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Ayrshire more than doubled during lockdown.Crime stats show that 273 instances of fraud were recorded in the region between April 1 and June 30 this year.This huge increase means that fraud is up from 116 during the same period last year.Police Scotland say the rise reflects a national increase in fraud which is increasingly cyber-enabled as criminals take advantage of new technologies to profit from their victims. But officers say the Management Information data published today for Ayrshire

Greenock harbour sparking a rescue mission.Coastguards raced to Victoria Harbour after the alarm was raised at around 19:50pm last night, Saturday August 22.Large crowds gathered to watch after becoming concerned that the bottlenose whales were stuck.Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team and Police Scotland arrived on the scene and stayed until the early hours as they worked to free the pod.The whales have left the harbour and are being closely monitored.The Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team said:

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Graeme is a male Staffordshire bull terrier who is looking to find his forever home.

children are the hardest working in the UK with one in three parents giving household chores to kids as young as five. According to new figures Scotland has the highest number of children doing jobs around the house than anywhere else in the UK, with the national average being one in five.

referendum row after suggesting Scots-born voters in the rest of the UK might have a say in a second independence referendum. The senior Tory said giving people outside Scotland a say in the country’s future was an "interesting" idea.

female company.This lovesick 50-year-old also sleeps outdoors, is partial to the odd tomato and is keen to meet a like-minded lady friend to share a life in the slow lane.Fred the tortoise is so desperate for company of his own kind, owner Angela Matchett penned the details in an unusual lonely hearts ad to help her pet, who constantly wanders around the garden trying to make friends with random shell-shaped objects.But any love interest, she stated, must be “looking for a new owner and isn’t

Police Scotland and the country’s top prosecutor – the Lord Advocate – over the case. And BBC Scotland says it has seen a legal letter from Lord Advocate James Wolffe’s office that states: “The Lord Advocate intends to issue a public apology that Mr Ahmad should never have been prosecuted.

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has told Scott McTominay he needs to put in 'extra effort' to force his way back into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first-choice XI.The Scotland international was one of United's best performers in the early stages of the season but was then ruled out for two months with a knee injury.McTominay worked his way back into the team just before the campaign was suspended and was a squad player when the season eventually returned in

Animal lovers are being urged to donate much needed Iams complete kitten food to the SSPCA Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Hamilton.Scotland’s animal welfare charity has seen a baby boom in recent weeks at the centre and are desperately in need of food for the newborns.Centre manager Gillian Boyle said: “We’re currently caring for around 30 kittens of various ages.“It can be a struggle to keep up with so many hungry mouths to feed.“We also need disinfectant because with this amount of young

out of control dogs who chewed their way inside his hutch.Mum Steph Grandison has been left “traumatised” after witnessing the savage attack inside the garden of her Glenrothes home.The 24-year-old walked out the door and saw the two Spaniel-type dogs had got into her secure garden before chewing their way inside the fox-proof hutch.She frantically tried to get the attacking animals, who were not on leads, away from the one-year-old rabbit before rushing him off to the vet on Wednesday

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A Renfrewshire councillor has put her name forward to contest the Scottish Parliament seat currently held by the controversial MSP Derek Mackay.Natalie Don, who represents Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, is hoping to become the SNP candidate for the Renfrewshire North and West seat, which has been held by the former finance secretary since 2011.Mr Mackay quit his ministerial position and was

Back in June, “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish announced they’d be reuniting for a new docuseries called “Men in Kilts”, which follows the duo as they undertake an epic road trip through Scotland.

Aberdeen bar have hit out at other pubs in the city after the area was put into strict lockdown.

pupil grading system is to give evidence to a Holyrood committee. Fiona Robertson of the Scottish Qualifications Authority will be asked to account for a new set up that has seen over 100,000 results downgraded.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute again both reported no deaths related to coronavirus in the past week.Figures published by the National Records for Scotland show that the number of deaths in West Dunbartonshire up until August 2 remained at 124, while in Argyll and Bute, which covers Helensburgh, the figure sits at 64.Last week became the fifth since lockdown was introduced in March that West Dunbartonshire has

wedding band stolen more than 30 years ago has been reunited with its Scots owner thanks to a team of internet supersleuths.The gold band was discovered in a large plant pot at the Edinburgh home of Debbie Davidson while she was gardening on August 2.The tour guide launched a social media appeal to try and find the ring’s rightful keeper after noticing an inscription that read: “Norman and Alice 5.8.61.”In a Facebook post, she wrote: “Looking for either Alice or Norman who got married

Northern Ireland peace process and hailed as “Ireland’s peacemaker”, has died aged 83. The current SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described him as Ireland’s “most significant and consequential political leader” of the 20th century as tributes poured in.