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1. POLICE COLUMN: Detective Chief Inspector Barry McDaid

   Whether it’s community policing teams or detective colleagues, each day, officers in the region are acting on intelligence, or evidence gathered during their inquiries to identify acquisitive crime offenders and bring them before the courts.

2. Elderly woman dies 'alone and distressed' in hospital A&E corridor as patients watch in horror

   A woman says she was horrified to see an elderly patient die with 'no one holding her hand' in a crowded A&E corridor

3. First Emirates Dubai flight to arrive in Scotland after tourists flee Iran drone strikes

   The conflict between Iran and the US/Israel forced airlines to ground planes across the Middle East until today.

4. Pharmacist issues warning to anyone taking statins over common fruit

   A pharmacist has warned that certain everyday foods could be working against your medication - including statins for cholesterol

5. Strong progress across key educational measures in North Lanarkshire schools

   The latest performance report, using 2024–25 data and national statistics published in December 2025, shows that children and young people in North Lanarkshire are performing in line with, and in some areas above, national averages.

6. Major UK travel rule change from Thursday affecting four countries

   Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has put in place an emergency brake

7. UK Government introduces export ban as pharmacies 'run out' of aspirin

   Patients are being left in 'sheer panic' as some pharmacies are starting to say 'everything else is gone'.

8. Protestors engage legal firm as decision over Ayrshire rehab plan delayed again

   Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Regulatory Panel (Planning) were due to decide the outcome of the proposals at Townend House, in Symington, this morning (Wednesday, March 4.)

9. Man charged over Paisley 'stabbing' after armed cops locked down property

   A 67-year-old man has been charged and is due to appear in court today.

10. Five essential professions that could avoid conscription in case WW3 breaks out

    If the UK introduced conscription, some essential jobs would probably be exempt, as was the case during World War Two.