Life and times of Scots comedy legend Johnny Beattie who has died aged 93

racist abuse.Debora Kayembe, 45, has compared the racially motivated attacks she's suffered in the Midlothian town she lives in as 'like Alabama in 1964' - the epicentre of the US Civil Rights movement where black people were subjected to abhorrent racism.Single mum-of-two Debora, who lives in Bonnyrigg with her two teenage children, left her home in the Congo in 2005 after a backlash against her investigative work into a massacre of women and children put her life at risk.  She has forged a

Greenock-born entrepreneur, who runs firms in the financial sector and restaurants in California, said: “As far as I’m concerned, the guys who killed Adrian also killed Cannon. They took both my sons.“Cannon was a bright boy with natural intelligence and forward thinking.“But he couldn’t get his head around how his brother died and it took him to a really dark place.“He was verbal about how he felt and said he couldn’t deal with the fact Adrian was no longer here.

Falkirk.She was born in a nearby village, Blackbraes, and still has vivid memories from her childhood.The mum-of-one attributed her long life to not worrying too much - and not letting things 'fester'.Marion said: "Just carry on day after day."I believe if you are really worried and don't know where to turn, a wee talk to God helps."When you come to 100, you've had your worries and you come through them."Just deal with them as soon as you can and do the best you can."Don't let them fester

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family have told how they witnessed a miracle when their 1lb baby fought back from the brink of death after doctors suggested they turn off the life-support six times.Distraught parents Michaela Lugton, 21, and Barry McLachlan, 37, watched as their little boy, Noah, took what should have been his final breaths in March 2019 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.As soon as he was born, their baby son had been rushed straight into the neonatal intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator as he was so

Love Island winner Paige Turley held off going to the toilet for a poo during her first three days inside the famous ITV2 villa. The reality TV star from West Lothian ended her lengthy wait to go for a number two by dashing into the toilet while all of the Islanders were outside.

The Last of the Mohicans and TV credits including Doctor Who and Star Trek, has died at the age of 83. The news of his passing was confirmed by his agent Lovett Logan in a statement.

Scotland’s most legendary detectives “fitted up” an innocent man, which led to him spending 15 years in prison for a murder he “couldn’t” have committed.And Professor David Wilson has made a plea for “true” justice after examining the case against George Beattie, who was 19 when he was jailed for ­stabbing typist Margaret McLaughlin, 23, in Carluke, ­Lanarkshire, in 1973.David believes Detective Chief Superintendent William Muncie, famous for snaring serial killer Peter Manuel, had “tunnel

Johnny Beattie was an outstanding comic performer but more than that, he was a lovely, lovely man. I did several pantomimes with Johnny when he was a Dame and I was daft Wullie.

Nicola Sturgeon has paid tribute to Scots comedy legend Johnny Beattie after his death at the age of 93.

Veteran theatre star and River City actor Johnny Beattie has passed away at the age of 93.Johnny, who has played Shieldinch’s loveable pensioner Malcolm Henderson since the BBC soap was launched in 2002, left the programme in 2015 after a bout of ill health.The much-loved star is said to have passed away peacefully after a short spell at St Margaret’s Hospice.The former Govan shipyard worker first got into showbiz after joining an amateur dramatic show in 1951.He went on to become a stand-up

hereShe filmed the view from their flat as the rain poured down and poked fun at the Manchester weather."I thought Scotland's weather was bad," she joked."Mate we have seen like four different seasons in the one day in Manchester.

Livingston last year and turned it into a garden area for their four children.They didn’t think they would need planning ­permission as similar plots had been bought by other homeowners. The couple erected a fence and landscaped the garden and began enjoying extra sunshine at the rear of the property.

crash on a Scots road left a woman with 'life threatening' injuries. Three cars and two motorcycles were caught up in the pile-up at around 4.30pm on Monday on the A7066 at the junction with the B792 outside of Bathgate, West Lothian.