Oliver Norton

1 week ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Oliver Norton

THE Orange Order has demanded an “immediate meeting” with the First Minister after female members were allegedly targeted by online trolls. The organisation’s ladies are said to have suffered “emotional distress” and “trauma” over “deeply offensive” comments which followed a recent march. Hundreds of women in colourful frocks and fancy hats had filled the streets of Glasgow for the first large walk of the year on April 27.

1 week ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Oliver Norton

POLICE chiefs have refused to reveal how much money they paid out over the death of Sheku Bayoh but insist the settlement “represents best value”. The force was hit with a £2million damages claim “resulting from his death” in police custody in 2015 — which was settled last month. Details of the “novel and contentious” deal are being kept under wraps by both Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority, which said the details are “deemed confidential”.

1 week ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Oliver Norton

A DRIVER has been arrested following an alleged hit-and-run which left a woman in hospital. Cops raced to an address in Castlemilk, Glasgow, after the alarm was raised on Friday morning. They said a 31-year-old woman was knocked down by a car and taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment. Police officers remained in the area in an attempt to trace the driver.

2 weeks ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Oliver Norton

THE ex-boss of scandal-hit Ferguson Marine claimed over £8,000 in expenses to fly home to Canada, we can reveal. John Petticrew — who made £202,841 a year — was allowed the three round trips in a year as part of a separate £26,000 taxpayer-funded deal. He resigned as interim chief executive of the nationalised shipyard in Port Glasgow last month citing “personal reasons”, with one of two late, over-budget ferries due in 2018 still not delivered to Caledonian MacBrayne.

2 weeks ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Oliver Norton

A FORMER squaddie has told how he found love in Ukraine — while sheltering from Russian bombs and bullets on the frontline. Daile McGhie, 23, was under enemy fire in a bunker when he matched with Zhenya Gudyma, 21, on dating app Tinder. The pair chatted and met up for dates before getting married last July. And now they’re expecting their first child within weeks. And Daile, originally from Kilmarnock, revealed his missus has backed his bravery in facing up to Vladimir Putin’s army.