Scots child abuse referrals soar during lockdown

BBC will launch TV and online lessons to help parents and children through lockdown. The whole of the UK was plunged in to another lockdown this week as the Scottish and UK Governments struggle to contain rising numbers of Covid19 cases.

Ayrshire Maternity Unit (AMU) has issued an update on visiting restrictions following mainland Scotland going into full lockdown again.

Prince Charles and Diana.Aberdeen taxi driver George Murdoch, 58, who was described as 'kind and gentle', was found brutally beaten and strangled outside his car in the leafy city suburb of Pitfodels having just picked up a fare.His family have been searching for answers for 37 years since the horrific murder in September, 1983.Now Aberdeen man Paul Murray has revealed conversations he had with a senior officer in the then Grampian Police.Paul said his friend, former Inspector Colin Clark, had

mum and her newborn baby were left fighting for their lives after they both developed a deadly infection during a traumatic labour. Sophie Goudie, 21, and her son Ledwan contracted sepsis after Ledwan became distressed in the womb forcing medics to deliver him via emergency C-section.

Covid-19 pandemic.Cases have soared in the wake of Christmas and New Year celebrations.The worrying stats called re-opening schools as planned into question.Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce new lockdown ­measures on Monday.On her agenda is a potential plan to shut schools for the next month.Schools in Scotland are due to return full-time on January 18 – but a rise in infections has prompted plans for a longer school shutdown.While some Scots think keeping kids in the classroom is all wrong,

love '. Dale McLaughlan splashed out £5,500 on the watercraft to be reunited to with his girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe, who he had only met just weeks earlier.

Police have seized £44,000 worth of cocaine from a vehicle in a Scots town. Officers swooped in Maybole, South Ayrshire, during the pre-planned operation at premises on the town’s High Street on Tuesday morning.

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

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.When a ferry load of Syrians arrived one December night in the town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, they had no idea what sort of reaction to expect.Families, who’d fled their homes having endured the living hell of civil war, were given safe refuge in a part of Scotland best-known as the venue for many a sepia-toned holiday memory from yesteryear.None had any notion of what it meant to go ‘doon the

son. Taxi driver Robert Aitchison battled through five inches of snow to get the un-named dad to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary earlier this month.

pensioner had his skull fractured in a horror home robbery after being targeted twice in one day.The 69-year-old victim was allegedly threatened by masked man with a fake gun who demanded cash at his home in Lynedoch Street, Greenock, at 6.30am on Wednesday, December 16, morningMoney was taken during the first raid.Later that night two men forced entry into the same property and assaulted the pensioner.As a result of the horrifying attack he was rushed to Inverclyde Hospital with a fractured

gran who spent decades working in the care sector has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease just days before Christmas. Sandra Craig, from Carmyle in Glasgow's east end, was given the horrific diagnosis on December 4.

Scottish Affairs Committee. They are investigating the effect of the benefits system on people’s lives and on levels of hardship in Scotland.

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall have shared their Christmas Card for the 2020 holiday season.

mum has spoken of her heartache after she was forced to self-isolate from her newborn baby after testing positive for coronavirus in hospital.Mum Sarah McInnes was rushed into hospital after she began experiencing stomach pains just six weeks after giving birth to her baby boy Alexander.The 41-year-old was stunned when her GP diagnosed her with appendicitis last Wednesday and sent her to Ayr Hospital's A&E department where she was admitted.The Ayr mum was tested for coronavirus when she arrived

Christmas Day and festive tunes are the one thing keeping our spirits high during the uncertainty of the pandemic.Songs are a massive part of what makes Christmas special, with music often signalling the start of the festive season.Despite timeless classics and new pop hits blaring on the radio every December, the heated debate still rages on - what the best Christmas song?And now Scots have revealed what song is their favourite festive mood-setter.We asked Daily Record readers to share their

Cockapoo  puppy who 'works' in a secondary school has helped children struggling with anxiety after the lockdown. Willow, aged 15 weeks, attends Glenrothes High School in Glenrothes, Fife, from Monday to Friday, and in the two weeks she has been there the school has seen attendance improve.

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