Scots OAP robbed by heartless thieves who stole more than £10k in cash

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.SCOTS motorists are being urged to ensure their cars are ready for winter despite current Covid travel restrictions.There are fears that many drivers may become lazy about their vehicles’ roadworthiness as they are using them less frequently.But with pandemic rules being slightly eased for Christmas, breakdown and road safety organisations are issuing a host of tips.The hope is that, if people carry out some

cyclist on a country road avoided a prison sentence. Barry McConnell was allowed to serve a community sentence for causing the fatal road accident.

designer vagina has been spared jail after being caught with cocaine. Stephanie Watson, 29, was found with a bag containing the drug after police searched her car.

charity which has witnessed first-hand the impact Covid-19 has had on child poverty in Scotland today calls on political leaders to put more money in struggling families’ pockets.Save the Children has seen parents on the breadline as the effects of the pandemic ravage finances and leave kids without basic provisions.The charity has been delivering emergency grants to low-income families in seven local authorities in Scotland since April.

vaccination programme and targeted action in high-risk areas in level 4 restrictions.Speaking at Holyrood today, Freeman said: "Testing is undeniably important but it is just one layer of protection - many layers are needed to fight this virus."Our increased capability to test more people, more often, is potentially powerful as we navigate our way through the coming months as safely as we can alongside our nationwide vaccination programme."Freeman said six mobile testing units and 20,000 home

‘Black Friday’ scammers as shoppers prepare to spend billions on bargains.A national campaign raising awareness of the latest counterfeit goods and unsafe products has been launched today - urging consumers to report fraud to a new, national ‘scamwatch’ service.Topping the list of this year’s dodgy gifts are dangerous soft toys, fake cosmetics and perfumes and slime products that can make kids ill.And experts are also warning parents to be extra cautious when looking for the latest computer

hate campaign against social workers following a bitter split from his hero cop wife was caught with live bullets at his home.

Monitor lizard after she was stolen from her enclosure in Fife.The nine-year-old, named Angie, was last seen at the Wild Things Plants and Exotics shop in Methil on Sunday, November 8.But when a volunteer went in to check on the reptile and her breeding partner Gus the following day, they were shocked to discover she had vanished.After scouring the shop and nearby area, the 4.5ft lizard’s owner was forced to call in the police as fears she had been snatched grew.A cash reward is now being

Bake Off star Peter Sawkins has sailed through to the final after an outstanding semi-final bake. The 20-year-old had such a fantastic week that he received a hand shake from Paul Hollywood who was totally impressed with his technical challenge.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medallist filmed a rare Instagram video on Thursday, sharing a never-before-seen part of his .Tennis star Andy took to Instagram Stories to film himself watching his national team Scotland play Serbia in a football match. As well as his huge flat-screen TV, we were treated to a look inside his stylish living room.Underneath the television is a shelf, which Kim and Andy have decorated with cute potted plants.

Still Game may have aired in February but the iconic Scots comedy is still picking up a few new superfans. Co-creator Greg Hemphill has shared a message from a New York viewer who recently discovered Craiglang codgers Jack and Victor, and said it's now one of his "favourite ever shows of all time".

wedding from £10k to £220 by holding a magical ceremony in their garden.West Lothian couple William and Susan Dobbin, both 33, were due to get married in a no-expense-spared ceremony at Cormiston Farm, Biggar, on May 2 but that was cancelled due to coronavirus.The couple rescheduled their wedding for May 22, 2021, but as cases kept rising and restrictions not easing, they became fearful it might not happen next Spring.Fed up seeing Susan's post coming through the door with her maiden name of

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

independence could help safeguard the Union.

raped her “hundreds of times” has been freed from jail.Sarah Reagan was distraught to get a phone call on Thursday telling her John Barbour had been released that morning and warning her that he was moving back to the city where she lives.Barbour, 54, has been released two-thirds of the way through a four-year sentence, which was appealed without success as too lenient by the Crown.He was convicted in February 2018 of repeatedly raping Sarah over a period of more than a year, starting when he

NHS for his epilepsy have been thrown a lifeline by a generous company.Little Murray Gray, eight, from Edinburgh needs cannabis oil to prevent debilitating epileptic seizures.But the medicine costs £1,400 a month which his family have been fundraising to pay for - despite the medicine being available on the NHS for the past two years.Murray was diagnosed with Doose syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, in 2017 and had up to 12 seizures a day.After he ended up in a vegetative state in hospital,

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charity that helps blind babies has hit the jackpot after receiving a £10,000 Cartier bracelet as a donation.Sight Action staff were left gobsmacked when the luxury item was handed into their Inverness office.The charity is raising money to buy much-needed sensory toys for blind babies.Their appeal asked around 3,000 blind and visually impaired Scots to donate unwanted jewellery.The bracelet donor, didn't leave a name after giving the charity a host of items and didn't hint at the bracelet