain at the scene and