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CHINA ‘SPY’ PROBE: COPS HOLD MP JOANI’S HUSBAND
A SCOTS Labour MP’s husband has been arrested on suspicion of spying for china. Joani Reid insisted last night she was not involved with David Taylor’s lobbying firm. Ex-Labour adviser Taylor, 39, was one of three men arrested yesterday. The East...
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DOUBLE KILLER ISBACK ON THE STREETS
A DOUBLE killer has been released from prison just over halfway through his second life sentence. Andrew McVicar murdered a stranger as a schoolboy and then killed a grandad during a robbery nearly 20 years later. The decision to free the thug has...
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GANGLAND KINGPINS BUSTED INBAHRAIN
GANGLAND bosses Ross McGill and Steven Lyons have been arrested in the Middle East, according to underworld sources. The pair are set to be brought back to the UK to face justice once flights to Bahrain resume after being halted by the ongoing conflict.
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TRAPPED IN THE WAR ZONE
MORE than 20,000 Scots are stranded in the UAE as the Middle East is on a knife-edge. Rangers legend Graeme Souness told how he heard explosions as he was stuck in Abu Dhabi airport. The 72-year-old said: “I’m hearing some pretty loud bangs and...
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Hospital doped up my dad and left him like a.. ZOMBIE
ELDERLY hospital patients were left like “zombies” after being doped with potent unprescribed painkillers, relatives claim. Health chiefs launched a probe and apologised to families including those of George Maguire, 91. Daughter Maureen Cahill said:...
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A SERIOUS DANGER TOTHE PUBLIC
A WOMAN raped as a teen has warned of the danger as decadelong restrictions on her attacker are lifted. Vicky Maclean was 19 when she was attacked at knifepoint by John McDougall as she made her way home in Irvine in 2000. She has seen him repeatedly...
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CLUELESS
Cops apologise to family of murdered estate worker for failing to spot he had been shot FOR 5 DAYS POLICE have apologised to the family of a murdered estate worker after failing to realise he had been shot for five days. David Campbell, 77, was jailed...
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THE SALMOND FILES
Alex Salmond warned the “floodgates” could open if allegations of sexual harassment went public, Nicola Sturgeon told an inquiry. Sturgeon also claimed her fellow former SNP leader had been on a “revenge mission” after several women made accusations....
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COP GRASS BILL SOARSCLAIMS AS GANG WAR RAGES
Police Scotland spent a record-breaking £342,730 on informants last year. The figure shelled out on informants – dubbed “grasses” – rocketed as officers battled a gangland turf war. Operation Portaledge was launched in March amid violence linked to a...
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DYING TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT
ScaMMerS are selling deadly dodgy fat jabs on tiktok. A Record probe found the crooks clone sites of genuine pharmacies and sell fake versions of injections. One leading Scots pharmacist found her business was targeted. Sehar Shahid said: “They’re...
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END OF THE LINE
ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor is to be booted from the line of succession after his dramatic arrest. As police searched the disgraced former prince’s previous home last night, the Government was planning to strip him of his position as eighth in line to...
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WE CAN SEE YOU SNEAKING OUT
Andrew Mountbattenwindsor slumps in his car seat as he is driven from a police station last night. The King’s brother had been arrested and quizzed on suspicion of misconduct in public office. It follows an investigation into his friendship with...
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VALIUM QUEEN CAGED
A drug dealer known as the Queen of Street Valium has been jailed. Brazen Jodie Gilmour, 32, drove an Audi while flaunting designer clothes and £10,000 “Turkey teeth” on social media. But she was rumbled after customs intercepted a package of drugs...
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MONSTER
THE sister of a young mum who vanished 50 years ago believes their “monster” stepdad burned her body after causing her death. Mandy Duncan was 11 when Mary went missing aged 17. She said “Beast of Bonhill” Norman Duncan fathered Mary’s baby at 15 –...
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PREDATOR ATTACKED TEEN AT WIFE’S PARTY
A TWISTED predator has been jailed for sexually assaulting a sleeping teenage girl after a 40th party for his wife. Steven Richardson, 43, sneaked into the room where the 18-year-old was in bed. His victim told the Record: “I can finally move on with...
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ANT & DEC’S £1M RUINED MY LIFE
A seriAl criminal who won a million on an Ant & Dec show has blamed it for all his misfortune. Nathan Hageman, 46, says after scooping the prize money he became the target of blackmailers. The convicted thief and abuser claimed friends and family...
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HEIR RAGE
Prince William wanted his uncle banished over revelations about Andrew and Jeffrey epstein six years before he was finally exiled. The Prince of Wales, 43, clashed with dad Charles and the late Queen after the ex-duke’s 2019 car-crash BBC Newsnight...
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1000S 1000S OF CRIMINALS ON THEKILLERS RUN FROM POLICE
KILLERS and rapists are among thousands of fugitives on cops’ wanted list. A single day snapshot revealed to the Record showed more than 7000 active manhunts. Safety campaigners called for court action to keep sex attack suspects behind bars. And...
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AI CAMERAS TO SPY ON DRIVERS
AI spy cameras that zoom in on drivers at the wheel are to be launched in Scotland. The technology is designed to catch motorists typing phone messages and other offences. But Jake Hurfurt, of privacy group Big Brother Watch, said: “This kind of...
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TOPLESS MURDER AMBUSH
A MAN was knifed to death in the street by two shirtless thugs in a daylight ambush. Doorbell footage captured the men chasing James Greenhorn, 61, before he was stabbed in Tollcross, Glasgow.
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YOUR TIME IS UP, KEIR
ANAS Sarwar yesterday urged the Prime Minister to quit, sparking a civil war in the Labour Party. The party’s Scottish leader said Keir Starmer’s “failures” risked handing the SNP a fifth term at Holyrood. But Cabinet ministers rallied round the PM,...
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MORGAN HAS BROKEN
KEIR Starmer’s top aide quit last night throwing No10 into turmoil. Chief of staff Morgan McSweeney said it was the only honourable thing to do in the wake of the Peter Mandelson scandal. Pressure is growing on Starmer to quit too and last night...
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Killer back behind bars
The family of a murdered teenager have told of their relief after her freed killer was put back behind bars. John Wilson, 37, had got out 17 years after killing Michelle Stewart, 17. Her sister Lisa said the family was “right all along”.
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END OF THE WORLD
Hundreds of Scotland fans’ World Cup dreams have been dashed after a tickets mix-up. Tartan Army members ticked the “easy access” box for disabled supporters by mistake while booking match briefs. They’ve been told they won’t get tickets. Fan Willie...
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TELL US TRUTH ABOUT QEUH
THE dad of tragic Molly Cuddihy says he’d back reopening Scotland’s hospital inquiry to look at claims of “political pressure” to open the scandal-hit QEUH. Prosecutors are probing cancer patient Molly’s death at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University...
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NATIONAL DISGRACE
THE number of homeless kids in Scotland has hit an all-time high. SNP ministers were slammed over the 10,480 children in temporary digs. Campaigner Sean Clerkin said: “These statistics are a national disgrace.”
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SNPCALL COPS ON MANDY
Peter Mandelson has been reported to police after claims he leaked sensitive government emails to Jeffrey Epstein. SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn filed a complaint yesterday with the
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WOMEN ONLY
TRANS prisoners will be banned from women’s jails if Anas Sarwar becomes first minister. The Scottish Labour leader has vowed to remove biologically male cons – such as Isla Bryson was – within days. Sarwar said: “We would ensure prisons are...
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TOMMY’S SHOCK PARLY COMEBACK
TOMMY Sheridan is bidding to become an Alba MSP in May’s Holyrood elections. The 61-year-old – once jailed for perjury – was first elected in 1999. An Alba insider said: “It will certainly shake things up.”
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airgun killer should never be set free
The parents of a murdered tot have told of their relief after his airgun killer was ordered to remain behind bars. Two-year-old Andrew Morton’s family had pled for Mark Bonini never to be freed. Mum Sharon, 55, said: “Thank the Lord.”
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RETURN SURGE IN CAMPUS SEX ATTACKS
SEX attack and harassment cases have soared at Scots universities with more than 600 reports in five years. Survivors yesterday accused education chiefs of failing to tackle the torrent of alleged offences by students and staff. Kate Wilson, 23,...
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Sickened
The family of a student who took his life after being wrongly told he could not graduate are “sickened” after a report exposed his university’s systemic failings. Ethan Brown’s mum found the 23-year-old dead on what should have been his graduation day...
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BARKING MAD
A victim of a cruel puppy farming racket has told of her fury after the millionaire couple behind it dodged jail. Stephen and Hazel Hamilton kept dogs in squalor at the base where they made a fortune selling sick pets to unsuspecting animal lovers. A...
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NATHAN: WECAN SAVE LIVES
SEA Shanty star Nathan Evans has told of his struggles with anxiety to help others. He backed our campaign, adding: “The truth is everyone has their own struggles.”
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AN INSULT TO OUR WAR HEROES
A soldier who saw Scots comrade Mark Wright killed in action has slammed Donald Trump’s “insult” to our heroes. The US President claimed Brits stayed off Afghanistan front lines. Gary Scorgie-Hart said: “Trump needs to get his facts right.”
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DRINKS SPIKING SHAME
COPs are catching just one in 10 drink-spiking creeps as cases soar. Only 85 cases out of 800 in five years – including use of date rape drugs – led cops to a suspect. MSP Pauline McNeill said: “Spiking is disgusting and dangerous.”
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TRUMP HAS FLIPPED
Donald Trump last night suddenly dropped his threat to impose tariffs over Greenland – hours after a bizarre tirade against allies. In his about-turn, the US President failed even to mention his menacing demand for the Arctic island to be handed...
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JAIL THE PUPPY BANDITS
CASES of organised crime gangs selling sick and dying pups are rising because of lenient sentences. The Scottish SPCA say puppy farm crooks are cashing in as courts rarely send them to jail.
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SHOW OF FARCE
BRITAIN and its allies were last night scrambling to persuade Donald Trump to step back from the brink as he refused to rule out seizing Greenland by force. And Keir Starmer faces a race against time to protect Britain from US tariffs. Trump told...
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FARAGE WANTS TO AXE HOLYROOD
HOLYROOD could be scrapped if Nigel Farage is PM, John Swinney has warned. The First Minister said if Reform does well in May’s Scottish Parliament elections and takes power at Westminster, the party will try to centralise power in London. Swinney...
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SCOTLAND KILT KO IS TARTAN BARMY
Scotland’s World Cup stars won’t wear kilts as their pre-match gear this summer – after the SFA opted for suits. Our boys grabbed global attention in 1998 with their national dress. Fan Stuart Murphy said: “What can be more Scottish than kilts?”
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GANG WARS REVENGE ATTACKS PLOT
Gang bosses Ross McGill and Steven Lyons are plotting revenge against their enemies in Scotland’s drugs turf war. The hoods held talks this month to plan attacks on Mark Richardson’s Edinburgh crew and his Daniel clan allies in Glasgow. The Lyons...
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POLICE IN NOT PURSUIT
THOUSANDS of Scots police have been told they can’t follow villains by car because of safety rules. Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs warned in a memo that officers must pass a new course before they can even pursue suspects within the speed limit....
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nobody should be left dying on an A&E trolley
THE family of a young dad have demanded an inquiry into why he waited 15 hours for an ambulance and A&E care while suffering from internal bleeding. Dylan Jones’s cousin Billielea Porter said: “No young person deserves to lie on a hospital trolley...
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MONSTER
An abuse survivor has bravely spoken about her three months of terror at the hands of a rapist bodybuilder. Lynne-Marie Hand, 39, is one of three women who suffered sex attacks by Mark McMillan. She has given up her right to anonymity to tell how he...
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DAD BLAMED HEADERS FOR HIS DEMENTIA
SCOTLAND legend Gordon McQueen blamed heading balls for his dementia, his daughter Hayley revealed. The Sky Sports presenter yesterday told an inquest into the ex-Manchester United star’s death in 2023 of his decline. She said: “He would say, ‘ Yes,...
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GUN COP CALLS SOARING
ARMED police call-outs have rocketed fivefold in 10 years amid claims violent crime is putting people in danger. Firearms cops dealt with 119 incidents in the year to March 2025 – up from 23 in 2015-16 – sparking calls for more officers to have access...
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JES Y: MY TWINS MAY NEVER WAL K
SINGER Jesy Nelson has revealed her baby twin girls have an incurable disease. The former Little Mix star told how her mum noticed Ocean and Story were not developing correctly. Docs found both girls have SMA Type 1 and Jesy and fiance Zion now face...
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Heartache
Teenagers as young as 14 are feared to have been among 40 people killed in the New Year bar inferno. Families of youngsters missing after the disaster in a Swiss ski resort were yesterday posting photos online in a desperate bid to trace them. Among...
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BURNED ALIVE
Forty people are feared to have died as they celebrated New Year when flames raged through a ski resort bar. Another 115 were injured by the ferocious blaze in the Swiss Alps – minutes after bar staff raised sparklers in champagne bottles. One...
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YOU HAVE POWER TO FIX THIS... SO DO IT
A SCOTTISH schoolgirl’s heartfelt plea inspired Keir Starmer to double down on the fight against child poverty. The Prime Minister told how the girl handed him a letter in which she told of the deprivation suffered by many. She wrote: “You’re one of...
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IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE
Scotland’s main opposition parties have vowed to make young people’s mental health a priority in response to our Save Young Lives campaign. We are calling for government action after it emerged more than one in four young deaths are by probable...
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DANIEL GANG: WE PLANNED LYONS EXECUTION
TWO Daniel crime clan big shots are boasting that they plotted the execution of rival gangsters in Spain. They claim to be behind the murders of Eddie Lyons and Ross Monaghan while the pals watched football on TV in a bar. But an insider warned the...
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Heroic MP performs transplant surgery on Xmas Day
A SCOTS MP carried out a lifesaving transplant on Christmas Day. Surgeon Dr Zubir Ahmed volunteers for hospital shifts to give other medics the chance of festive time with family. He said: “It’s pretty special.”
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STRICTLY BALLROOM
ZOE Ball is set to be the new host of Strictly – according to her dad. Kids’ TV legend Johnny Ball said DJ Zoe is “in the mix” to take over the role. Being a former contestant and host of the spin-off It Takes Two gives her the perfect pedigree, he...
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MY LAST CHRISTMAS WISH CAME TRUE
A DYING dad yesterday told of his joy at getting to spend his “last Christmas” with his wife and daughter. DJ Adrian O’Grady, 42, was reunited with partner Yanti, 39, and daughter, Chloe, four, after the Record reported on his visa red tape...
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£3.5billion xmas shopping bonanza
SCOTLAND’S shoppers have given hard-pressed retailers a £3.5billion Christmas boost, the Daily Record can reveal. And last-minute present buying has created a £200million bonanza in the last few days, with some shops reporting footfall up 30 per cent...
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IT’LL BE LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS
Around 130,000 adults in Scotland will spend Christmas Day alone, shock figures reveal. The findings come from a new Salvation Army survey commissioned to highlight the growing numbers living, and even dying, on their own. Of those surveyed earlier
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skinner vote fix claims ko’d
Blow for Strictly contestant’s legal threat over show ‘stitch-up’ STRICTLY contestant Thomas Skinner’s claim the show’s vote was rigged against him took a hit last night after fresh figures emerged. The ex-Apprentice star threatened to sue the BBC...
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HOW DARE YOU IGNORE OUR KIDS
CAMPAIGNERS last night hit out after the Scottish Parliament ditched a petition calling for kids to be given mental health training at school. Mandatory suicide awareness and prevention lessons are a key demand of the Record’s Save Young Lives...
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SLEAZY PUPPY FARMER SOLD ME DYING DOG
A heartbroken pet lover has told how she fell victim to a cruel dealer who sold dying dogs from his van. Sean McDonagh, 26, peddled sick pups and palmed off buyers with lies. Mum Natalie Scrymgeour, 50, reported him after her golden retriever pup,...
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LAWWELL I’VE BEEN HOUNDED OUTOF CELTIC
Celtic chairman Peter Lawwell has resigned after “abuse and threats” amid fans’ protests. The Parkhead boss told how the final straw came when his family home address was shared online.
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DADDY! I’M HERE
A DYING dad has been reunited with his little girl after a visa wrangle threatened to prevent a “last Christmas” together. Adrian O’Grady, 42, learned his colon cancer is terminal this month after flying home to Glasgow. But his partner Yanti, 39,...
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SCOTS TIKTOK STAR’S BONDI BEACH AGONY
A YOUNG Scots tourist has told how she heard screams as she narrowly missed the Bondi Beach massacre. Lily Anderson, 20, was visiting best friend Abbi Taylor in Sydney, Australia, when a father and son opened fire during Jewish celebrations on...
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HERO OF BONDI HORROR
A DAD of two was hailed a hero after tackling one of two terrorists who killed 15 people including a girl of 10 at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach. New South Wales premier Chris Mimms said of Ahmed al Ahmed: “There are many people alive tonight...
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FLIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS
Hundreds of kids were in tears after their flight to see Santa in Lapland was cancelled on the runway. Excited families were in their seats when they were ordered to get off the plane. Mum Stefenie Bird-Young, 36, said: “It was devastating.”
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TRANS ROW NURSE: I WON’T WHEESHT
TRANS row nurse Sandie Peggie vowed: “I won’t wheesht” as she appeals the bungled judgement in her case. The mum sued NHS bosses over their handling of her complaint about a trans woman doctor in female changing rooms. A tribunal ruling this week had...
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TARTAN ARMY TICKET JACKPOT
THE Tartan Army’s World Cup fears have been eased by an SFA deal for cut-price tickets. Loyal supporters were worried they’d miss out on the gold-dust briefs. But superfan Brian Roy said: “I hope we get top priority.”
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Please let me spend last Xmas with my wee girl
A terminally ill DJ has told how he’s struggling “to hold it together” as he bids to see his family for Christmas. Adrian O’Grady has forked out £ 10,000 trying to fly daughter Chloe, four, over from Indonesia with fiancee Yanti. The 42-year-old, who...
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SANDIE MY AGONY
Nurse Sandie Peggie says she suffered two years of “agony” before a tribunal ruled she was harassed by bosses in a row over a trans doctor. Sandie, who was suspended by NHS Fife, spoke out following yesterday’s verdict which criticised its handling of...
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Cheers
Scots will get to watch World Cup matches in the pub despite late kick-off times. While travelling fans will enjoy pubs such as Boston’s Cheers bar, those stuck at home feared last orders would come at 11pm. But an SNP minister said the government...
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BRING ON BRAZIL
Scotland fans are relishing the prospect of an incredible fifth World Cup showdown with Brazil. The tournament draw matched us with the samba superstars – along with Morocco and Haiti.
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YOU RATS
TWO men who killed a mum in a crash as they raced each other at speeds of up to 111mph were last night branded “rats”. Shona McKinlay’s devastated son Callum hit out after “cowards” Rory Nimmo, 26, and John Clark, 43, were found guilty at the High...
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THIS WITCH SHOULD’VE DIED IN JAIL
A CRUEL teacher who terrorised girls at a residential school “should have died in jail”. Survivor Sharon Cruden said she was disgusted after Patricia Robertson, 77, dodged a prison sentence. Robertson, who forcefed kids, slapped them and dragged them...
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