Scots pensioner, 81, climbs height of Mount Everest to raise cash for hospice

Scots pensioner who was found dead at home. John Burgess was discovered alone within his property at Dundasvale Court in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow on Thursday, January 7.

pensioner who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic over a century ago has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Emily Lawson, from Kirkintilloch, was born in 1919 as the disease spread across the globe.

Scots police officer who lost his leg after on duty has returned to work 19 months after the incident. PC Phil Hedge-Holmes was forced to have his left leg amputated above the knee after an alleged car crash on London Road, Glasgow, on May 31 last year.

student nurse sex beast has broken her silence to help other survivors speak out. Simon Cash, 24, preyed on Abbie Lawther, outside a nightclub, then in the back of a taxi, in 2018.

Oxford/AstraZeneca jab was rolled out in more than 1,000 locations across Scotland. The total number of people vaccinated by the end of the month will be just under 560,000, she said.

sledging accident after being impaled by a chunk of wood through his bum cheek. The 18-year-old was enjoying the snow at Afton Reservoir, East Ayrshire, with his pals when he suffered the shocking twist of fate.

James English has been involved in an online bust-up with notorious ex-gangster Darren Gee.The pair, who were previously friends, came head to head after a disagreement which has lead to a series of videos circulating online of the pair having a go at each other.Darren Gee was jailed for 18 years after he was found guilty of organising the murder of David Regan - a crime which formed part of the violent north Liverpool gang war that claimed several lives in 2004.Previously, Darren appeared on

North Lanarkshire have launched a re-appeal in a bid to trace the attackers. The 19-year-old man was robbed at knife point on Southburn Road in Airdrie at around 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 8 2020.

early morning blaze. Emergency services raced to the scene in Peterhead after the static caravan went up in flames just before 7am on Wednesday.

Prince Charles and Diana.Aberdeen taxi driver George Murdoch, 58, who was described as 'kind and gentle', was found brutally beaten and strangled outside his car in the leafy city suburb of Pitfodels having just picked up a fare.His family have been searching for answers for 37 years since the horrific murder in September, 1983.Now Aberdeen man Paul Murray has revealed conversations he had with a senior officer in the then Grampian Police.Paul said his friend, former Inspector Colin Clark, had

Sean Connery. A Scottish Terrier called Braveheart, a 6ft polar bear and even a sleeping groom-to-be were some of the more interesting ‘items’ left behind by customers during 2020.

killer whales chased a terrified seal onto rocks near the town of Lerwick.Haydn Thomason, 27, was filming the orcas just by the coast at Greenhead on Shetland, when they suddenly began chasing the lone seal. The student, who also founded and runs Viking Fitness Training, explained that though he is lucky to have seen the magnificent creatures more than a few times living in Shetland, this was the first time he'd seen them this close.

Nicola Sturgeon revealed the number as she confirmed a second vaccine, which could be the key to restoring relative normality to people's lives, will be rolled out from Monday.

Arbroath harbour on Christmas Eve. The alarm was raised after the vehicle was seen entering the water at around 7.20pm on Thursday.

Hurlford, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. At one point, the pony seems to be thinking about jumping over the bonnet of a car parked in a driveway, before galloping away.Local man Bert Salisbury was about to pick up his mail when he realised something was very wrong.Mr Salisbury, 53, said: “I heard the postman putting letters through the door then this almighty racket.“I looked up and saw this horse’s backside through the window and was totally shocked.

manhunt has been launched for two masked thugs who stole hundreds of pounds from a Scots petrol station after holding it up with a weapon. The 'terrifying' early morning raid happened at the Jet filling station in Bothwell Street, Dunfermline, around 4.40am on Monday December 21.

Christmas present” she could ever receive.We told last month of the family’s fears for Amy as she lay in ICU at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following an urgent op to remove a tumour.Medics were worried about the amount of time it was taking the Shettleston teen to come round from the surgery and had broken the news that what was thought to be a benign tumour was cancerous.Now, five weeks on from the operation, Amy is awake and has given the thumbs up to her delighted mum.And

pensioner had his skull fractured in a horror home robbery after being targeted twice in one day.The 69-year-old victim was allegedly threatened by masked man with a fake gun who demanded cash at his home in Lynedoch Street, Greenock, at 6.30am on Wednesday, December 16, morningMoney was taken during the first raid.Later that night two men forced entry into the same property and assaulted the pensioner.As a result of the horrifying attack he was rushed to Inverclyde Hospital with a fractured

First Minister of Scotland in the middle of a pandemic.Everybody can see how hard you are working to save lives.But there’s no doubt you took your eye off Scotland’s other epidemic – the shameful and lingering one that has unfolded and accelerated on your watch.It has been signposted at every grim turn, not just in death stats but in the pages of the Daily Record.We’ve campaigned solidly for more cash to fund different kinds of treatment programmes and to raise awareness of the extent of the