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1. Bride's harrowing six final words before drowning in wedding dress

   Maria Pantazopoulos died in tragic circumstances just weeks after her wedding during a 'trash the dress' photoshoot

2. 'Granny Ripper' boiled neighbour's head in a pan amid fears she's killed 14

   WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Tamara Samsonova, now in her late 70s, was ruled mentally unfit for trial

3. Inside twisted mind of the 'Chessboard Killer' who dreamed of murdering 64 people

   Russian serial killer bludgeoned his victims to death and impaled their skulls with vodka bottles during a 14-year killing spree

4. Archaeologists uncover Father Christmas resting place in massive breakthrough

   St. Nicholas, the real-life figure who inspired the legend of Father Christmas, was buried in what is now modern-day Turkey but his remains are no longer in his original grave

5. Serial killer's botched execution as horrified onlookers had to be escorted out

   Jimmy Lee Gray murdered his girlfriend and a three-year-old girl before suffering a botched gas chamber execution in Mississippi so brutal it led the state to abolish the method

6. Scottish SPCA appeals for information after six young kittens found abandoned in a carrier

   Whilst walking their dog, a member of the public came across the abandoned animals in Blantyre.

7. Met Office forecasts 330-mile snow wall set to blanket UK from Scotland to Wales

   New weather maps show a 330-mile wall of snowfall battering Scotland and the rest of the UK within a few days as temperatures are set to fall below zero.

8. Everything you need to know about free bus travel for every Scot under 30

   The policy will be central to the Greens' Budget negotiations with the SNP.

9. Mum of 'miracle' baby who needed four blood transfusions urges people to donate

   Alexandria Allyson was born at 26 weeks weighing just 2.1lbs, received four blood transfusions and spent 102 days in hospital before being allowed home to her family in Fife.

10. Fears for community policing as 180 stations closed since Police Scotland founded

    The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) said it is “deeply concerned” by the number of stations lost since 2013.