Scots pensioners' shock after granddaughter racks up £3k bill on online computer game

Scots pensioner has been left "distressed" after being robbed of thousands of pounds by bogus roofers. The 79-year-old handed over the four-figure sum of cash when the two men called at her Paisley home at around 4pm yesterday (Wednesday, August 12).

out of control dogs who chewed their way inside his hutch.Mum Steph Grandison has been left “traumatised” after witnessing the savage attack inside the garden of her Glenrothes home.The 24-year-old walked out the door and saw the two Spaniel-type dogs had got into her secure garden before chewing their way inside the fox-proof hutch.She frantically tried to get the attacking animals, who were not on leads, away from the one-year-old rabbit before rushing him off to the vet on Wednesday

online of local schoolgirls and encouraged their sexual abuse was snared by an undercover cop.Stuart Betts, 49, believed he was sharing messages with a fellow predator.Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday how Betts suggested the two girls be sexually attacked in their beds by a “gang”.But he was actually in contact with a Police Scotland online undercover operative known as “Steve D”, who was attempting to gather intelligence against adults seeking to sexually abuse children.Last June, Steve

pensioner has been released as police race to find the dementia sufferer. William Thom can be seen in footage taken on Bath Street in Glasgow city centre at 1.53pm on Wednesday.

Fife building are set to be laid to rest one week apart.Danny Allardyce and Terence Thornber were both sadly killed during the horror collision on Windygates Road in Leven on July 17.Devastated pals rallied around the families of the two men - aged 29 and 27 - raising more than £13,000 to help give them a proper send off.A touching candlelight vigil was also held on a beach in their hometown where dozens gathered to remember the men who were described as “humble, genuine amazing people”.The

pensioner had money stolen from her bank account. The man is alleged to have approached the 72-year-old woman at a property on Brownhill Drive in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire at 2.30pm on Thursday.

Love Island star Anton Danyluk has suffered an unfortunate hamstring injury following a freak accident.The 25 year old, who starred on the 2019 series of hit ITV2 show Love Island, is currently lapping up the sun in Ibiza, however prior to his holiday, the Scottish reality star endured a bad hamstring injury.Taking to Instagram, Anton, who split from girlfriend Bella Hassan last year, penned to his 1.1 million followers: "This was painful! Now you all know why I'm off the cardio..." Get

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.

Aberdeen Market in 2018 two days after he had fallen down the staircase on June 7.The alarm had been raised by staff at his sheltered housing complex on June 8 and his body was discovered by police on June 9.Yesterday a court heard how Frank’s death was “entirely foreseeable” and could have been avoided.The Market Village Company Limited, who run the shopping centre, were fined £80,000 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.Following the proceedings, Frank’s 46-year-old son Keith Finnie told the Daily Record

Aberdeen Market on June 9 2018. He had been reported missing by care workers at his sheltered housing accommodation the day before.

holidaymakers following the Government's U-turn on quarantine restrictions. The major airline announced all journeys to Costa de Almeria, Alicante, Malaga and Murcia have been scrapped with effect from tomorrow up until August 16.

reversing over her has escaped being jailed. Francis Creedican, from Edinburgh, was instead ordered to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for three years and nine months.

conwoman who helped herself to her elderly mother's life savings has been sent to prison for a year. Elizabeth Reid was locked up after she admitted targeting her own mother and several other frail and elderly victims to fund a drug addiction.

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.

prison sentence after he caused the death of Hanno Garbe by dangerous driving on a Highland road.Lord Fairley told Johnstone at the High Court in Edinburgh: "You continued to drive a motor car when it was plainly dangerous for you to do so."The judge pointed out that he had been told by optometrists on two occasions that his eyesight did not meet the required standard for driving.Lord Fairley said that the unexpected death of Mr Garbe has had "a devastating effect" on his wife Dagmar.The judge