Scots woman duped out of more than £1000 by cold caller scammer

vaccine  dose now stood at 839,226 alongside a clapping hands emoji. The Government has faced claims of sluggishness over the vaccine rollout in relation to other parts of the UK.Ministers were also hit by claims last week that unused vaccines were being dumped,However, the numbers have increased substantially in recent days.

sexually abused children on his PlayStation gaming console has been handed a community sentence.Jonathan McGregor, 50, was made subject to social work supervision for two years and will remain on the sex offenders’ register for the same period.In addition to child abuse images on his PlayStation, a court heard McGregor downloaded photographs onto his mobile phone showing youngsters being subjected to sickening sexual acts.Police raided his home in West Lothian, after receiving information that

domestic abuse classes.Darren Strachan, 25, of Glasgow Road, Hamilton, avoided a prison sentence when he appeared at the town’s sheriff court on Friday.He admitted assaulting Jodie Murray at her home in Duke Street, Newmains, on August 13.Strachan also admitted threatening or abusive behaviour that included breaking household items and kicking Ms Murray’s car.Rebecca Clark, prosecuting, said the couple had been together for a year, but an argument started after Ms Murray asked Strachan to

the Reformer the visit was to help the Prime Minister be “accessible” during a national emergency, and during his stop he spoke to troops setting up the centre and volunteers there.

'mirror-image' twins who do everything from parting their hair to holding a pen - in precisely opposite ways. Leah and Erin Sullivan, four, are like "two sides of the same coin" according to their mum Zoe, 42.

coronavirus vaccine scammer after visiting a Scots pensioner to offer the jab. There was concern in the Dumfries community after a woman showed up to administer the vaccination in the Heathall area yesterday.

easyJet expects to operate no more than 10 per cent of its flight programme until March amid strict pandemic travel restrictions. The low-cost carrier said its revenues plunged 88 per cent at the end of last year, with turnover slumping to £165 million.

coronavirus.Evie Connell developed tachycardia, a condition that causes an abnormally high heart rate of over 100bpm, after contracting covid in March before the lockdown. Before she became ill, Evie was fit and healthy, and enjoyed attending university, working in a convenience store and going to the gym.But 10 months on Evie is still feeling the effects of the virus and has been left unable to go outside by herself, terrified she could collapse due to her excessive heart rate.

crashed into a tree. Around 9pm last night emergency services were called to the serious collision on the A710 Dumfries to New Abbey to Dalbeattie road, near to Southwick.

baby stopped breathing and died at home have since learned a community first responder was on their street at the time but wasn’t summoned.

Scots to unite against the condition.Nicole Little was just 27 when she was diagnosed with the disease – five years younger than her mum Celine Mason was when it took her life.Now she is launching World Cancer Day in ­Scotland and urges people to unite on February 4 by donating to Cancer Research UK or wearing the charity’s Unity band.The ambulance controller carries the BRCA1 gene, known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.Nicole of Bathgate, West Lothian said: “Most people are

Irish Republican slogans on an Orange hall in an attack dubbed an “anti-Protestant hate crime”.The vandals painted ‘Provos’ and ‘IRA’ in the shape of a cross on the side of the Rutherglen Orange and Purple District hall on Saturday night, January 23.Officers from Police Scotland have launched a probe after members said it was the second time their venue had been attacked by “scum” in less than a fortnight.Jim McHarg, Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, said: “I am disappointed

Burns Supper to raise a glass to Scotland’s national bard.Coronavirus lockdown restrictions may have put mass gatherings to celebrate Robert Burns on hold - but that's not stopping Scots working at UK Embassies worldwide celebrating online.Scots working for the UK Government in countries including Bahrain, Chile, China, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Peru, Tunisia, and Turkey are among those participating in the virtual Burns Supper.Employees at FCDO’s

Tesco supermarket in Aberdeen. The alarm was raised at around 3.10pm on Sunday, January 24, following reports the 73-year-old was found unresponsive inside the vehicle that was parked on Rousay Drive.Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service raced to the scene but the OAP was sadly pronounced dead a short time later without being taken to hospital.

Scots postie who kicked off a viral sea shanty TikTok trend is poised to enter the top 10 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.Nathan Evans, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, has become an internet star after his Wellerman hit caught the attention of stars including Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber.The 26-year-old, who has now given up his day job with the Royal Mail, has gone on to sign a record deal with Polydor Records.The song is set to be the highest new entry on the charty, according to

police officers knocked at her Edinburgh flat on Friday. No further action was taken after the Leith singers home was checked for partygoers as police received a complaint around 7.30pm.

Met Office extend the yellow weather warning for ice and snow.

weather warning affecting most of the west of Scotland has been announced by the Met Office. Snow and ice is expected to cause travel disruption today as scattered snow showers batter the region.The warning is in place from Saturday until 11am on Sunday.People are being warned to look out for icy patched on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.With roads and railways likely to be affected, longer journey tines are also expected.

Scottish police fear losing the right to extradite serious criminals from many EU states, including Germany and Poland, as a result of Brexit.The UK assured the 27 remaining countries that it would continue to co-operate with them all if a UK citizen was wanted for a serious crime on the continent.But 13 of them resolved to refuse future extradition requests from the UK because of fears the human rights of their citizens would not be respected post-Brexit.Extradition was used in 2008 to bring