Heartless Scots twins dodge jail after stealing own grandparents' life savings

Edinburgh, learned of his tragic death on Christmas morning at around 2am.

life savings to a conman posing as Outlander star Sam Heughan.Heartbroken Anna handed over around £34,000 after striking up an online relationship with the fraudster, who went to extra-ordinary lengths to convince her he was the actor.She has now hired a private investigator in Scotland to try to find out who was behind a bogus investment scheme using Heughan’s whisky brand Sassenach Spirits.Anna, from New York, said she has been left thousands of dollars in debt and broken-hearted after

Pride of Scotland surprise for the hero schoolboy.The 11-year-old, who saved his grandad’s life, met the presenter and magician at a London hotel and was awestruck when he magicked up a golden ticket inviting him to a VIP gaming experience.Stephen then led the youngster – who pulled his grandpa John Howe, 63, from a fast-flowing river after he suffered a bleed on the brain – to a room where he got to play a video game with his idol, YouTube gaming sensation Daz Black, aka Daz Games.Greg, from

mum has blasted blundering doctors who she says sent her a letter telling her she had a deadly cancer gene and would need a hysterectomy. Caitlin Robertson, 22, told how she received a letter on October 15 informing her she had tested positive for the BRCA gene and would need to have her womb removed to avoid getting cancer - just four months after her baby son Hunter was delivered prematurely during an emergency caesarean section.

North Lanarkshire teacher has been banned from the profession after making a string of disgusting sexual comments to fellow staff members and sending messages to a pupil on social media. The council employee, who has not been named, added a pupil on Facebook before sending them a number of ‘inappropriate messages’ prior to March 2018.

bomb squad has been called to a busy Scots call centre after the discovery of a ‘suspicious package’.The alarm was raised at the Tesco Customer Engagement Centre in Dundee shortly after 10am on Monday.Police locked down the surrounding roads including the city’s Kingsway as a precaution.Staff were also been evacuated from the building ‘as a precaution’ while emergency services dealt with the ongoing incident.A spokesperson for Police Scotland said:"We were made aware around 10.10am on Monday, 21

In September 2019, the UK Government pledged an extra £200m towards new MRI and CT scanners.At the time the UK had the lowest number of both CT and MRI scanners per capita among the EU15 and G7 countries - less than a third of that in Germany.Dr William Ramsden, a vice-president at the Royal College of Radiologists, said: “There are two issues there - first of all we have an aging equipment base."When you have aging equipment, it’s more susceptible to break down, it needs more maintenance."Also

pregnant woman cleared of a gruesome unsolved murder has walked free from court after a sheriff said she did not want her baby to be born behind bars.Angela Newlands failed to carry out a community payback order but escaped a jail term after the sheriff was told she is due to give birth to her fifth child on 8 January.Sheriff Gillian Wade said: "It was clear in my mind that there was no alternative to a custodial sentence because of the number of opportunities you have been given."I have little

Andrea McLean was in floods of tears as she hosted her last ever episode of Loose Women. The Scots TV presenter decided to bring her 13-year stint on the show to an end after the coronavirus pandemic made her reassess her life.

Little Mix have confirmed they will complete their Scots 2021 tour dates as a trio after Jesy Nelson announced she has quit the band. In a heartfelt message posted yesterday evening the 29-year-old shocked the nation with her announcement.Jesy said that "with a heavy heart" she would be taking a step back, admitting being in the band was "taking a toll" on her mental health.

twin granddaughters have launched an online bid to get their cash back – after the thieving sisters avoided having to pay compensation.Crawford and Marlene Pirrie, from Irvine, Ayrshire, were left heartbroken when Marlene’s grandchildren Clair and Louise Smith drained their bank account of £8000 while posing as doting carers of the pensioners.Relatives were furious when the 25-year-old twins avoided jail last week, with a sheriff sentencing them to a three-month tagging order and making no order

hospitalised in a horror gas blast at his home have set up a fundraiser to 'get him back on his feet'.

Laura Anderson has thanked the Love Island Scot for raising awareness of breast cancer after she discovered a cyst. Laura shared a message from the fan on Instagram who told her that she decided to get checked by her doctor after seeing the 31-year-old's picture for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

four-year-old battling a rare blood cancer are hoping it’ll be “third time lucky” for a life-saving stem cell transplant. Adeline Davidson has twice been on the brink of undergoing the procedure, which will cure her of the disease, but on both occasions there’s been a last-minute hitch.

mum says her 2lb baby was just hours from being stillborn until 'angel' doctors stepped in and saved her life. Tashana Johnston, 25, gave birth to baby daughter Ruby at 31 weeks after doctors discovered she wasn't growing.

child abuse images - some featuring infants. Ryan David Anderson, a 39-year-old now former officer who had been based in the Scottish Borders, found himself in the dock after Cumbrian counterparts called at his Carlisle home on May 11.

cancer. Little Isla McPhee was a fit and healthy two-year-old before she started appearing 'under the weather' and 'really tired' at the beginning of February 2018.

base were scrambled to follow Russian military planes after they were found over the North Sea. The Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth, in Moray, left the tarmac at 8am this morning after the submarine hunting planes were discovered.