Scots pensioner who loves wasting phone scammers' time becomes YouTube hit with brilliant wind-up clips

Come Dine With Me is set to resume filming and producers are appealing for contestants from Scotland to apply for the new series. The hit Channel 4 show, which has aired for 16 years, was forced to stop filming last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is now set to make a return to our screens.

refunded him more than £2,500.Retired marine engineer Bill Glasson said he got the shock of his life when he was hit with three electricity bills for more than £22,000 each within the space of a week.Despite numerous attempts to address the matter with the company and find out what was happening, the frustrated 85-year-old said he was “getting nowhere” and was “stressed up to his eyeballs”.But after the Standard stepped in, Scottish Power backtracked and admitted Bill and wife Margaret, 81, had

Dumfries pensioner got the shock of his life when he was hit with three electricity bills for more than £22,000 each. Retired marine engineer Bill Glasson, 85, received three demands for payment within the space of a week.

Glasgow cafe’s Line of Duty themed biscuits have become a sell-out smash. Brooklyn Cafe in the city’s southside has created a series of sweet treats containing quotes and terms used in the cop drama.

Baillieston, watched in horror as the inferno ravaged their home of 30 years on Saturday morning. The 71-year-old has worked throughout lockdown in Morrisons to pay her mortgage off and son Jamie is crushed knowing she has lost everything after "putting every penny she had" into the home.

Irn-Bru advert filmed using skateboards, stunts and even a unicycle.Alexander Edwards shared the incredible clip, which he made in his spare time, on his TikTok account (@iceamo2020) after putting it together in a bid to get the attention of makers Barrs.Featuring a skateboard ride, a unicycle chase, and even a well-timed leap into a local river, Alexander pulled out all the stops for the action-packed shoot.The young Scot, who also works for the NHS, even roped in his sister Skye and mum Carol

elections.Prue, whose brother David died in agony from cancer, said it was inhumane to rob the terminally ill of the choice to end their own life.David, who spent eight months, growing progressively worse from bone cancer, desperately wanted to die and end his suffering.He spent the last weeks of his life fluctuating between a semi-comatose state and unbearable pain.Prue said: “That is no way to treat a human being.

pensioner has been reported to police after a horror crash in Glasgow. The two-motor smash took place on Springburn Road, near the Shell Petrol Station on Saturday.

scam where frauds trick people into believing their mobile has been hacked. Police have issued an appeal after receiving reports of scammers pretending to be from service providers.

bank card and visited cash machines on dozens of occasions usually withdrawing the maximum amount. She had learned the pensioners pin number when she took him to a cash point before stealing his card and using it herself.

Glasgow Window Cleaner, to help “freshen up” up her home.But she ended up being on the receiving end of “extremely disturbing” messages including comments about sex acts with her husband.Barnard, 46, from Springburn, Glasgow, also asked the woman, if she would be wearing anything sexy when he came to clean her windows.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every

serial bogus caller who preys on the elderly got more than he bargained for - and found himself being attacked by the pensioner he was trying to rob.

Independent Perth and Kinross councillor joins Scottish Conservatives The police were alerted and she was traced in the back garden of their Perthshire home. She was “visibly upset,” depute fiscal Sarah Wilkinson told Perth Sheriff Court.The accused was interviewed and he told officers he had “lost it” and hit his wife, who was 71 at the time.He added: “It’s the first time I have hit a woman and I’m ashamed of it.

Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.Stephen Quigley was found dead on Wednesday morning around 7.20am and police launched an appeal to identify him.The 26-year-old, from Neilston, East Renfrewshire, was later named by officers, with tributes pouring in across social media soon after.One person described Stephen as a “lovely young lad” and sent heartfelt condolences to his family while others said he would be missed.They wrote: “Such a lovely young lad, will miss seeing you out.

whopping 12 stone has told how he was unable to go on a fairground ride with his pals after the safety bar became jammed on his belly.Zahid Javed was mortified as staff at the Irn Bru Carnival in Glasgow tried to secure him into the seat before eventually admitting defeat in front of dozens of onlookers.The then 21-year-old student decided to make a drastic change to his diet and fitness routine after being known as a ‘big boy’ his entire life.Just 12 months later, he returned to the busy annual

outdoors? Maybe bagging a Munro at the weekend, hitting the trails on your bikes, or indulging in a spot of outdoor camping? Well, if you are, you could be the stars of a new ad campaign for a Scottish Nature c harity.

Glasgow on Sunday afternoon.

horror crash on a Scots road and a young woman 'seriously injured'. Emergency services raced to the scene after the fatal collision between a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a white Honda Jazz near Dumfries yesterday around noon on the B725 Dumfries to Glencaple road.

Read more. Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman found in a East Dunbartonshire property.Officers were called to a property on Station Road, Milngavie, around 11.30am on Sunday morning.

Falkirk in March last year. The 31-year-old later attacked a police officer after being taken into custody for the disgusting attack.Whilst in the cells, Falconer removed her trousers and soaked them in a urine filled toilet before throwing them at the on-duty officer.