Scots designer's daughter tells of couture fashion shows at home in world's greatest dressing-up box

Covid-19 response.We revealed in January how 79-year-old dementia sufferer Irene Marandola was found freezing and badly injured at 2.30am after wandering more than a mile from Kintyre House in Invergordon, Ross-shire.A probe by the Care Inspectorate concluded that the pensioner had been repeatedly failed by her carers and now it has branded the home’s care during the coronavirus pandemic as “weak”.An unannounced inspection in recent weeks raised concerns in relation to the safeguarding of

Scottish Government 's handling of care homes during the coronavirus crisis breached public health legislation. The Scottish Conservatives have written to Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, saying ministers' actions have had "harrowing and devastating consequences for the residential care home sector".

A Scots mum fears her little boy has been left partially blind after being squirted in the eye with hand sanitiser during a birthday trip out.Little Jaxson Mcavoy was badly hurt following the freak accident at Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Fife, on Sunday.The three-year-old was left screaming in agony with bad burns to his eye after using the dispenser at the entrance of the tourist attraction.Furious mum Katie claims aquarium staff told her to pay the £38 entrance fee for her family

police search. Heather Fraser, 29, and her three-year-old child Jack Meldrum were last seen at Stirling Train Station at around 3.15pm on Friday, July 24.

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.

racist abuse.Debora Kayembe, 45, has compared the racially motivated attacks she's suffered in the Midlothian town she lives in as 'like Alabama in 1964' - the epicentre of the US Civil Rights movement where black people were subjected to abhorrent racism.Single mum-of-two Debora, who lives in Bonnyrigg with her two teenage children, left her home in the Congo in 2005 after a backlash against her investigative work into a massacre of women and children put her life at risk.  She has forged a

mental wellbeing.The Big Litter survey asked 731 Daily Record readers to share their thoughts on littering and flytipping in their local area in recent months.It comes after a string of shocking reports of litter louts using the lockdown to turn Scotland's beauty spots in makeshift dumps.A road on the way to Loch Lomond was among those beyond recognition earlier this month after a range large discarded items were left strewn across the tarmac.The survey, which was conducted as part of our Don't

stabbed a Scots housing association worker who was trying to help him has been jailed for life. Peter Cannon launched the unprovoked attack on Lynne Robertson as she sat behind her desk at River Clyde Homes, Greenock, on September 30 last year.

Glasgow with husband Frank, 50, on a Ryanair flight from Malaga Airport after a two-week family holiday in Fuengirola which they had to cut short by four days.She said: “Frank’s a firefighter and he needs to get back to work soon so we’ve ended up buying new flights back which have cost us 400 euros with the luggage.“We’re not going to get that money back.

countries they can travel to. Before planning foreign trips, holidaymakers need to check whether they are safe to do so under the latest Scottish Government guidance.

Edinburgh have pleaded for NHS workers to stop asking for discounts as they say they cannot afford it. Shop owners claim have been asked hundreds of times for discounts on food bills and purchases by staff from NHS Scotland throughout the coronavirus lockdown.

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.

Dumfries bus stop. Officers were called at around 3.45am on Thursday after the unusual sighting was made on the A75 at Collin bypass.

Covid-19 outbreak to be “vigilant”. The First Minister thanked the firms for their co-operation as public health officials try to keep a lid on infections.

Scottish gin distillery is proving a big hit with fans after releasing their own branded face masks - emblazoned with the phrase: "Only removing for gin and sarcasm".

hospitals.A probe into problems at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Edinburgh’s Sick Kids starts next month and could take three years.Critics slammed the fee for public relations, which comes despite the Scottish Government and health boards employing their own in-house PR teams.Glasgow’s 3x1 Group has been awarded the PR contract, having secured a similar deal for the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry.Labour MSP for Glasgow Anas Sarwar said: “What matters is not media management

summer holiday will have to wear face masks everywhere they go and face quarantine when they return home.Passengers arriving in Palma, Majorca, were faced with the prospect of fines for non- compliance with coronavirus rules.People will need to fill in a visitor locater form before their arrival in Scotland and if they fail to quarantine for two weeks, they can be fined £480.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Covid cases entering Scotland from abroad was “one of our biggest risk factors”.Spain

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

possession of cannabis in court.Michael McKeown was caught with the drug when he was searched by police.The 51-year-old was preparing to represent a client when court staff alerted officers.It is understood they doubted McKeown’s claims he was a solicitor when he arrived at Glasgow Sheriff Court wearing a Celtic training top.Police stopped and searched him and found a small quantity of cannabis.McKeown, a partner at law firm Callaghan McKeown & Co, admitted an offence under the Misuse of Drugs