Sunday Mail (UK)
XL BULLY ATE MY SON
AN ILLEGAL XL bully has eaten a man in a horrific attack at his home. Scott Samson’s remains were discovered in his blood-soaked living room with a dog he was watching for a friend. A post-mortem could not determine whether the 38-year-old was killed...
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TRUMP THE DRAM BUSTER
pAGE 2 THOUSANDS of whisky industry jobs coulduld be lost as a result of Donald Trump’s shock new tariffs, experts last night warned. The US Presidentnt has announced the UKK and other Euro nations will face an extra 25 per cent levy on all goods...
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YOUR KID IS WORTH LESS THAN A QUID
HEAD teachers have as little as 93p a week per child to pay for essential classroom supplies, a Sunday Mail investigation has found. Schools in less affluent areas are often harder hit by the funding crisis. The tiny sums need to cover all...
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CARACKERS
DONALD Trump last night announced America was taking control of Venezuela and its huge oil reserves. It came as the US President posted a humiliating picture of the country’s leader Nicolas Maduro after being captured by troops in Caracas. The...
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STREETS OF DESPAIR
A RECORD number of peoplee will spend New Year homeless in Scotland,cotland, a Sunday Mail investigationion can reveal. In Glasgow alone, 3329 childrendren are among 9044 victims of the crisis hitting every city in the country. ry. Nadeem Lal, 44,...
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SHAMMY DAY
THE former leader of Edinburgh City Council made an official complaint about a colleague using a fake name. Labour’s Cammy Day has been forced to issue an “unreserved apology” after the Sunday Mail uncovered the scandal. He called himself Charlie...
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THE £5M COP-OUT
Heartbroken mum’s fury amid fears inquiry into police murder investigation will NOT cover years daughter’s killer walked free
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YANKEE DIDDLE DANDY
EX-SCOTLASCOTLAND star John Collins has demand fair prices for the Tartan Army at the World Cup. Collins said:sai “Everyone knows, no Scotland no party, and ordinary fans should be able to afford to attend atten the party of a lifetime.”
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FLU CRISIS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
NURSES fear they face a winter flu “Mission: Impossible” in over-run hospitals. It comes amid an explosion in serious incidents involving patients reported to regulators. The Royal College of Nursing’s Colin Poolman said: “It is unforgivable if people...
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POLICE CHIEF IS SLAMMED OVER RACE RANT COP
CHIEF Constable Jo Farrell reinstated a PC sacked over a “volley of vile racist language”, the Sunday Mail can reveal. The High Court reversed the decision which has left Sheku Bayoh’s sister asking whether Police Scotland’s “leadership will ever take...
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SCANDAL OF 28,000 KIDS TRAPPED IN NHS BACKLOG
MORE than 28,000 children have been waiting up to four years for autism and ADHD assessments, a Sunday Mail investigation can reveal. Daniel Johnson MSP has branded our findings a national scandal and accused the Scottish Government of “gaslighting...
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ACCUSED After 16 years, former boyfriend faces trial in Greek court over the murder of Scots mum Jean Hanlon
THE former boyfriend of an expat mum who died on a Greek island is to stand trial for her murder. Nikos Koutoulakis has been accused of killing Jean Hanlon 16 years ago, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Jean’s body was found in Crete’s Heraklion harbour...
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WE’LL GIVE SCOTS A LABOUR TO LOVE
LABOUR’S new deputy leader has demanded her party unite against hate and division to win the Scottish election next year. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mail, Lucy Powell insisted that dire polling can be turned around with a “stronger and...
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WE’LL CLEAR WARZONE’S STREETS OF DEATH
A SCOTS-BASED charity is sending 50 teams of bomb disposal experts to Gaza to begin clearing the deadly remnants of war, we can reveal. Explosives specialists from the Halo Trust will search for leftover devices and shells, clearing the way for...
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SWINNEY: I’LL BLOCK DIGITAL ID CARDS
The First Minister will attempt to “refuse legislative consent” for what he branded a “ludicrous” waste of money and assault on privacy.
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FREEZE MONE’S MILLIONS
MICHELLE Mone faces demands for a total asset freeze in a bid to claw back taxpayer-funded millions. It comes after PPE Medpro – a firm she lied about her links to – was ordered to repay £ 122million for breaching a covid contract. The disgraced...
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TOWERS OF TERROR
DOZENS of high-rise flats are vulnerable to catastrophic gas explosions because government safety advice has been ignored. Residents have demanded an urgent national review after a Sunday Mail probe. After a 1968 explosion in London killed five...
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EMMA MUM THEY HOPE I DIE BEFORE TRUTH COMES OUT
EMMA Caldwell’s mum has accused prosecutors of stalling a public inquiry into her daughter’s botched murder investigation. Margaret, 77, fears dying without knowing the t truth. She said: “Time is not on my side, some s of the victims have already...
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SEX CHARGE SMYTH’S FREEBIE BOLTHOLE
AN MSP charged by police over claims of a spycam in a Scottish Parliament toilet is living rent free in a taxpayerfunded Edinburgh flat. Colin Smyth’s Holyrood pass has been deactivated and he is due to appear in court later this month.
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UNION BOSS SUSPENDED IN SEX PROBE
THE boss of Scotland’s biggest trade union has been suspended over sexual misconduct allegations. Unite’s Derek Thomson has been accused of inappropriate behaviour towards a woman and faces an investigation. The union, which has around 150,000...
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GUN LOVING CRIMINAL
A GUN fanatic is running a controversial Americanstyle shooting club in Scotland despite a firearms conviction. Pol ice raided John Prunty’s home and found a shotgun and ammunition in his car boot. Jack Crozier, 32, whose sister Emma was killed in...
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SALMOND’S WIDOW: I’LL THROW THE BOOK AT THEM
ALEX Salmond’s widow is suing the Scottish Government over its botched sexual harassment probe into her late husband. Moira has appointed a team of lawyers and is determined to pursue the case after criticism of the former FM in Nicola Sturgeon’s book.
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SMACK ON THE WRIST
HEROIN dealers are walking free from court with average fines of just £499 despite 1065 drug deaths last year. Shock figures uncovered by the Sunday Mail show fewer than a third of convicted suppliers go to prison. Linda McVean, whose son Frankie...
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T-SHIRT ‘TERROR’ OAP HOUNDED BY COPS
COPS have been accused of harassing and intimidating a pensioner charged under controversial terror legislation. Mick Napier, 78, was visited by officers seven times in a week after wearing a pro-Palestine T-shirt. Lawyer Mark Harrower said: “It makes...
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PRESIDENT’S HIGH-LIVING AS FAMILIES STARVE
DONALD Trump teed off at his luxury Turnberry golf resort yesterday as thousands of children in Gaza face starvation and death. The US president is the only world leader with the power to force an end to Benjamin Netanyahu’s military campaign and aid...
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£78M DECADE OF DISASTER
MORE than £78million has been shelled out on Glasgow’s troubled super-hospital since it opened 10 years ago. The Sunday Mail today reveals the spiralling cost to taxpayers for repairs at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as well as an expensive...
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TRNSMELT
BY JOHN DINGWALL TRNSMT revellers at Scotland’s biggest music weekender basked in sunshine yesterday as the heatwave reached fever pitch. Fans turned out in their thousands at Glasgow Green to greet Biffy Clyro, Fontaines DC, The Kooks and...
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THE GREAT SCOTTISH BANKNOTE ROBBERY
SCOTTISH banknotes are being quietly phased out with many ATMs now issuing English cash. A Sunday Mail investigation has uncovered official data showing our currency is being slowly stripped out DAN VEVERS of circulation. Ex-Justice Secretary Kenny...
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FURY OVER £300K FOR STURGEON BOOK FEST
NICOLA Sturgeon will star at a book festival given £300,000 of public money weeks after her ex-chief of staff was appointed director. The former first minister will launch her memoir at the event which recruited spin doctor Liz Lloyd to its board in...
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DON’T MAKE US WAR CRIMINALS
THE Scottish Government could become complicit in war crimes by allowing America to use Prestwick Airport to attack Iran, Humza Yousaf has warned. It comes after US Air Force jets landed 39 times in Ayrshire amid speculation Donald Trump is set to...
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OUR SEVEN YEARS OF HEARTACHE FOR BABY FREYA
THE parents of a newborn baby who died in hospital have told how a catalogue of serious failures led to her death. Martin and Karen Murphy waited seven agonising years for an inquiry following the death of Freya. But they say they still have more...
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THE GOLD WAR
SCOTLAND will benefit from £100billion of new defence spending as the UK scrambles to meet the threat from Russia, military experts have said. Thousands of jobs will be created building warships, drones, munitions and weapons after Keir Starmer...
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FOR EMMA, I’LL NEVER STOP THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
MARGARET Caldwell has vowed never to stop fighting for answers over why it took two decades to jail her daughter‘s killer. The 77-year-old said it is now urgent that she, and the public, finds out why Iain Packer was overlooked as a suspect in Emma’s...
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KEEP BAIL MONSTERS LOCKED UP
A MURDER victim’s parents have warned new rules making it easier for violent domestic abusers to get bail will cost lives. Claire Inglis, 28, was battered, burned and strangled by partner Christopher McGowan after he was released from court to her...
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HACK CRISIS MARKS FACES £100M COURT BATTLE
M&S is facing legal claims from thousands of Scottish customers whose personal data was stolen in a cyber attack. Thompsons Solicitors will launch a class action this week after the high street giant admitted phone numbers, home addresses and dates of...
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SCANDAL OF CRISIS CAMPUS JET-SETTER
A UNIVERSITY boss whose staff face job cuts spent £37,429 on exotic junkets including to Barbados, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. Prof James Miller – who earns £288,000 a year – has refused to reveal whether he travelled business class or which hotels were...
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I FLED TRANS TERROR IN SCOTLAND
A TRANSWOMAN who fears persecution in Scotland is seeking asylum in Argentina. Jen Bell is living in Buenos Aires after a UK Supreme Court ruling last month that a woman is defined by biological sex. The South American country is considered one of...
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REST IN PEACE
AS THE world said goodbye to Pope Francis yesterday, new hope was raised for peace in Ukraine. In a surprise move, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky pulled up chairs in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican for...
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DRUG JOY FOR SICK KIDS
CHILDREN with a rare type of muscular dystrophy will be offered a life-extending new drug after the Sunday Mail highlighted their plight. Givinostat slows the progress of the condition but Scottish health boards have until now failed to provide...
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TRUMP’S £11BN BLITZ ON SCOTS PENSIONS
THE pension pots of Scottish workers have lost more than £11billion as a result of Donald Trump’s disastrous trade war. Thousands of people could be forced to delay retirement or face a reduced income following market chaos sparked by the US...
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SAVE OUR KIDS
CHILDREN with muscular dystrophy are being denied access to a groundbreaking, life-extending new drug, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Givinostat slows the progress of a rare form of the incurable disease and is being given free to the NHS by...
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COUNCIL CHIEFS IN WAGE RAGE BACKLASH
COUNCIL leaders will receive inflation busting pay rises of up to 41 per cent this week as bills from local authorities soar for millions of households. The massive salary increases come into force on Tuesday and have resulted in death threats, with...
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NEVER AGAIN
JOHN Swinney has told SNP donors their money is safe with him after former CEO Peter Murrell appeared in court charged with embezzlement. In a private meeting, the FM said party HQ had been reorganised with the “highest standards of financial...
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SICKENING
PATIENTS’ lives are still at risk in Scotland’s biggest hospital due to deficient ventilation systems, lawyers have warned. A public inquiry is probing the construction of the QEUH in Glasgow after dozens of patients developed rare infections and some...
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APRIL CRUEL DAY
RENT hikes of up to £600 a month could leave thousands of people homeless when government controls are removed in three weeks. Millions more will be hit with an April 1 cost of living triple whammy when council tax, water charges and fuel bills soar....
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DUMP TRUMP
JOHN Swinney has called on the King to cancel Donald Trump’s invite to Scotland after his bust-up with the Ukrainian president. It comes as Keir Starmer hugged Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street and affirmed UK support for his country’s war against...
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BAN THE CANCER CHANCER
A FORMER gangster is peddling fake cures for cancer online and promises to stop heart attacks with pepper. Scott Davis claims deadly diseases can be fixed just by drinking water and uses TikTok to sell products. The 36-year-old has been accused of...
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POISON UNDER YOUR HOMES
HUNDREDS of families have been warned toxic dust could be buried under their luxury properties. Court papers from a whistleblower claim Springfield Properties used asbestos material as backfill. The firm is run by millionaire Sandy Adam, a major SNP...
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£1BILLION KICK IN THE TEETH FOR OIL JOBS
Oil refinery boss Jim Ratcliffe is set to benefit from the cash which will develop an area at Manchester United’s Old Trafford while 400 Scottish staff face the sack.
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TOP COP IN SHEKU BLOCK COURT BATTLE
SCOTLAND’S police chief has launched an unprecedented court action in a bid to block scrutiny of Sheku Bayoh’s death in custody. The victim’s sister accused Jo Farrell of “denying a black family the truth” with the legal challenge, which could block...
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HARD TO SWALLOW
A TRANS killer was allowed to leave prison for cosmetic surgery to make them look more like a woman. Alex Stewart was escorted to hospital for an nonessential Adam’s apple reduction operation costing thousands of pounds. Susan Smith, of campaign group...
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WE’LL SUE DEATH JAIL BOSSES
THE Scottish Prison Service faces being sued in a landmark case over the deaths of two young people behind bars. Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, took their own lives at Polmont after failings exposed by the Sunday Mail.
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I’LL BE IN IT TO SWIN IT
The SNP leader quashed speculation he is a caretaker in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mail and told how he remains in regular contact with Nicola Sturgeon. Swinney also spoke for the first time about a hospital heart scare.
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SCOTLAND CAN’T SAVE MY LITTLE GIRL’S LIFE
A TODDLER could die in hospital because the lifesaving heart treatment she needs is not available in Scotland. Fatima D’Souli, two, is in a medically induced coma and requires a special device to pump blood around her body. Scotland’s NHS does not...
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PREDATOR FREED TO STRIKE AGAIN
A SEX attacker raped a teenager just two years after being given a free pass under controversial sentencing rules. Lennox McGhee, 19, was spared any criminal punishment when given a “diversion from prosecution” for a sexual assault in 2020. It meant...
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We’ll bankroll Salmond’s battle for justice
BIG-MONEY backers of Alex Salmond are to bankroll the legal fight against the Scottish Government to clear his name. The late former first minister’s wife Moira has their support to continue his court battle over claims that figures close to Nicola...
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LABOUR CHIEF IN REFUGEE SEX PEST PROBE
A SENIOR Labour politician was suspended by the party last night after a Sunday Mail investigation. Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day sent sexually explicit messages to Ukrainian refugees who believe he abused his position of power.
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TRAWLER WIDOW’S TEARS FOR SALMOND
THE widow of a man killed in a trawler tragedy wept during Alex Salmond’s memorial as she heard how bringing the victims home was his proudest achievement. Shirley Henderson said: “It was what he wanted to be remembered for.” But FM John Swinney...
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VITAL NEW WITNESS IN BANKER MURDER PROBE
A DISTRESSED man seen sitting on a bench could hold the key to the unsolved murder of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson. We can reveal new evidence just days before the 20th anniversary of the 30-yearold being gunned down. It comes after Lord Advocate...
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SCOTLAND’S WORST ONLINE PREDATOR
A DANGEROUS predator created a web of fake online accounts to get young women to send him explicit images in a catfish blackmail plot. It’s only now that Andreas Gkertsos, who was a teenager when he started targeting girls, can be named after a string...
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Abused & abandoned
THE SECRET girlfriend of disgraced rugby star Stuart Hogg wass ignored by rugby chiefs after she pleaded for help over his abusive behaviour. ur. Ji l ly O’Donnellnell , 47, complained about the Scotland captainaptain to the Exeter club but officials...
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BYE MA.. FRANK, GET THE DOOR
JANEY Godley’s daughter used her mum’s catchphrase to say a final goodbye after she died from ovarian cancer yesterday. Ashley Storrie, 38, said: “It’s over now. So thank you once again, and bye, Ma. Frank, get the door.” Janey, 63, became a...
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AL FAYED TRIED TO RAPE ME AT CASTLE OF HORRORS
PREDATOR Mohamed Al Fayed tried to rape one of his employees at his Highland estate. Sophia Stone told how she fought off the Harrods boss when he crept into her bed at Balnagown castle in Easter Ross. But when she reported the 1991 attack, Police...
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I’m sorry I couldn’t save you
Liam Payne’s heartbroken sister has apologised to her brother, saying “i’m sorry i couldn’t save you” as she vowed to take care of his son, Bear. Ruth Gibbins released a poignant tribute to the singer, who she said was “the best brother and friend...
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DEATH OF A POLITICAL GIANT
TITAN of Scottish politics and ferocious independence campaigner Alex Salmond is dead. The 69- year- old former first minister collapsed yesterday afternoon after suffering a suspected heart attack at an event in North Macedonia. He led Scotland to a...
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SNP FRAUD POLICE IN FAKE FIRM PROBE
POLICE investigating SNP fraud allegations are probing whether a fake firm was paid for refurbishment work at the party’s headquarters. A six-figure sum is alleged to have been transferred to the nonexistent company. We can also reveal suspicious...
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