Three women arrested after probe into alleged mistreatment of residents at Scots care home

East Kilbride.Monica Lennon reported the facility - run by Thistle Healthcare - to the Care Inspectorate in May but in a summary report to the Scottish Parliament shortly after the home was praised for "good infection prevention and control procedures”, despite the "significant outbreak".Ms Lennon said the report left "too many unanswered questions" and was little comfort for grieving families.One of those families features in a BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary airing tonight.In the programme

Cops are investigating after a rare white-tailed sea eagle was found dead from poisoning. The bird of prey was recovered from Donside, Aberdeenshire, in April, and a post mortem examination found it died from pesticide poisoning.

suspicious death of a teenager in Helensburgh. Kirk Allan, 19, died following an incident in the Argyll and Bute town on Friday night.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A director at the Royal Blind charity has slammed a report on a Paisley care home after inspectors criticised its care and support for staff and patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.Hawys Kilday revealed she was “disappointed” by the Care Inspectorate’s (CI) findings at Jenny’s Well, insisting the charity - which runs the home - did not have a chance to respond to comments ahead of them being laid before the Scottish

Paisley.Ryan Low, 32, was found in his Springbank Road flat on Monday, June 29.Police Scotland launched a full investigation into the Hibs supporter's death.Officers have now confirmed a 17-year-old male youth and a 19-year old man have been arrested and charged in connection with the death.Both are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday, 20 July.

coronavirus -hit Scots care home has retested positive for the bug. The staff member at the Home Farm care home on the Isle of Skye had been re-tested and found to have Covid-19.

Police officers were pelted with eggs after being called to a street protest against an alleged paedophile in Fife. A large crowd gathered in Blamey Crescent, Cowdenbeath, at around 6.40pm on Wednesday demanding the man be removed from the area.

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

care homes in Scotland soared during the first three months of the deadly pandemic.The number nearly hit 700 between March and May - up 34% on the previous year.Figures also show that a higher proportion of complaints were made last year about privately-run homes, fuelling calls for a national care service.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Leading trade union UNISON has urged care home bosses in Wishaw to “pay up now” to workers self-isolating with suspected Covid-19 who have been forced to survive on statutory sick pay of less than £96 a week.Many care homes and care-at-home service providers have failed to pay workers their full wages until they get the money up-front, despite the Scottish Government publicly stating funds would be available.Now the

Stirling. A 24-year-old and 23-year-old have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged assault which is said to have happened around 9.30pm on Sunday.

Glasgow. Cops swooped on St George's Road in the Charing Cross area of the city at around 3.35pm where they discovered the man badly hurt.

car in a Scots town. The 33-year-old male was struck at around 9.50pm on Saturday, July 4 in Arbroath, Angus.

Perth.Officers from Police Scotland swooped on Newhouse Road in the city shortly before 6pm on Saturday, July 4.The man, 29, was arrested for the alleged possession of a weapon, thought to be a sword.Emergency services responded to a “disturbance” at around 5.50pm.Witnesses of the incident said he was armed with the weapon.There were no injuries reported during the incident.At least three police vehicles responded to the report and the man was arrested near a roundabout on Newhouse Road.Police

sudden death of a woman in Grangemouth. Officers from Police Scotland were called to an address on Kingseat Avenue at around 4.40pm on Friday, July 3.  Local reports suggested armed police were also scrambled to the scene around the time the heartbreaking discovery was made.

hospital. Emergency services raced to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in August after being alerted to the suspicious package.

care homes have been branded “weak” and “unsatisfactory” during a pandemic that has killed thousands of residents.Inspectors found some homes were not clean and raised “significant concerns” on PPE and infection prevention.In one case in Crieff, people did not get access to enough fluids or to nurses when they needed help.Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “These inspection reports confirm that all is not well behind the closed doors of Scotland’s care homes.“Weak and unsatisfactory standards that

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A care home death linked to Covid-19 was recorded in West Dunbartonshire in the latest National Records of Scotland figures.The death, which was registered between June 22 and June 28, became the 123rd to be linked to the virus locally since the pandemic began, with it being the first recorded in a care home during the month of June.Statistics now show that 59 care home residents have had the condition mentioned on their

Glasgow. At around 11.30pm a fire broke out on the 10th floor of a tenement building on Littleholm Place, Clydebank on Sunday.