Scots firm fined £200k after worker loses leg in horror warehouse accident

stroke.Darren Dawson was getting ready for school when he suffered a bleed to his brain caused by an anomaly that affects just one in 100,000 people a year.It left the 14-year-old paralysed down his right side and medics faced a race against time to save him.But thanks to the family’s labrador Douglas, Darren got to hospital in time.His mum Liz was making breakfast when the pup, now nine months, refused to eat his food and started pacing between her and the door.

council car park. Mark Ross passed away after being found near Motherwell Civic Centre at around 9.30am on Sunday.

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

jail today.Aleem Azam, 49,  thought he was in contact with a teenage girl, but in fact he was snared by a police decoy.Azam claimed he wanted to have sex with her and boasted that 'everything still worked' in his body.He was eventually snared with 18 indecent images of children.Azam pleaded guilty to sending sexual communications to the decoy as well as having the indecent images.Azam, of the city's Shawlands, was put on a community payback order with three years supervision by Sheriff Andrew

cop who has died after a short battle with cancer leaving behind two young children.Inspector Chris Mutter served in Fife Division before his death last Monday - having only been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on October 31.He was promoted to the post of inspector in November - while he was receiving treatment for his illness.A special ceremony took place where he was promoted by the chief constable.Devastated wife Maxine is now left behind with children Ethan, three, and one-year-old

Scots beauty spot have paid tribute to their “cheeky little devil”. Freya Skene passed away after getting into difficulty with her mum Brooke at Ossian’s Cave in Dunkeld, Perthshire, on Monday evening, July 6.

freak accident by Ossian's Cave in Dunkeld on Monday night.
 The youngster was raced to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee but passed away a short time later.
Her devastated mum, Brooke Reid, 26, has now posted an emotional tribute on Facebook.
She told her friends in the public post:
 "As most of you are aware yesterday we had to say goodbye to our best friend, our life, our world, our everything."I stayed with Freya the whole night and most of today before she was taken away.
"Everyone tried their

Loch Lomond.

golf club. Cops made the grim early morning discovery after being called to a club by Perth's Tay Road, understood to be King James VI golf club, at around 3.40am.

flocked to get in pints for the first time since lockdown.Many had to book tables in advance before heading for a socially distanced ‘swally’ outside.Those who got a pub pew celebrated their new-found freedom by tasting their first draught beers and pub cocktails for the first time in almost four months.At Glasgow’s Brel bar in the city’s West End, owner Oli Norman told The Record: “It’s quite an emotional day.“It’s been a tortuous few months, but to get to this point and for it to be a

coronavirus while being treated for other conditions is not yet known, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has admitted. Figures published last week revealed more than 1,000 patients tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital, but Freeman said the number of deaths linked to the cases is unknown.

hospital project manager today admitted killing a 92-year-old pensioner as she walked to get her morning paper. Francis Creedican, 58, from Edinburgh, failed to keep a proper lookout as he reversed out of his driveway and collided with Christina Young, who was walking with a frame.

jail bosses.Stewart, 38, of Hamilton, died at HMP Addiewell in West Lothian on June 20.His death certificate states the cause is “unascertained pending laboratory studies”.The dad of three was serving a 14-month sentence for attempted housebreaking and was due to be released in a matter of weeks.The family say they have learned very little about the circumstances surrounding his death but were assured it was not related to Covid-19.A relative said: “We’ve been told he was suffering stomach pains

The gran of a Scots tot who died from a brain tumour has received more than 100,000 signatures on her petition calling for more research into childhood cancer.Logan Maclean was just three years-old when he passed away from a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) - the deadliest of all childhood cancers.Little Logan, from Largs, North Ayrshire, was diagnosed with the incurable disease in November 2016 but tragically died a short 11 months later.Following his death, his heartbroken gran Fiona

cocaine and ket’ for hillwalking during lockdown.Rhys Sinclair is celebrating 'no hangovers or comedowns' after deciding to ditch drugs, alcohol, and gambling while in quarantine.The 23-year-old from Leith in Edinburgh promised himself as a new year resolution to stop using drugs and continuing other addictive habits but struggled to stick with it.It wasn't until Rhys was forced into lockdown that he decided to take it seriously by using hillwalking as an escape.He added: “I made many excuses

Edinburgh, feared the designer gear had been pinched by a thief and lost forever when he was out for a walk last week in the capital's Meadows area.  The 20-year-old was shocked when five days later a worker from a local BP garage turned up at his house to hand deliver the £300 wallet after finishing his shift at 10.30pm.A video clip captured the moment the worker stood at the door and smiled at Joseph's parents as he said: “I’ve got something for him”.The kindhearted man then unveiled the lost

Renfrewshire woman has been left devastated after she handed over more than £21k to a fraudster she met through an online gaming app.The 61-year-old victim was taken in by a callous conman who claimed he would send valuable items if she transferred cash.The woman sent various sums of money totalling more than £21,000 abroad after falling for the sophisticated scam.It’s understood the innocent victim began chatting with a scam artist via an online gaming app.He offered up valuable items that he

student after a body was discovered in the search for him. The family of David Macleod, 18, who was last seen in Aberdeen on Friday, have been told of the find.