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1. At least 10 feared dead in horror New Year fire at ski resort in Switzerland

   Emergency services raced to the Le Constellation Bar and Lounge in Crans-Montana, Valais, at 1.30am local time, where hundreds of people were inside.

2. Volunteers wanted for vital South Lanarkshire mentoring programme

   Covey is seeking more people to support its Intandem programme helping young people in the care system.

3. Expert-picked gadgets of 2025 and standout tech to take into the New Year

   From the best over-ear headphones, to games consoles, speakers, Google, Apple, and Samsung phones

4. Maggots feast on teen who fell from 10,000-foot plane crash into Amazon - and she survives

   At just 17-years-old she fell from a plane into the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve and survived 11 days alone in the jungle, treating maggot-infested wounds

5. 'I escaped Fred and Rose West's notorious house of horrors after disgusting question'

   Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she was groomed and abused by Fred and Rose West before bravely fleeing their home in 1979

6. Hamilton bakery cooks up Christmas feast of donated dinners

   The team at Cadzow Bakehouse spent Christmas Day in the kitchen to create nearly 70 free three-course meals.

7. Mum celebrates New Year she feared she would never see after Record appeal to save her life

   Rachael Nixon in on her way to beating cancer after a stem cell transplant saved her life, following a Record article to help find her a donor.

8. Swimmers set for New Year loony dooks in seas and lochs 'polluted with raw sewage'

   The Scottish Greens said wild swimmers should be able to swim or bathe in seas or lochs without fear of picking up illness or infection.

9. Heartwarming footage shows moment schoolboy erupts with joy as he opens gift of "golden ticket" for World Cup

   Stuart Wilson tells how football mad son Aaron had given up on chance of trip to the USA - until he opened his Christmas package

10. Terminally ill dad reunited with family for 'last Christmas' has marriage hopes dashed

    DJ Adrian O’Grady, 42, was told he was suffering from stage four colon cancer earlier this month after having to fly to Glasgow without his fiancée Yanti, 39, and four-year-old daughter, Chloe, who live in Bali.