'Horrific' Scots sex offender jailed after string of rapes and sex attacks on women and children

Shirley-Anne Somerville to demand "urgent answers" relating to the appeals process which kids must rely on this summer if they believe their grades are unfair. National exams were scrapped for a second year in succession due to covid disruption to schools and senior pupils will instead be awarded grades based on teacher assessments.

a major crash. The key route has been closed in both directions for a number of hours following the incident.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A convicted sex offender has been caught with a vile cache of indecent images of young girls for the second time.David Munro, 51, was snared with pictures of girls as a young as ten being sexually abused when child protection cops checked out his house.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Munro - who was caged for 27 months in September 2018 for distributing and

health minister said he was encouraged by the fact the numbers of “did not attends” had fallen over the last few days. On the weekend of May 22 and 23, around half of all vaccination appointments at the SSE Hydro were missed.

South Lanarkshire town at around 4am on Sunday, January 31. The 29-year-old, from Larkhall, was reported missing to police a week later.

virus expert. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said Holyrood leaders repeated the same devastating errors as Westminster.

Crosshouse hospital but sadly passed away on Monday. A 17-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

High Court in Glasgow this week. Vile Winters preyed on six terrified victims, with one of the girls aged around just seven or eight when she was attacked, and raped four of them.

funeral. Leanne McNamara, 37, was left scarred for life after brawling in the street during one of a number of confrontations between members of the funeral party.Miss McNamara told a trial she "knew straight away" that her jaw had been broken after being punched in the face with full force by Theresa Boyle, 53.The trial was told that Boyle had shown her stepdaughter "an act of kindness" at the graveside by handing her a rose to thrown on her grandfather's coffin.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A Hamilton sex attacker has been jailed for an "opportunistic sexual assault on a young woman".Andrew Burnett, 64, burst into the woman's bedroom while she was sleeping and indecently assaulted her.Attending police officers found the victim curled up in a duvet and "crying uncontrollably" on the floor.Burnett, 64, of Gordon Terrace, admitted assaulting

assault after two passengers were attacked at a train station in North Lanarkshire. A young woman was assaulted on Saturday at about 7.30pm at Coatbridge Sunnyside station.

Kilmarnock. The 26-year-old was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital for treatment after being assaulted at around 10.20pm in John Finnie Street on Saturday, May 8.

play park. The 50-year-old was walking at the bottom of Cramond Terrace in the town at around 2pm on Saturday, May 15, when she was approached by the suspect.He attempted to grab her handbag but made off empty handed leaving his victim ‘extremely upset’ by the ordeal.Officers are keen to trace the man, described as being in his 30s, who they believe fled the scene using a number of paths leading away from the play area.

court despite a sheriff describing him as a danger to the public. Steven MacDonald changed his name to conceal his background as one of the worst paedophiles in Scotland and reinvent himself as a family man and businessman.

coronavirus. Leah Whyte took son Logan to hospital in Aberdeen after the tot started being violently sick and developed a rash.

crimes against children. David Brown was released last week and claims he was framed for the offences that led to 15 years in a hellhole jail.