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1. Crash victim's mum tells drink driver: 'Never forget what he looked like dead in your car'

   Ross Neville, from Canonbie in Dumfriesshire, left 28-year-old Matthew Newton with 'unsurvivable injuries' on the A69 near Newcastle in November 2024.

2. Scottish politics today: Conservative MSPs head for France on taxpayers' expense

   The Record brings you its regular 5pm round-up of the day's Scottish politics news.

3. Criminal Record: Evil nuns who battered kids avoid jail and man on murder bid rap

   Criminal Record has brought together a round-up of today's biggest crime stories.

4. NHS staff to get World Cup bank holiday as Scotland gear up for epic return

   Some Scots will enjoy ten bank holidays this year thanks to the Scottish national team making it to the World Cup.

5. Wishaw MSP welcomes introduction of HPV self-sampling kits for Lanarkshire women

   The first phase of a programme offering HPV self-sampling kits to women who are overdue cervical screening will run across 22 GP practices in four health board areas - including NHS Lanarkshire - with the aim of reaching 17,000 women.

6. Chinese windfarm manufacturer blocked from opening major factory in Scotland

   Industrial giant Ming Yang had announced last year its ambition to open the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Aberdeenshire.

7. Health board in the dock after rugby player discovers medical suture - a year after nose job

   The rugby player noted "black suture material" extruding from the scar line on their nose.

8. Move to outsource parking enforcement could make South Ayrshire motorists 'easy targets,' union warns

   Councillors are set to vote in a closed session tomorrow (Thursday, 26 March) over whether to outsource parking enforcement to a private contractor.

9. Parts of Scotland to freeze in -6C temperatures after snow causes travel chaos

   Scots are in for a chilly few days as brisk winds and showers are on the horizon.

10. All British travellers urged to avoid major problem on Benidorm beach

    Benidorm is a popular Spanish destination among British tourists which attracts millions of visitors each year. Now holidaymakers have been warned of one problem