Police have descended on the home where Aaron Campbell lived at the time he murdered Alesha MacPhail.
06.01.2022 - 21:35 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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The top stories you need to know today include a newborn orphaned after his parents died by suicide within days of each other. Additionally, a 'dangerous' dog was seized by police after an 'attack' on two children.
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A newborn baby has been left an orphan after both his police officer parents took their own lives within days of each other.
New dad Clayton Osteen made an attempt on his life on New Year's Eve and was rushed to hospital.
While he didn't die immediately, his family chose to turn off his life support two days later.
A day later his grief-stricken partner Victoria Pachecho also took her own life, leaving the couple's one-month-old son orphaned.
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A 'dangerous' dog has been seized by police after two young children were hurt during an alleged attack at a West Lothian park.
A miniature Yorkshire Terrier was also killed during the incident which took place near Blackburnhall Gardens, Blackburn, on Wednesday evening.
Police have confirmed that two youngsters, aged three and 10, suffered minor injuries while a male teenager has been arrested in connection.
It is understood that the same dog was involved in a separate incident last July which resulted in a 72-year-old man having his thumb ‘bitten off’.
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Police have descended on the home where Aaron Campbell lived at the time he murdered Alesha MacPhail.
A pensioner has died at the scene of a horror crash between a car and a lorry on a Scots road.
A Scots mum has spoken of her heartbreak at losing her baby son after he was born with a rare birthmark on his liver.
The mother of a baby who died at just a week old has begun a hunger strike in a bid to get his remains back.
An 89-year-old man has died in hospital one week after he was involved in a crash in North Ayrshire.
Hospitality venues across Stirling are enjoying the first few days after the loosening of Covid restrictions as local case rates continue to plummet.
A man had to be rushed to hospital on Friday after a Perth house became engulfed in an inferno which raged for nearly eight hours.
Police are hunting a thug who attacked a man in Forfar leaving him with severe facial injuries.
A woman has been taken to hospital after a fire was deliberately started at a block of flats in West Lothian.
A teenager and a second young man have been treated in hospital after being injured during a ‘rammy’ in West Lothian.
A man has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a ‘violent’ disturbance broke out in Gourock.
A person has been rushed to hospital after a large house fire which burned for almost eight hours.
Armed forces personnel are beginning to be stationed at hospitals across Greater Manchester as non-urgent surgeries and appointments restart.
A Scots mum who refused to terminate her baby with spina bifida and hydrocephalus is determined to give him a fighting chance.
Vakoun Bayo insists injuries and a lack of trust from managers derailed his career at Celtic.
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An anti-vaxxer bootcamp led by the sinister Alpha Men group has been branded “reckless and irresponsible” by the Scottish Government.
A Scots baby born weighing just 11oz is thought to be the smallest baby to survive in the UK.
At least 852 babies were born addicted to drugs in Scotland over the last four years, shock figures have revealed.