Sally Hind

1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Sally Hind

Trading Standards Scotland outlined the main cons scammers use to target victims in their own homes, saying many are linked to serious organised crime gangs. The biggest doorstep scams in Scotland have been confirmed as experts warn of the common tricks used by criminals to target victims in their own homes. Trading standards chiefs have compiled a list of the six biggest cons being adopted by crooks often "affiliated to serious organised crime groups" who prey on vulnerable and elderly consumers.

1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Sally Hind

Brewdog founder James Watt told how his 'worst ever investment on paper' led him to meet I'm a Celebrity winner, Georgia. Scots millionaire James Watt has revealed how his biggest ever business loss of £150,000 led him to his celeb wife Georgia Toffolo. The Brewdog founder told how his "worst ever investment on paper" led him to the "love of his life", adding that the eye-watering loss was, in reality, an "absolute bargain".

1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Sally Hind

The scheme, which ran between the 1940s and 1980s, was condemned as “cultural genocide” after it attempted to integrate gypsy travellers into mainstream society. Victims of forced resettlement during Scotland’s so-called ‘Tinker Experiment’ are working with human rights chiefs to get a formal apology. The scheme, which ran between the 1940s and 1980s, was condemned as “cultural genocide” after it attempted to integrate gypsy travellers into mainstream society.

1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Sally Hind

Hu Jones passed away almost 17 years after his daughter Moira, 40, was brutally murdered in Glasgow's Queens Park. The dad of murdered Moira Jones has died after a tireless campaign to help other bereaved families in his daughter’s name. Hu Jones’ daughter Moira, 40, was was raped and beaten to death after being abducted just yards from her home at Glasgow’s Queens Park in May 2008. Now tributes have been paid to former maths teacher Hu, who passed away aged 87 on April 16.

1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Jane Hamilton |Sally Hind

A new motorbike group, Stolen Motorbikes Edinburgh, claim organised criminals are lifting bikes to order amid the street wars erupting across Scotland. Angry bikers are taking the law into their own hands to tackle motorbike theft gangs linked to Scotland’s bloody drug feuds. A new motorbike group, Stolen Motorbikes Edinburgh, claim organised criminals are lifting bikes to order, stripping them for parts, or selling them on to fund their share of the street wars erupting across Scotland.