Police in appeal to trace relatives of Paisley woman who died this week

neighbour-from-hell attacked five police officers after they arrived to break up her asbo-breaching nine hour through the night party.Sarah Stewart, 23, reacted by tearing off their PPE and telling them she had coronavirus, as well as threatening to firebomb their families.Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Stewart for 27 months and told her: "It is quite clear that on the night in question you caused considerable difficulty to your upstairs neighbour when there was an asbo against you."You paid no

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A PARTNERSHIP between Police Scotland and the finance industry has saved people in the country from losing out on more than £6 million.During the past financial year (April 2019 to March 2020), £6.85 million of fraudulent transactions were prevented by the Banking Protocol – a link-up involving the police, the finance industry and Trading Standards.To date in this financial year (April to August), the

Aberdeen street this evening. Several police vehicles and ambulances have been seen on the city's Ruthrieston Circle tonight.

locked up.Karen Aim, from Orkney, was battered to death by psycho Jahche Broughton, in New Zealand, in 2008.The killer - who attacked 26-year-old Karen with a baseball bat - applied for parole from his life sentence last week.But Karen’s friends in the town of Taupo where she was murdered hit-out at the move and demanded Broughton is never let out of jail again.One described his sentence with a minimum non-parole period of just 12-and-a-half years as “not enough.”Broughton - who was 14 at the

Lockerbie bombing will today begin an appeal bid to clear his name.Lawyers for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s relatives want judges to let them review secret files being withheld by the UK Government after more than three decades.The appeal will get underway after the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) referred the case to the High Court in March, ruling a possible miscarriage of justice may have occurred.Aamer Anwar, the solicitor who made the SCCRC application on behalf of Megrahi’s

career criminal who entered his home with a ‘military style dagger’ has failed in a bid to have his sentence cut.Patrick Phinn, 50, was given five years last March for the September 2018 culpable homicide of Ronald Pattison at his house in Easterhouse, Glasgow.The High Court in the city heard how Phinn “led a quiet, simple life” before he stabbed 38-year-old Ronald Pattison 17 times.Phinn had been watching television with his partner when Pattison - who was known to be a “man of violence” -

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A 26-year-old man has died following what police believe to be a targeted attack in Blantyre last night.Officers raced to the scene at Caithness Street, Blantyre, following reports of a firearm being discharged.A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Around 5pm on Monday, August 17, 2020, police were called to a report of a disturbance outside an address in Caithness Street, Blantyre, in which it

holiday destinations are at risk of being added to the Scottish Government’s quarantine list. Turkey, Greece and Croatia have seen a worrying spike in new coronavirus cases in recent days which is fueling concerns they could join Spain, France and the Netherlands.

holiday plans could face further disruption over fears Turkey may soon be added to the Covid-19 quarantine list. The holiday hotspot has recorded its highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases since June, with 1256 positive tests declared on Saturday.

Animal lovers are being urged to donate much needed Iams complete kitten food to the SSPCA Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Hamilton.Scotland’s animal welfare charity has seen a baby boom in recent weeks at the centre and are desperately in need of food for the newborns.Centre manager Gillian Boyle said: “We’re currently caring for around 30 kittens of various ages.“It can be a struggle to keep up with so many hungry mouths to feed.“We also need disinfectant because with this amount of young

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in Paisley.The 45 year old was discovered this morning at an address in the town’s St Ninian’s Crescent.His death is currently being treated as unexplained.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers were called around 10.30am on Friday, August 14, 2020 to St Ninian’s Crescent, Paisley, following the sudden death of a 45-year-old man.“The death is

Newfield Place and threatened a male member of staff with a knife, demanding money before from the premises with a three figure sum of cash.

flights to Turkey and Greece from Scotland amid a spike in demand. The budget airline say that 11,000 new seats will be on sale to Scots as holidaymakers flock to both countries “in their droves”.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Detective Inspector Ian Ross, from Paisley CID, has appealed for witnesses to come forward.He said: “The Cottage Arms pub was deliberately set on fire in the early hours of Saturday morning.“This was a reckless and potentially dangerous act and we are very keen to trace whoever was responsible.“We are carrying out enquires in an effort to identify the individual or individuals responsible.“Police were alerted by colleagues in The Scottish Fire

Officers are continuing to check CCTV footage and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.Sergeant Stephen Granger of Galashiels Police Station, said: “Shaun has been missing for some time now and concerns for him are growing.“We are appealing for anyone who may have seen him of who know of his whereabouts to get in touch with us.”Anyone with any information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0996 of 4 August, 2020.

Scotland’s animal welfare charity was alerted to the incident after the cat was removed from the train at Dumbarton Central when it arrived at 12.07pm. The cat is now in the care of the society’s centre in Milton.

police has been taunting them on social media – claiming he’s “gone fishing”.Fife Police put out a missing persons alert for Brandon Robb on Thursday and warned the public not to approach him.But the 23-year-old told people sharing the alert on Facebook he wasn’t missing and was in England.He told one poster: “No need to share am fine in Bishop Auckland fishing.”Robb, who comes from Leslie, gained notoriety when he posted pics of himself and his dog hunting deer in the Scottish countryside.He

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Dozens of Higher grades slashed because Renfrewshire pupils live in an area of high deprivation will be appealed.The grades are among thousands across Scotland being questioned after the SQA confirmed students’ past work and predicted grades were slashed purely because of where they live.The exam body - which this year had to find a new way of grading students performance in absence of the usual exams - controversially

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