Santander reports 75% of investment fraud involves people aged over 55 losing an average of £8,000 each

Leigh Griffiths escaped injury after being involved in a three-car crash near his home. The Hoops striker was caught up in the smash on the Belshill bypass in Lanarkshire last night.

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raping her has died behind bars.A probe has been launched after evil Gary Gallagher was found dead at HMP Glenochil earlier this week.The 39-year-old was jailed for a minimum of five years after being found guilty of sexually assaulting and beating three separate women in a terrifying campaign of violence.The sex beast, from Ayr, carried out his first attack when he was just 13 and carried on offending until at least 2012.In 2016, he was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh after his brave

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further two people in Ayrshire and Arran have died from coronavirus as daily cases approach the 100 mark.New data from the Scottish Government shows the deaths occurred in South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire.The grim news comes as the area set yet another record for daily case rises.Figures show 95 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours bringing the pandemic total to 2,478.There

Glasgow care home has been left devastated after losing its first resident to Covid-19 after staying clear of the virus during the first wave. A number of staff and residents at David Cargill House, in the city’s West End, have recently tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

coronavirus in Scotland over the last 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. No new deaths were recorded overnight meaning the death toll stands at 2,550 since the start of the pandemic.

cop car fleet has been branded “astonishing” by the union representing rank-and-file officers.

Manchester City and Manchester United youngsters, at St. George's Park on Thursday afternoon was the first of a planned double-header against Scotland but, shortly before the interval, the game was abandoned.

lockdown restrictions to stop the rising number of Scots testing positive for coronavirus.Sturgeon yesterday warned the public it was "possible we will have to do more" but the Scottish Government did not come to a conclusion today.She met members of her Cabinet this morning to discuss whether a so-called "circuit breaker lockdown" is needed to reduce transmission of the disease in the community, with the SNP leader expected to make a statement to parliament later.We will bring you all the

crash on the M8 yesterday. Hayden Miller was named locally by Camlachie Loyal Star Flute Band following the accident.We previously told how a lorry and a truck crashed at Junction 6A Chapelhall at around 7.45am sparking the traffic chaos.A crushed traffic management truck was pictured after smashing into the back of an HGV - with the front end and windscreen completely destroyed.A man was rushed to hospital following the crash.

stabbing her 26 times has failed in a bid to have his jail sentence reduced.Vile Keith Rizzo moaned that the 22 year prison term was ‘excessive’ after being found guilty of murdering Neomi Smith in June 2019.The 24-year-old broke into the Brechin flat of his former partner after spotting her dancing with another man in a pub just hours before.He then brutally battered and throttled her before using two knives to inflict horrific stab wounds as well as 32 blunt force trauma injuries.When

cheating the benefits agency by running 5Ks dressed as Santa when she claimed she could "barely walk" has been cleared after a 13-month trial.A sheriff found Beverley Dott not guilty and told her he was clearing her because of the highly visible nature of the regular runs she had been doing.Dott's solicitor described her as "hiding in plain sight" when she completed two 5K Santa Runs in Perth, alongside hundreds of other fun runners.And Sheriff Keith O'Mahoney ruled that Dott would not have

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 20 people in Ayrshire have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The new confirmed cases- - which bring the region's tally to 1,638  - were among 344 announced across Scotland earlier this afternoon.The overall figure represents 9.1 per cent of newly tested individuals.The number of people battling coronavirus in Ayrshire hospitals has dropped by two to five and there

supermarkets to stockpile on a number of items in recent days.Toilet roll, pasta and flour were among the items to be low in stock during the first peak of the coronavirus pandemic during March, April and May.The latest round of stockpiling comes after the Scottish Government announced a raft of new restrictions designed to tackle a surge in new coronavirus cases across the country.Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has issued a plea to customers and moved to reassure shoppers over stock level fears.He

self-isolation rules.