posted to homes across Scotland. Scores of households have received the plastic packets containing mystery seeds that appear to have been sent from China or Singapore.
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driver who killed a pensioner while on the phone and behind the wheel of a faulty car has been jailed for three years. William Gall ploughed into Thomas Beall shortly after the frail 81 year-old had left a supermarket on November 12, 2018.The headlights of the 24 year-old's Ford Focus were not working and its battery had very low power at the time.
But, Gall continued driving and eventually hit Thomas as he crossed the road in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The OAP never survived after suffering brain damage
.posted to homes across Scotland. Scores of households have received the plastic packets containing mystery seeds that appear to have been sent from China or Singapore.
care home residents will be able to receive more visits from friends and family from Monday, it was confirmed today. Up to three outdoor visitors from no more than two households will be allowed - if the home meets infection control criteria.
outdoors today. Beauty spots were reporting car parks filling up before 10am as families looked to make the most of the balmy weather.
pensioner has been released as police race to find the dementia sufferer. William Thom can be seen in footage taken on Bath Street in Glasgow city centre at 1.53pm on Wednesday.
Fife building are set to be laid to rest one week apart.Danny Allardyce and Terence Thornber were both sadly killed during the horror collision on Windygates Road in Leven on July 17.Devastated pals rallied around the families of the two men - aged 29 and 27 - raising more than £13,000 to help give them a proper send off.A touching candlelight vigil was also held on a beach in their hometown where dozens gathered to remember the men who were described as “humble, genuine amazing people”.The
Northern Ireland peace process and hailed as “Ireland’s peacemaker”, has died aged 83. The current SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described him as Ireland’s “most significant and consequential political leader” of the 20th century as tributes poured in.
pensioner had money stolen from her bank account. The man is alleged to have approached the 72-year-old woman at a property on Brownhill Drive in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire at 2.30pm on Thursday.
soldier murdered in an IRA honeytrap has revealed how he plans to get justice for his family - nearly 50 years after the atrocity.Fusilier Dougald McCaughey, was executed with fellow squaddies - brothers John and Joseph McCaig - after being lured from a Belfast pub.Now his cousin David McCaughey has raised £10,000 to help fund a legal bid for a new inquest into the triple shooting.The victims are thought to have been convinced to leave the bar by two women.
Highlands has been found safe and well. George McGowan sparked a major search and rescue operation after failing to return from a motorbike ride at Ben Bhraggie in Sutherland on Monday afternoon.
Aberdeen Market in 2018 two days after he had fallen down the staircase on June 7.The alarm had been raised by staff at his sheltered housing complex on June 8 and his body was discovered by police on June 9.Yesterday a court heard how Frank’s death was “entirely foreseeable” and could have been avoided.The Market Village Company Limited, who run the shopping centre, were fined £80,000 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.Following the proceedings, Frank’s 46-year-old son Keith Finnie told the Daily Record
computer game.Liz and Jim Harrison were shocked to discover the huge amount when they checked their online balance.They signed granddaughter Abby, eight, up to gaming platform Roblox to keep her occupied through lockdown.The website has about 100million users worldwide and is popular with children.Roblox is free to download but young users are encouraged to buy virtual money – called Robux – to spend during play.But if payment settings aren’t configured correctly when the account is set up,
rat urine and faeces.Peter Dougan, 58, was appalled when he opened a large package of dog food to find the 'stinking' excrement all over the 24 cans.The former gas worker, who suffers from chronic asthma alongside a number of other health conditions, demands an apology from the retail giant and compensation.Peter, from Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, told the Record: "My daughter's been ordering my shopping online to be delivered to my door as I'm shielding during the pandemic."Part of the order
reversing over her has escaped being jailed. Francis Creedican, from Edinburgh, was instead ordered to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for three years and nine months.
Robyn Fryar have blasted the “pathetic” sentence handed to her hit-and-run killer who treated her “worse than an animal”. Shaun Gatti was jailed for just five years and three months after mowing down the 15-year-old in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on July 7, 2019 after a night out with his pals.
Iceland is offering blind and partially sighted Scots who have been struggling to get groceries during lockdown priority access to its online delivery slots. The frozen food specialist will be offering visually impaired shoppers a unique code that will let them book available delivery slots on Thursday mornings between 9am and 10am.
half price meals when they dine out every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during August in a bid to boost the hospitality sector. Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently made the announcement and said the “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme would provide 50 per cent off, up to a maximum of £10 per head, meals at participating businesses across the UK - but it doesn’t include alcohol.
Motherwell’s Sitel call centre while delivering food to staff.The site, in Maxim Park, which has now become the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak, is currently under investigation for lack of social distancing.A driver, who asked not to be named, told the Daily Record he observed no compliance with Government guidance at the site when delivering food multiple times a day.He said employees were seen hovering around reception, out smoking together in large groups and failed to comply with the
prison sentence after he caused the death of Hanno Garbe by dangerous driving on a Highland road.Lord Fairley told Johnstone at the High Court in Edinburgh: "You continued to drive a motor car when it was plainly dangerous for you to do so."The judge pointed out that he had been told by optometrists on two occasions that his eyesight did not meet the required standard for driving.Lord Fairley said that the unexpected death of Mr Garbe has had "a devastating effect" on his wife Dagmar.The judge
smash near a Scots beauty spot. His green Kawasaki and a grey Audi Q2 crashed at around 3.33pm yesterday on the A708 between Moffat and Selkirk, near the Grey Mare’s Tail.