Scots warned as scammers use Covid-19 'home testing' text message to enter homes

Police have issued a warning after residents in the Borders were targeted by scammers. Officers today told how people in the Duns area, near Kelso, have been receiving calls claiming to be from Essex Police trying to get personal information.

Police have issued a warning after cruel scammers offering garden services in Glasgow targeted a victim on social media.

schoolboy son was forced into harming himself after evil blackmailers threatened to kill her. Rocky Gyoury was left terrified after being tricked by an online account with the name 'Jonathon' who demanded he send ‘proof’ of his injuries.

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

Covid-19 crisis“difficult”.Employees told the Record they’ve been warned about their future as a union said bosses at the firm – including the US president’s sons – could be held liable for furlough cash if jobs are lost.Trump Organisation owns the 827-acre Turnberry in Ayrshire and the MacLeod lodge on the Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire.The 5-star sites employ hundreds of people.A hotel insider told the Record there had been a threat to jobs – although the Trump Organisation last night refused to

Craig Ferguson has slashed the price of his Hollywood mansion for the fourth time in a bid to find a buyer. The ex-US chat show host has been trying to flog his sprawling estate in the hills above Los Angeles after moving back to Scotland.

Spotify users have been reportedly unable to access their favourite tunes due to a bug in the app. Thousands of people flooded Down Detector with reports of issues with the popular music streaming service at around 11am this morning.

alcohol in their system, there is a concern that the long-awaited reopening of pubs could result in a sudden surge in devastating fires.Even at the best of times cooking can be hard to manage and when you have been drinking alcohol the risk of having an accident increases as your coordination decreases, the LFB said.Many people drunkenly stick a pizza in the oven or some sausages in a pan and then fall asleep only to be woken by their smoke alarm.For those without a smoke alarm such incidents

hear bagpipes.” Kyle finished third and was bitten by the Highland Games bug.He started training in all the Highland Games “heavy” events, including the hammer throw, shot put, weight over the bar and caber toss.And it has led to him spending weekends from May to September competing at events across the country as well as in countries including the US, Spain and Malaysia.Kyle, who works in legal investigations, said: “You earn your medals in the winter and collect them in the summer.“I like to

Rangers and Celtic later this month.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots not to drop their guard in the battle against Covid-19 as international examples show the virus has not gone away. Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australia's second biggest city on Tuesday, confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks, as officials scramble to contain a coronavirus outbreak.

drink and drive as police officers carry out daily patrols to catch law-breakers. Senior cop Gary Ritchie is also reminding visitors to Scotland that the legal limit for alcohol in drivers is lower than south of the border.

pub since lockdown began more than three months ago.England is set for a Super Saturday on the US’s Independence Day as pubs open their doors again.And publicans on the English side of the border have revealed up to a third of their bookings are from Scots.Drinkers in Scotland will have to wait until Monday for beer gardens to reopen, or July 15 for pubs to get fully started again.But there are no rules against Scots heading to England for a drink other than the normal zero-tolerance crackdown

dog owners are being warned of the dangers of coastline walks as the country's lockdown restrictions continue to lift. RNLI Anstruther Lifeboat issued the warning on Friday as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Scots that more rules and guidelines would be lifted or eased, as we continue to suppress coronavirus.

coronavirus symptoms before flying, a consumer rights expert has warned. Alex Neill, chief executive of consumer resolution service Resolver, said travel insurance is unlikely to cover such a scenario.

furloughed staff in a text urging them to check their emails. Harveys has around 150 stores across the UK, and a number in Scotland.

An urgent warning has been issued against the deadly craze of 'tombstoning'.

lockdown - and urged victims to come forward. People being stuck indoors, with internet use surging, is proving the perfect recipe for sharing sexual images of people without their consent, warns ACC Duncan Sloan of Major Crime and Public Protection.

Cold case detectives in the US have launched a new investigation into the brutal murder of a Scottish nurse at a US religious college 30 years ago.Elizabeth Mackintosh, 50, was found beaten, strangled with a cord and stabbed in the neck in the toilet of a chapel at the Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Missouri, in March 1990.Elizabeth, the daughter of a former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, was originally from Edinburgh and was studying at the seminary for a degree in

Scots beauty spot and leaving a "disgusting mess". Reports of litter being left across Scotland's parks and green spaces have rocketed since the easing of lockdown restrictions.