Scots share what they had for 'play-piece' at school in nostalgia trip

locked up.Karen Aim, from Orkney, was battered to death by psycho Jahche Broughton, in New Zealand, in 2008.The killer - who attacked 26-year-old Karen with a baseball bat - applied for parole from his life sentence last week.But Karen’s friends in the town of Taupo where she was murdered hit-out at the move and demanded Broughton is never let out of jail again.One described his sentence with a minimum non-parole period of just 12-and-a-half years as “not enough.”Broughton - who was 14 at the

2 Sisters chicken factory and 14 community contacts had all tested positive. Earlier in the week  Nicola Sturgeon  ordered every worker at the  processing plant  to self isolate and get tested immediately.

Edinburgh Live. He had spent 17 weeks on the Isle of Mull, where shoppers patiently queued to go into the town's Co-Op, and couldn't believe the differrence.

crash on the A92 in Tayside. The 53-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene while a female passenger was hospitalised with serious injures.

stalker bombarded Jeremy Vine co-host Storm Huntley with threatening and sexualised messages over social media. Michael Craig Sterling, 38, subjected the Scottish TV presenter to a torrent of disturbing content for more than a year, Teesside Crown Court heard.He was today handed a hospital order after pleading guilty to a charge of "pursuing a course of conduct amounting to stalking".

baby born five weeks premature has battled for life after developing lung disease at the height of Covid-19 pandemic.Tiny Mason Watters was due to be born last week on August 11, but instead arrived in July, more than a month before his due date, weighing 5lbs 12oz.Mason's parents Shelley Candlish and Paul Watters, became concerned when at eight-months pregnant, Shelley noticed her baby boy had stopped moving so she contacted midwives at Ayrshire Maternity Unit.The 25-year-old, who is a Type-1

Kirkcaldy after it was engulfed in flames. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7.28pm on Saturday following reports that the Old Viewforth High School building was alight.

Scots mum found dead in woods after vanishing from her home say her sons have been left devastated after going back to school without her there to see them off. Natasha Harrison's body was discovered on Saturday, August 8, two days after she went missing on Thursday the 6th.  This week her two boys went off to school as Kendrick, seven, returned for P3 and little Haiden, 5, faced his first day of primary one without their doting mum.

Nicola Sturgeon’s briefing was dominated by concerns about outbreaks running out of control.The FM made a direct plea on Scots to stop going to house parties. And she pleaded with everyone watching the briefing to tell everyone they know to follow health guidance.You can catch up on all the latest from Holyrood and Westminster on the Record’s politics page HERE.The data is coming through the test and protect scheme, rather than police.

coronavirus. The decision was made to shut Peterhead Central School on Wednesday night, August 12, as several employees went into precautionary self-isolation.

school leaver has 'tugged on the heart strings' after anonymously gifting an S1 pupil with essential stationery and an inspiring letter in their locker.The gesture was spotted by staff at Notre Dame High School in Greenock, Inverclyde on Thursday.The note, secretly left in a locker by a departing S6 pupil, reassured the new start that high school is 'challenging but not something to be afraid of'.Teachers at the secondary were praised as 'some of the most amazing people you'll ever meet' and the

West Lothian have made an emotional appeal for help in finding him.William McDowell, known locally as Billy Irvine, was last seen on Friday, July 31 in the Loch Awe Way area of Whitburn sparking a police appeal.Now desperate friends and family have pleaded for locals to scour the town for any sight of Billy, who has medical issues.The 58-year-old is described as a white, 5ft 2in and has short grey hair.It is not known what he was wearing at the time of his disappearance however he is known to

sunseekers prepare to flock to Scots beaches today. Officers will be upping patrols in Ayrshire and Edinburgh after a string of incidents in recent weeks sparked by good weather.

SQA a 'fail' for questioning the judgement of teachers after downgrading thousands of pupil results across the country.Rod Grant, headmaster at Clifton Hall School in Edinburgh, has demanded a full-scale independent review after almost a third of his students had their grades lowered by the education body.He blasted the exam quango and said it called into question the integrity of Scots teachers who will be called upon to help mark appeals.The new pupil grading system - brought in after

baby owl will be starting a Scottish 'owl school ' next week as it learns how to become fully grown. The six-week-old spectacled owl will be taught how to walk, hop, bounce, flap and finally fly, which it will finally do at 12 weeks old.

Glasgow over their 'postcode lottery' exam results. Teenagers are expected to gather in the city centre on Friday over accusations pupils were downgraded because of their school's past achievements than personal predictions.

drink from a petrol station in Scotland. The girl made the eye-brow raising road trip from England to up north after discovering a secret dessert bar going viral on social media.

hospital following two suicide attempts.Paul Quinn, 19, passed away from a drug overdose around 12.30pm on Thursday, July 30, having been taken to Wishaw General Hospital on two separate occasions the evening prior.Paul had been feeling low following the death of a friend five weeks earlier.Mum Christine Cunningham says her son, from Glasgow's Cardonald, was initially found lying on the street around 4pm on Wednesday and had to be resuscitated before being taken for treatment.

school yesterday after two teens got trapped on the roof. Scottish Fire and Rescue sent two fire engines to the scene of Northfield Academy in Aberdeen after the pair were left stranded on the top of the building.