Hundreds of Scots shoppers queue in rain for Primark stores reopening

Glasgow’s Drumchapel housing estate for weeks.Prime Secure has been contracted to guard the area.The firm is run by brothers Robert and Barry Dempster, who have links to Scotland’s criminal underworld. Their dad is notorious crime figure Bobby “The Devil” Dempster.All three men had their licences to work in the industry revoked by watchdogs.

Paisley.Ryan Low, 32, was found in his Springbank Road flat on Monday, June 29.Police Scotland launched a full investigation into the Hibs supporter's death.Officers have now confirmed a 17-year-old male youth and a 19-year old man have been arrested and charged in connection with the death.Both are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday, 20 July.

raped a teenage girl before threatening to “ruin her” has been jailed for four years. William Hailes ignored the 16-year-old’s frantic pleas for him to stop during the horrendous attack at a house in Livingston, West Lothian, on November 8 last year.

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

dad-of-two who was facing trial for attempting to abduct a six-year-old boy. Craig Derrick, 31, Brian Laing, 27, and David Till, 33, attacked Darren Brownlie in a cell at Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, on January 6, 2020.

Johnny Beattie was one of the pillars of Scottish entertainment. He, along with fellow Glaswegians Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan and Stanley Baxter, were the blueprint of post war Scottish comedy.

disabled children were left in tears after a group of yobs covered a family room in human faeces and urine. Fabb Scotland booked one of their newly refurbished rooms for a 'family' who pretended to have an autistic child and needed a weekend break.

pub has been blasted for allegedly saying it will refuse to serve SNP supporters when it reopens next week.  The Caledonian Bar in Forfar has come under fire for a supposed social media post, now deleted, saying there would be 'no admittance' to SNP members or voters when the doors opened again next Wednesday. The tweet also says those over 70 and care home workers will also be barred due to coronavirus fears.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon, went the musical route in contrast to his actor parents. On Monday, the 16-year-old posted a black-and-white album cover and announced that his debut single, “Long Run,” would be released on Friday.

non-essential shops across Scotland have now reopened and are offering huge savings in an attempt to whip up interest from shoppers who may be hesitant to hit the high street despite the easing of lockdown restrictions.  Having spent over 100 days in lockdown, shopping and spending habits have inevitably changed with a shift in focus to online shopping, rather than in store.

pub for the first time as restrictions on beer gardens were eased today. The Scottish Government has given pubs, restaurants and cafes the green light to open their outdoor facilities for service as part of its route map out of lockdown.

Scotland. The high-street fashion retailer welcomed back excited customers this week after a three-month hiatus as long queues were spotted outside stores.Primark doesn't have an online shop, so customers were eager to get their fix and have been lusting after this new Disney-themed item.

coronavirus lockdown in March this year. But shoppers in Glasgow and Edinburgh will be able to visit John Lewis once again as the company earmarks July 13 for the reopening of both stores.

cinemas due to changes in the release dates of some films.It was originally hoped the firm would open branches from July 15 in line with the Scottish Government’s route map of lockdown.The date had been earmarked by the government as being the safest time to reopen cinemas amid the coronavirus pandemic.But the UK company has opted to open its doors on July 31 - more than two weeks after being given the safety green light.Cineworld says that the date is provisional depending on any changes to

shoppers today after an easing of lockdown restrictions. The Scottish Government has given the green light for most non-essential shops to reopen as part of phase two of the roadmap out of lockdown.

Ryan Kent returned to Ibrox a different player to the one who ripped up Scotland in his loan spell. Steven Gerrard splashed the cash, believed to be upwards of £5m, on Kent after he starred during a season-long loan spell from Liverpool.

shoppers queued from 6.30am as IKEA stores reopened in Scotland for the first time in three months.Around 300 people queued to shop at the Swedish homeware store in Straiton, Edinburgh.The shop has a capacity of 450 people - a quarter of how many shoppers it can usually accommodate.Large crowds also gathered outside the Glasgow branch in the pouring rain desperate to shop in the homeware department.The first shoppers arrived at 6.30am, and by 10am when doors opened around 300 eager shoppers were

Government’s roadmap out of lockdown. Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest step of lifting restrictions on Thursday.

revellers swarmed Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park on Saturday - flouting vital phase two rules. Videos and images show droves of boozed-up punters drinking in the city's West End on Saturday evening.

coronavrius pandemic has finally reunited with her family.Nora Watson, 87, hasn't been able to meet up with loved ones for 14 weeks after Scotland went into lockdown in March.As the country moves into phase two, Nora, from Carnoustie in Angus, is one of many people who can now form an 'extended household group' or 'bubble'.The former secretary was 'over the moon' to be reunited with her daughter, Audrey Cherry, 64, and son-in-law, 63-year-old John Cherry from Abroath.Nora told the Record: "I