puppy farmers are using rented flats as shop fronts to lure in victims. A ring of closely-knit Irish breeders is booking lets in flats in Glasgow to create a false impression of pups being well looked after in family settings, the Record can reveal.
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Scots family attempting the smelly fish challenge has gone viral. Inverness dad Donald Maclennan and his two sons Robbie, 11, and Jamie, 5, filmed themselves trying to eat a disgusting tin of fermented Baltic herring fillets - in a video which is both hilarious and honking in equal measures.
puppy farmers are using rented flats as shop fronts to lure in victims. A ring of closely-knit Irish breeders is booking lets in flats in Glasgow to create a false impression of pups being well looked after in family settings, the Record can reveal.
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puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told
link!The Covid-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on its income and, as a result, research funding had to be cut in half this year, putting future life-saving discoveries at risk.James Jopling, head of BHF Scotland, said: “Our research in Scotland and across the UK to help save and improve lives is only made possible thanks to wonderful supporters like Linda and her family, and we need the public’s support now more than ever.“The closure of our shops during lockdown and the cancellation and
teen who died after having heart surgery say the charity set up in his name helped them survive losing him.Zak Scott was born in April 1996 with a congenital heart defect called pulmonary atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect (VCD) - more commonly known as a hole in the heart.The Kilwinning youngster underwent surgery almost every year of his young life, culminating in an open heart operation on March 9, 2011, in what doctors at Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital and his family thought would be the
stabbing a young dad in the back 11 times with such force that the blade snapped off.Callum Andrews carried out the brutal killing of Terry Smith at a Motherwell house party in the early hours of August 13, 2019.The High Court in Glasgow was told that the incident was sparked after the 30-year-old victim began winding up another man, Connor Doherty, about the t-shirt he was wearing.Andrews, 22, grabbed a blade from the kitchen and attacked Terry while 20-year-old Doherty smashed him over the
Paisley woman Patti Henry says her family are desperately seeking an end to their four-year ordeal.Mother-of-one Patti, 46, was reported missing in March 2017 and, despite extensive searches, she has never been found and is believed to be dead.A pensioner was arrested and charged in connection with her disappearance in 2019 and is due to stand trial later this year after delays due to the pandemic.But her frustrated family are now calling for closure and hope that they will one day be able to
border collie puppy Karma for £1000 from a female seller on Gumtree last week.The 38-year-old, from Kilwinning, had saved up money to purchase the dog for her two daughters aged 15 and nine. But the family were left heartbroken when Karma began to defecate blood and died just hours later.
DNA after he tried to chew through a piece of string attaching a charity box to the counter.Andrew Hollern, 37, smashed his way at night into the shop, in St Ninians, Stirling, and took nearly £3,400 worth of tobacco, cigarettes, cash, credit cards, scratch cards, mobile phones and a camera.He did not, however, manage to munch through the string, so did not get away with the charity tin.Falkirk Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that a shop worker discovered the break-in when he opened up in the
a watchdog.Denise Connor was working at Beechwood Care Home in Wishaw when she mistreated and abused a total of five vulnerable residents over the course of just one shift in May 2020.Her alarming behaviour was reported and saw her hauled in front of the Scottish Social Services Council who have now banned her from the profession.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines
property converted from a 'tattie shed' into an incredible home has gone on the market for £735,000.Denfield Steadings, in Arbroath, Angus, was designed by the late architect Heinz Voigt for his family to live in and features eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms.Dubbed "the tattie shed" in homage to its humble beginnings, the house even includes a further three-bedroom converted house designed for another family to live in.The property listing promises the homeowner to feel "spoiled rotten" but
Paisley, stole her bank card, removed the SIM card from her mobile phone and even prevented her from socialising with her family.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Ms Elliot was so desperate to get away from him that she ducked into a pizza restaurant in Paisley and begged staff to contact police, when out walking with Little.It was only when she later worked up the courage to break free from his clutches at Paisley’s Gilmour Street Station and ran towards cops on patrol, that she was able to report
Ewan McGregor wants Scots heroin users to try a drug-free treatment to break the cycle of addiction.The actor, who played Mark Renton in Trainspotting, urged the Scottish Government to investigate neuro electric therapy after narrating a documentary charting successful trials in the US.NET was developed in the 70s by Hong Kong-based Scots surgeon Meg Patterson, whose previous patients included rock stars Eric Clapton, Keith Moon and Boy George.It uses tiny pulses of electrical currents to
cancer.Laura Mcaloon, 36, from Bathgate in West Lothian, was given the heartbreaking news that she had up to a year to live after she was diagnosed with the aggressive illness in August 2020.The devastating news left the mum-of-three's family broken, with her youngest - two-year-old Connor - unable to understand why he's not allowed to give mummy a cuddle because it makes her sore.But despite the bleak outlook, Laura's fiancé Mark Smith, 37, and their other children Tiegan, 20, and Demileigh,
Dumfries couple and their 13 kids are facing homelessness if a house big enough for them doesn’t become available in just nine weeks.Deborah and Craig Douglas have until the end of April to move out of their Heathhall home after their landlady decided to sell.Despite applying for a number of private lets and pleading with housing associations, the family still haven’t found anywhere big enough for their brood.And Deborah, 38, feels they are being “discriminated” against because of the size of
attacked a Scots delivery driver and tried to steal his van.The 29-year-old victim was out in the Wester Drylaw area of Edinburgh yesterday, when he was assaulted by two men who tried to take his keys.Luckily, a local resident stepped in and managed to scare the yobs off empty handed.Police have now released a description of both men in an attempt to track them down.The first is white, around 6ft 2in tall and was wearing a grey hooded top and black gloves at the time of the attack.His companion
Catholic mother after a burst pipe flooded their family plot.Elizabeth Briggs repeatedly told her loved ones that she wanted to be buried with her late husband Charles and four-month-old son William at Cockpen Cemetery in Bonnyrigg.The mum-of-five had purchased the plot after losing her baby to cot death in 1970 and buried her 61-year-old husband in 2000.But after passing away on February 5, daughter Tracey Gillan discovered that her father’s casket had only been buried 3ft down - leaving no
“Isle be off to work now, love.”The 32-year-old front-line care worker surely has the UK’s trickiest commute.
police search in Fife.Kieran Low was last seen at his home in the Rosyth area at around 4pm on Friday.The 15-year-old has links to the Dunfermline, Kircaldy and Glenrothes areas.Police searching for Kieran say his family are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare.Kieran is described as five foot, two inches tall and of a slim build.He has long overgrown red, auburn hair and brown eyes.Kieran was last seen wearing a bright Blue Stone Island jacket with Stone Island badge on the upper