Scots abuse survivor handed £100k in damages after horror childhood in care

receiving their bonus from February 2021 and payments to social care staff will start in March 2021. Payments will be made to health and social care staff through their normal payroll system.

police to fight him.Lewis Wilson, 28, turned the air blue with insults when police arrived at the property in the Paisley’s Seedhill Road, following complaints from his worried mum.The town’s sheriff court heard Wilson dared officers to fight him and showered them with insults as he was being lifted in the early hours of June 28.He shouted at cops to “f****** bring it” and that he was going to “go to town”, as well as warning them, “I’m no f****** scared of you”.Procurator fiscal depute Dana

Covid-19. The action was taken at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday against Thornlea Nursing Home, a residential care home in Loanhead, Midlothian, after 15 residents died as a result of coronavirus.

A carer who moved a pensioner’s buttocks ‘like a mouth’ while making ‘garbled noises’ at a Scots care home has been struck off. Jill Marina Philip admitted a string of sickening behaviour whilst employed at Balhousie Alastrean Care Home in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, during 2018.

console, a court heard. Jonathan Mcgregor also downloaded videos and photographs showing youngsters being subjected to sickening sexual acts onto his mobile phone.

education watchdog after pinching a pupil’s nose and causing it to bleed while trying to calm him down. James Walker McKenna admitted grabbing hold of the young boy’s nose during the incident at Dalry Primary School, Dumfries and Galloway, in May 2018.

Christmas aged just three-months-old.Devastated Stephanie and Craig Simpson from Banchory, Aberdeenshire said goodbye to their infant daughter Peggy-Mae last Saturday after she passed away after being born with rare chromosome condition Trisomy 13.The condition affects around one in 25,000 babies and doctors told the couple  that little Peggy-Mae would only live between seven and ten days when she was born on September 9.The young couple, aged 26 and 25, will spend Christmas without their

horror bike crash are planning a special birthday surprise they hope will cheer him up in his recovery battle Keiran Lamond was rushed to the ICU at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital in October after falling off his bike and hitting a lamppost while not wearing a helmet. The 14-year-old, from Blairgowrie, Perthshire, fractured his skull in the horror accident.

lockdown, latest figures have revealed.A rise in figures has sparked a warning from child abuse charity NSPCC, who say the cumulative impact of the effects of the pandemic meant young people would be “cooped up” with their abusers over the festive period.The number of referrals from the charity's helpline are up by over 50% compared with before the first lockdown in March.Since then over 900 referrals have been made to external agencies such as Police Scotland and social services.The NSPCC's

car and fleeing the scene.Cara McCarthy, 24, was left in “hysterics” when a black car being driven erratically ploughed into her Audi, near Barrhead, East Renfrewshire - leaving both vehicles badly damaged.Police are still hunting the occupants of the Vauxhall Omega - who ran off without trying to help Cara and left the wrecked car at the scene.Cara, from Barrhead, said: “They didn’t try to communicate with me at all.

jailed for 20 months. Stephen Donoghue, 61, turned on Carol Donoghue at their flat in Glasgow’s Dalmarnock in August this year.

was set on fire on the driveway of their home, which sources said was the property of one of three men accused of Williamson’s murder.A 50-year-old woman, her 49-year-old husband and two teenage girls, aged 17 and 13, were inside the property in Ferniegair, near Hamilton, when the vehicle was set alight.The blaze spread to the front door of the house before emergency services, including police and two fire engines, reached the scene just after 1.35am on Saturday.Debris from the burnt-out vehicle

care home after watching her suffer through nine months of lockdown.Lucy Challoner, 22, who lost her dad to suicide in 2007, told how she can no longer bear the separation.Lucy’s mum Judy suffers from alcohol-related brain damage and her 98-year-old gran Mary Boag is also isolated in a care home.Judy started drinking after her husband died.Lucy, who lives with 19-year-old brother Jack in Edinburgh, said: “It’s been really tough not getting to see mum or gran for the best part of the year.“Time

Kaleem Aftab British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed.

pounds have been raised for a much loved Scots Big Issue seller after he was brutally attacked by youths. Former soldier Garry Buchan, who is well known for his local heroics and charity work, was robbed and severely injured during an unprovoked assault by a gang.

child abuse images - some featuring infants. Ryan David Anderson, a 39-year-old now former officer who had been based in the Scottish Borders, found himself in the dock after Cumbrian counterparts called at his Carlisle home on May 11.

coronavirus outbreak infected dozens of people at a Scots care home. Last week 72 residents and staff at Inchmarlo House, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire tested positive for the virus.

Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.

Aldi will once again launch a kilted version of its popular Kevin the Carrot toy in time for Christmas. The root vegetable has become one of the nation’s favourite characters in recent years, with customers queuing round the block to get their hands on one in recent times.Scots will be treated to their own unique edition, as Kevin dons the traditional Scottish dress once again this year.

burlesque dancing.Kirsty Barr suffered years of violent attacks before summoning the courage to go to the police which ended in him being convicted.Now the mum from Alloa has reclaimed her life as one of Scotland’s most successful burlesque dancers.Kirsty dresses in silk basques, fishnet stockings and high heels to teach fellow abuse victims as well as performing live on stage.The former hair salon owner, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after giving evidence against her abuser, is