Scots PR guru resigns after saying firm does not hire 'blacks, gays or Catholics'

A woman involved in a drug dealing operation narrowly avoided a prison sentence this week.Police officers stopped a BMW in East Kilbride when it almost crashed into their vehicle after failing to give way.Inside the car they found more than £1000 in banknotes and a bag containing cannabis wraps.Amy Adams, 26, was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work when she appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.She admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis in Sydney Drive, East

breast cancer on Christmas Eve has vowed to make sure others affected by the disease are given the vital support they need.Samantha Millar, 29, was told she had the disease at the end of last year and would need to undergo chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.The charity volunteer and mum of an 11-year-old daughter was just 28 when she was given the news – it is uncommon for anyone under the age of 30 to be diagnosed with breast cancer.But Samantha, who joined the dedicated team at East

puppy farmers. William and Maureen Mackenzie wanted to bring a dog into their home to love but have been devastated by the death of Jack Russell Sandy who died just days after they bought him.

Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to the scene on Kidlaw Close in the Liberton area of the capital at around 6.05am on Sunday.

horror crash on a Scots road and a young woman 'seriously injured'. Emergency services raced to the scene after the fatal collision between a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a white Honda Jazz near Dumfries yesterday around noon on the B725 Dumfries to Glencaple road.

Scottish Borders. Emergency services raced to the scene at 4.20pm yesterday to the aid of the 54-year-old working at Crichness Law in the Lammermuir Hills near Cranshaws.

blaze in Westcliff earlier this month say they are desperate to be able to start rebuilding their lives.The mum whose family have been left with nothing following the fire in Ashton View says she, her husband, four children and grandchild are struggling to cope mentally since the incident on Friday, March 5.And she explained that they have been in touch with West Dunbartonshire Council to try and get settled accommodation but have had to stay in cramped conditions with family in the meantime.The

Aberdeenshire. The Care Inspectorate, which regulates and inspects nurseries, said it would "monitor the service" after the incident on 10 March.

Read more. Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman found in a East Dunbartonshire property.Officers were called to a property on Station Road, Milngavie, around 11.30am on Sunday morning.

Lord Beckett told the brothers at the High Court in Edinburgh: “By deliberately striking the complainer with the car you could easily have killed him.“This was an extremely serious example of attempted murder.”Lord Beckett said the victim was left permanently scarred and impaired following the attack.He added: “In wicked hands such as yours, your sister’s car became a brutal weapon.”“For such an appalling crime, there is no suitable alternative to a substantial sentence of imprisonment in order

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

drunk thug dubbed Scotland's skint answer to Richard Burton has been caged for a savage attack which left his gun woman girlfriend with a triple ankle fracture. Gary Kinnon and Deborah Milligan have been described as a budget version of Burton and Elizabeth Taylor due to their drinking habits and tempestuous relationship - and lack of diamonds.

died in his arms just over six hours after he bought it. And heartbroken Richard Gray believes he and the tragic Border Collie called Bear were the victims of callous puppy farmers.

Coatbridge road.Stephen Brown, from Viewpark, spent two days in hospital fighting for his life after being knocked down on Tuesday.Mercy crews rushed the 39-year-old to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he remained in critical condition before sadly dying yesterday.The horror incident happened at around 11.40am on Kirkshaws Road, at its junction with North Road.The 48-year-old driver of the lorry was uninjured.Now police are re-appealing for information and are urging anyone with dashcam footage to

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

Monaco-based Gordon Beattie insisted he did not mean any offence and was only trying to underline his firm’s industry-leading diversity credentials.But the Beattie Media chairman was forced to take down his post on social media platform Linkedin and apologised to those who had been upset.The row began last Friday, when Beattie wrote online: “At Beattie Communications, we don’t hire blacks, gays or Catholics.“We sign talented people and we don’t care about the colour of their skin, sexual

quarantine hotel  fees for a heartbroken Scot mourning the loss of her sister. Billie Gray has been forced to isolate after travelling from Sweden to Scotland as the sudden death of her sibling does not entitle her to a ‘compassionate grounds’ exemption.

eBay seller kindly sent a refund of £39 for a second hand toy boat which had been up for auction on the site.The toy was for her six-year-old son Frankie who is disabled and prone to multiple seizures a day.After Stacey thanked the seller for his quick delivery and told him how happy the boat had made her disabled son, the man told her to take the money and spend it on more toys for him.He wrote: “I read your message earlier, then again out load to my wife.“With everything going on in the world

Cops have locked down large areas near a Scot school following an incident.Pictures taken around 6am this morning show a police cordoned erected around Grangemouth High School parts of Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.Images show a number officers guarding the scene with a van also in attendance.Local reports indicate that two crimes scene appear to be investigated, however this has not been confirmed.The nature of the incident is not known at this time.A local told the Daily Record: "Cops have been