Scots benefit fraudster ‘borrowed £15k for bathroom makeover’ despite owing £26,500 in Child Tax Credit

Tik Toker Jimmy Stewart has challenged Gordon Ramsay to a mince and tatties cook off after the telly chef responded to one of his offbeat cooking videos.

jury that a rape accused “violated” her with a cold sausage while she was asleep on a sofa.The 51-year-old – who can’t be named for legal reasons – also claimed that Martin Dolan repeatedly raped her while she was in a relationship with him.Dolan, 55, from Falkirk, Stirlingshire denies a total of 16 charges which include repeated rapes and physical and sexual assaults against five former partners, three of whom were pregnant when he allegedly attacked them.He has lodged special defences claiming

school after the Easter holidays.In a statement to MSPs the First Minister said all primary school children will be back in the classroom in two weeks time by March 15.The resumption of face-to-face learning is dependent on the state of the virus in Scotland.Last week kids from primary one to three were allowed back to the classroom after restrictions were lifted slightly.The SNP leader said all primary school pupils will be able to return to childcare as well in the coming weeks.Sturgeon told

brutal clip shows a teenage girl being repeatedly punched to the head by another girl on the backseat of a bus while a group of the attacker's pals laugh in the background.The aggressor wearing a white jumper is seen to punch and kick her victim as the youngster cowers in the corner of the bus.Close to the end of clip her shrieking pals are heard to shout out comments like "That's it now, leave it - that's it, leave it."A second vicious 40 second video features two teenage boys punching each

David Linden has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make the Universal Credit uplift permanent as part of a wider post-covid recovery programme.The Glasgow East MP said axing the uplift - worth £1040 a year to claimants - at a time of rising unemployment would be "unconscionable".Linden, the Nationalists' spokesman on work and pensions, spoke out as the Tory Chancellor prepares to deliver a Budget like no other in recent history.The UK Government says it will set out "the next phase of the plan

domestic abuse survivor has told how her violent ex-partner 'hid all her left shoes' in a bizarre bid to keep her stuck in the house.Lauren MacDonald first met John McMillan on a dating app in February 2017 and was immediately won over by his charm which she has likened to serial killer ‘Ted Bundy’.The 36-year-old, from Glenrothes, Fife, was blissfully happy until the brute began verbally abusing her within weeks and telling her what she could wear.In a bizarre bid to stop her leaving the house,

begged women to give him "dirty pants - the dirtier the better" has been spared jail over the sordid sexual abuse. Creepy Gerald Murray, 66, scrunched pants up in his hands and smelled them in front of a woman who was doing work in his home.

firearms and ammunition hidden in their motor after police were tipped off about their criminal activities.Mark Kirkby, from Kilwinning, and Ku Wing Kwok, from Greenock, admitted being involved in the transfer of the deadly weapons after their Ford Mondeo was stopped in Largs last September.The duo, aged 37 and 43, were later arrested and charged by officers before pleading guilty at Glasgow High Court on Monday.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to

social security payments.Glasgow South West MP said: “We are in the middle of a health and economic crisis, and the uplift in Universal Credit has provided a lifeline for many struggling families and households during these unprecedented and challenging times.

court in Scotland for representing ­clients without a practising certificate has been struck off.Paul Garrett, 47, is at the centre of an £80,000 fraud probe revealed by the ­Sunday Mail.A client told police the solicitor had tricked him into handing over payments for a non-existent court case.In 2018, Garrett, of ­Finnieston, Glasgow, was fined £1000 at the city’s ­sheriff court for ­representing clients in ­criminal cases after his ­practising ­certificate had expired.He was struck off by the

Rutherglen and Cambuslang calculate their benefits entitlement.

Daily Record has told how millionaire Blue Dog and Ad Lib owners Alan Tomkins and Billy McAneney refused to pay workers even minimum wage after tax ­irregularities meant they were locked out of the furlough scheme. McDonald made an appeal to Mordaunt to aid workers, quoting a Facebook post from barman John Russell who stated: “I don’t know what to do any more, I’m fighting tooth and nail.

mum, with a black belt in karate, now gets out of breath after simply loading a washing machine as the effects of Long-COVID continue to turn her life upside down.Ruth Moore, 49, from East Mains, was an otherwise fit and healthy woman until the potentially deadly virus ravaged her family.She, along with two of her three daughters, husband, James and 79-year-old mum, Gloria, were all struck down with coronavirus in October last year, testing positive within days of each other.The domino effect

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A campaign has been launched to urge families to apply for a new benefit which would help around 8,400 children in West Dunbartonshire.The new Scottish Government benefit will give eligible families and carers £40 every four weeks for each child under six.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in North Lanarkshire are to benefit from almost £200,000 of extra funding.The Scottish Government has committed £145.3 million to alcohol and drug rehabilitation services across the country, including £50m to reduce drugs deaths.The Scottish Budget for 2021/22 has committed a total of £16 billion to improving the nation’s health and supporting the NHS in its recovery

Jackie Baillie, made the call as part of a wider campaign to improve pay and conditions after a “heroic” year of effort.She based the calculation of figures showing 206,400 people in the sector are on the median wage of £9.50 an hour.Baillie said: “Our heroic social care workers, on whom we have all relied during this pandemic, have been undervalued and underpaid for too long.“Hundreds of thousands of predominantly female social care workers are languishing on poverty pay, while many of those

indecent images of children was jailed for 14 months while his pervert son also found with sick photographs has waked free from court.Andrew Clark, 66, and Adam Clark, 34, had their property in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, raided in March 2019.Various devices seized from the pair contained over 1580 pictures of children aged between four and 16.Andrew, a widower, also wrote erotic fiction about kids and used photo editing software to create sick images.The pair pled guilty separately at

iOS and Android.But the move was greeted with anger among affected workers and branded the "the height of arrogance" by Scotland's former health secretary Alex Neil.MSP Mr Neil, who was alerted to the situation on a visit to his local Morrisons in Ayr this week, said: "Pharmacy staff should be entitled to claim this payment and will rightfully feel aggrieved."This is an offer from the Scottish Government and shouldn't be for individual companies to decide what happens next."It certainly isn't

tried to sell a baby for £1million. Evil Claire Boyle, 34, was convicted of child neglect after the horrific incident at her Ayrshire home where a little boy was trapped in the modified cot.

affairs with married men during lockdown.Divorcee Kelly, from Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, found it tough sticking to coronavirus restrictions after her marriage broke down because she missed the sex.The 32-year-old began having cybersex with men before taking things to the next level and meeting in the flesh for sex behind their wives' backs.During Kelly's first affair, the pair would regularly drive up to Loch Lomond and 'find a quiet spot for sex'.She said: "I had been on my own for too long and