Vile Scots predator claimed young victims ‘enjoyed it’ after raping a child and sexually abusing four others

Police and community leaders have hit out at yobs who scrawled sinister sectarian graffiti on a motorway footbridge.The despicable slogan ‘All Taigs are targets’ appeared on the M8 crossing between Renfrew and Hillington over the weekend, causing uproar in the community.Councillor Jim Paterson, who represents the Renfrew South and Gallowhill ward, branded it as ‘unacceptable’ and said he was attempting to have it removed quickly.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by

puppy farmers who have brought misery to hundreds of Scots. The pair, understood to have based themselves in different rental flats to escape detection, are accused of taking huge sums from families for gravely ill puppies.

smashed outside her home at the weekend. Karen Laidlaw woke on Sunday morning to find that her car, as well as her partners, had been targeted by vandals.

Police are calling for witnesses after a car was set on fire at a Scots high school.Emergency services in Fort William were called to the scene of the blaze at Lochaber High School in the Camaghael area around 6am this morning, March 15.Around 7am officers received reports of a break-in at the school.Scottish Fire and Rescue managed to extinguish the blaze and police have confirmed the fire is being treated as deliberate.Thankfully no one was injured in the incident.Officers are looking for

micropig.Francisco, a three-and-a-half year old Vietnamese potbellied cross, was falsely sold as a micropig, but had an Instagram account which caught the eye of a 15-year-old girl.The teen begged her parents for the cute piglet and the family, from Glasgow, travelled down to England to buy him - but three months later he was given to an animal sanctuary.He now weighs 20 stone, twice the weight of a healthy adult, and is 1.2m long.The giant hog is living in a three-bedroom house after getting

sexual comments' at a young woman at a Scots bus stop.Cops say they are looking to trace the man after the 24-year-old woman had 'indecent' remarks shouted at her in Dundee.Around 7.20am on Tuesday, 9 March, the woman was walking along Balunie Avenue when a man who was at the bus stop, near to Baldovie Gardens, where he is said to have made the comments.The man is described as being white, around 5ft 10 of slim build and aged between 30 - 40 years old.He had a foreign accent, possibly eastern

guilty of failing to keep a proper lookout.David Marr was in charge of the Vertrouwen trawler when it passed dangerously close to the James 2 in the early hours of August 6, 2017.The 54-year-old would have been able to see the lights on the small fishing vessel for six minutes before the accident if he had been paying attention, prosecutors said.Evidence also showed that Marr, from Peterhead, appeared to have been sending a Whatsapp message to a pal and using the ship’s laptop computer around

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The state of the region’s mental health support for young people has branded a “scandal” as more than 1,000 referrals still wait for treatment.According to the latest data on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) from Public Health Scotland, Forth Valley still has the worst rate in Scotland for cases being dealt with during the 18-week target period.Only 37.4 per cent were seen within that

drunk to look after him.Police spotted the youngster and his mother wandering a Renfrew street at around 1.50am on Sunday, March 7 and stopped to check on them.After quizzing her about why they were out so late it was quickly discovered the woman, who is in her mid 30s, was heavily under the influence of alcohol.She became aggressive towards officers at the scene and began shouting and swearing at them.Police then took the young child to his relatives to be looked after amid concerns for his

condition when she was in primary school. Ailidh Sloan was just 10-years-old when painful cystic acne began to cover her face, arms and back. The devastated youngster, from Ayr, South Ayrshire spent a year trying various prescriptions but nothing cleared her skin up.Her GP eventually decided to put her on a contraceptive pill when she was 11-years-old.After years of enduring cruel taunts from her classmates, the brave teenager was determined to post bare-face selfies and help others suffering

sectarian slurs were posted on George Bowie's Twitter last night after the Scots DJ's account was hacked.A flurry of offensive messages were sent out from the Clyde 1 DJ's account in the early hours of this morning.Fans were left shocked after dozens of tweets circulated before 2am.One of the messages written was "f*** the pope", which was sent out at 1.37am.Other messages included "WATP 55", "CELTIC FANS DRINK BATH WATER PASS IT ON" and "NEIL LENNON IS SOME BOY 55" Clyde 1 confirmed the DJ's

former soldier who threatened to kill his ex has been spared prison over his SIXTH domestic abuse conviction. Robert Campbell has ended up in the dock on a number of occasions since leaving the Army.

Solace Scotland are delighted to once again be sponsoring the Sunday Mail Young Scot Unsung Hero Award. As the professional association representing Chief Executives and Senior Managers in local authorities, we are committed to supporting all of Scotland’s young people and the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards is a great opportunity to shine a light on some of their amazing accomplishments.

children, the youngest aged just five, has died.Francis Moore was eventually jailed for an eight-year term over the violations, which spanned more than 20 years.A BBC investigation found that Moore, known as Father Paul Moore, had made confessions in 1996 which were covered up by a Bishop.The Church said it would pray for Moore after details of his death on Saturday emerged.He was transferred from his cell at HMP Dumfries to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary after falling seriously

terrorists from getting their hands on lethal weapons.Steph Barnwell from Glasgow plays a crucial role in protecting pistols, machine guns and rocket launchers from being used by the wrong people.The 24-year-old leads a team helping the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) officially register a massive stockpile of over 60,000 arms.The ammunition manufactured in Bosnia was used by terrorists for the Paris attacks in 2015, while the gunman who killed four people in November’s Vienna attack also

supermarket giant refused to redeliver her order and instead offered her a refund and a £15 voucher after she ordered from the Edinburgh store at the Jewel.Her mum, Annemarie, has said she is "disgusted" by Asda's actions after her daughter and grandkids had to go without until she stepped in.Annemarie told the Record: "She was left without provisions for five days and she would have been left longer if I had not shamed them on Twitter - it was the only way I could seem to get a response."I

Paul Sweeney, who said the Conservative had “groped” him in a Westminster bar in October 2018. The Independent Expert Panel (IEP), established last year as part of a complaints process developed following a major report on bullying and harassment in the House of Commons by Dame Laura Cox, considered an appeal by Sweeney against commissioner Kathryn Stone’s decision.

Crieff on Friday night, February 19, after the teenager had reportedly taken ill.He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene by cops.The Perthshire youth has been named locally as Matthew Taylor.Devastated mum Dee Taylor took to social media to thank well-wishers for the flood of messages of support she's received.She wrote on Facebook: "I would just like to thank everyone for the such kind words and to let anyone who doesn’t know already that my youngest son Matthew passed away last night."Sweet

indecent images of children was jailed for 14 months while his pervert son also found with sick photographs has waked free from court.Andrew Clark, 66, and Adam Clark, 34, had their property in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, raided in March 2019.Various devices seized from the pair contained over 1580 pictures of children aged between four and 16.Andrew, a widower, also wrote erotic fiction about kids and used photo editing software to create sick images.The pair pled guilty separately at