Shocking footage shows old woman left lying in snow after fall by Scots postie 'too knackered' to help

prison boss will face a disciplinary probe after this damning photograph showed him enjoying a lockdown-busting cup final party as he watched St Johnstone win the Betfred Cup. Forbes McKillop, deputy governor at tough Glenochil Prison, ignored social distancing rules despite the Scottish Prison Service estate being ravaged by Covid and hundreds of staff hours being lost to self isolating.

Snapchat pictures of a 12-year-old girl in school uniform has been jailed.James Stephen, 23, also sent sexual messages and explicit images to the girl, and asked her to send him naked pictures and sexual videos, a court heard.Fiscal depute Colin Neilson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court police officers from the offender management unit carried out a visit at Stephen's address at 7.15pm on January 6, 2020, and inspected his mobile phone.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront

St Johnstone fans defied lockdown rules to gather outside McDiarmid Park after the club's historic 1-0 victory over Livingston at Hampden.Rowdy crowds flocked to the grounds to set off flares and cheer on players returning with the League Cup for the first time in the teams history last night.The gathering crowds defied lockdown 'stay at home rules' currently in place as Scotland remains in a Covid pandemic. Riot cops were called to tackle crowds as red smoke filled the air.

fire broke out near the A9.Shocked witnesses watched on as the blaze broke out out in Portgower in Sutherland, with police called to the scene around 12.30pm yesterday afternoon.Dramatic footage showed giant black smoke clouds fill the sky as flames ripped through bushes.The blaze, believed to be a wildfire, has now left 'lingering reek of burning' in the Highland village.It is not known at this time if anyone body has been injured due to the fire.One local said: "Quite an amazing sight so close

Marilyn Monroe lookalike claims to have captured creepy footage of the 'ghost' of the Hollywood star in what was once her home.Jasmine Chiswell, from Carluke, Lanarkshire, is a dead-ringer for the late A-list actress and has taken social media by storm with her 1950s pin-up style after moving from Scotland to LA.She even lives in Marilyn Monroe's former £1.9million mansion in the Hollywood Hills, which the star shared with her husband Joe DiMaggio during their marriage in 1954.The Instagram

plunged into a freezing canal.Gregor Angus was out walking in Linlithgow, West Lothian, with his young son when they came across a lone dog without its owner on January 31.The dad approached the pooch but soon spotted 81-year-old Brian Watson floating in the bitterly cold waterway.The 39-year-old jumped in and managed to drag the stricken pensioner to safety while shouting for help.His young son Lucas held onto the dog, named Hugo, while several passersby stopped to hand over their jackets while

jail despite the fears of his victim’s family that he could go home to attack again. Adam Stein was jailed for life after he abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Collette Gallacher in 1986 in the English steel town of Corby.

polar bear showed off her dance moves as she tried to impress her mate.Polar bear Victoria has been paired with Arktos in the hopes that they will produce a second cub after the pair previously led to first cub Hamish being born at the Highland Wildlife Park.And it seems Victoria is doing all the leg work as she showed her skills in a strange mating ritual as a clearly smitten Arktos looked on.Staff at the park, which is based in Kingussie, recently brought the pair together again following a

Now the creature has been identified – but the answer has only deepened the mystery.

family of a pensioner who was left sprawling in her driveway by a postman say Royal Mail chiefs have ignored their complaints.Footage last week showed a Royal Mail postie refusing to help Patricia Stewart, 72, who had fallen outside her home near Falkirk in sub-zero temperaturesPatricia, who suffers from bone disease, was rescued 20 minutes later by another delivery driver.The callous postman ­– who told frail Patricia he was “too knackered” to help – is understood to have been off work since

Greenock area have been left without water after ice is blocking water from Loch Thom.Specialist divers from Scottish Water have been tasked with removing huge ice blockages from the loch near Greenock Water Treatment Works which supplies 13,000 homes and business in Inverclyde.It comes after temperatures plummeted as the Met Office issued a fresh weather warning for the majority of Scotland.Blizzard like conditions are expected to hit the country, with the west coast being warned of Arctic

cannabis and ordered a takeaway after bludgeoning his Scottish girlfriend to death in a lockdown row, a court has heard. Wayne Morris, 47, pled guilty to killing Ruth Brown, 52, during the first national coronavirus lockdown but denies murder.

Outlander'sSam Heughan and Graham McTavish want to take his new series Men In Kilts over to New Zealand, America and Canada.The Scots hunk, who plays Jamie Frazer in Starz historical drama Outlander, was talking about the launch of his new travel series Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham which airs on February 14, when he revealed that he's keen to take it around the globe, a fact that is sure to to please Outlander fans no end.Asked if they had plans to to make more than the eight

Glenrothes, Fife at around 1.10pm today after being told of the 'sudden' death of the man.Police went inside and made the grim discovery of the man dead inside the property.Locals on social media have reported seeing cops and forensics officers in the area earlier today.The death is being treated as unexplained but a police spokeswoman added that 'there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances'.A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 1.10pm on Tuesday, 9 February, we received a

Falkirk are being told to stay off the roads as heavy snow and blizzard conditions continue to batter the area.Dashcam footage shows treacherous conditions on some routes in Grangemouth.The district is one of the worst hit parts of the Central Belt, with gritting teams said to be working round the clock to keep roads clear.There's an Amber 'be prepared' snow warning in place across much of Central Scotland until 9pm tonight.Conditions have led to some picturesque senses though, with the Kelpies

sex predator who was caught on camera raping a 13 year-old girl on a cycle path was today caged for four and a half years.Mark Pettigrew, 19, was also convicted of raping another 15-year-old girl and having underage sex with a third.At the High Court in Glasgow judge Lord Burns told Pettigrew: “You have either pled guilty to or been found guilty of very serious sex offences against young girls.

bomb squad has carried out controlled explosions of two wartime ‘explosives’ that washed up on South Uist.Coastguard teams were scrambled after the first piece of suspected ordnance was discovered on the sand in Howmore at around 1.50pm on Saturday.The item was soon found by the Benbecula and Lochboisdale crew who passed its exact location back to the Stornoway Coastguard Operations Centre.Less than 24 hours later, the teams were again scrambled after a second possible explosive was found in

HIV despite taking a preventative drug. John Fraser, 23, had been taking PrEP, which is said to be 99 per cent effective, daily since the age of 19.