'Scumbag' paedo sent 14-year-old Scots victim creepy 'anniversary' cards

Santa Claus for the first time has melted the hearts of thousands. Toddler Olivia Friel visited Cardwell Garden Centre, near Gourock with her mum, Ashleigh, who filmed her daughter’s amazing reaction when Santa appeared on a balcony to wave to youngsters.

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

raped her “hundreds of times” has been freed from jail.Sarah Reagan was distraught to get a phone call on Thursday telling her John Barbour had been released that morning and warning her that he was moving back to the city where she lives.Barbour, 54, has been released two-thirds of the way through a four-year sentence, which was appealed without success as too lenient by the Crown.He was convicted in February 2018 of repeatedly raping Sarah over a period of more than a year, starting when he

Galashiels where she worked in 2015. Often placing bets for as little as two pence, widower Tommy frequented the bookmakers 'to chat to people'.Noticing the lonely OAP, Aoife, a then fashion communications student, struck up a conversation with him while on shift.

Covid-19. Thousands of veterans, serving military personnel and members of the public took to their doorsteps to observe the two-minute silence in a moving tribute to the fallen.

The Sun: 'Remembrance Day is always special to me because my grandfather was in the Scots Guards and it was always a big deal in our household,' 'When the poppies came out my granddad was the first to get us all one.'He would say, "There’s your poppy.

Remembrance Sunday on behalf of Scots while public events were called off because of coronavirus restrictions.The First Minister said the occasion is still an opportunity for everyone to observe a period of silence wherever they are and remember those who made the “ultimate sacrifice”.Sturgeon and UK Government figures were able to attend a service with traditional ceremonies, marches and wreath-laying called off across much of Scotland.She said: “Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity for all of

Falkirk. The 16-year-old, named locally as Harley Smith, sadly passed away after being hit on the A803 Polmont Road at around 8.55pm on Friday.

Remembrance Sunday will look different this year due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions in Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon admitted that during the Scottish Government’s press briefing this afternoon.

Scots mum feared murdered in Spain have said they ‘grieve everyday’ as they mark the five-year anniversary of her disappearance. Lisa Brown, from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, was just 32 when she vanished from her adopted home in Guadiaro near San Roque in 2015.

fell runner who lost his life on a Scots mountain have said they will ‘always treasure his energy, spirit and love’. Chris Smith failed to return from a run where he planned to summit Meall nan Aighean, Carn Mairg and Carn Gorm on Tuesday afternoon.

cancer patient had part of her leg removed and rushed to another hospital for radiation treatment and then sent back to doctors to be reattached in a rare surgical procedure.Jan Ritson's left tumorous shinbone was cut out at the Golden Jubilee Hospital and sent on a 20-minute journey to Glasgow’s Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in a sterile container.After being treated, her shinbone was then returned to doctors at the Clydebank hospital where Jan was still on the operating table under a

Christmas 2020 memorable has gathered support from thousands across Scotland. Mums and dads have taken to Facebook appealing to families to ring a bell for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Sean Connery had nothing to do with Donald Trump gaining permission to build a golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, despite the U.S. leader’s claims.

Janey Godley claims she has seen an image of Donald Trump's "angry face" in her old bath sheet. The Scots comedian made the bold statement in a tongue-in-cheek post on Twitter last night.

“Noo mair nor ever.”The awards gie richtfu recognition tae the mony dedicatit fowk wha in days lang syne an in oor ain times mak siccar that the guid Scots leid is keepit tae the fore.

mum was left stunned after her son left an explicit side note on his Santa list. Ben Madden was writing what he would like Father Christmas to bring him this year  - including a gaming chair, a 3D pen and a tablet.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Halloween these days is a much more Americanised pumkpin orientated affair but Scots of a certain age will remember the sore arms (and smell) from using a much different vegetable.The humble turnip provided a much more robust (and rewarding) opponent for children at the spookiest time of year.Long before pumpkins became popular, carving a turnip into a lantern to