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1. 'My son left his wife to have sex with me - it's not incest'

   Kim West, now in her 50s, gave birth to her son Ben when she was a 19-year-old student.

2. Friends of serial killer Lucy Letby continue to stand by her

   Pals of the convicted baby killer nurse have spoken out in her defence and fail to believe she is guilty of horrific crimes.

3. Scots teacher union 'privately lobbied against' school single-sex toilets

   Councils were forced to amend their guidance as some educational establishments installed only gender neutral bathrooms - and none for boys and girls - back in 2025.

4. Karen Gillan promises to raise hell with new exorcism thriller Blasphemous

   The Hollywood actress will star in the new horror alongside Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson and Golden Globe winner Clive Owen.

5. Scots dad battling MND will protest outside Holyrood to demand funding to find cure

   Mark Sommerville will be joined by 100 supporters to demand more help, funding and awareness of the rapidly progressive life-limiting disease.

6. Terrorised Bothwell residents launch neighbourhood watch after 30 firebomb attacks

   Bothwell in Lanarkshire, has become known as Britain’s “firebomb capital”.

7. Police Scotland becoming 'nanny force' as over-stretched cops have less time to fight crime

   Around 80 per cent of call-outs now involve no criminality, with police time increasingly taken up by public safety concerns, wellbeing checks and mental health crises.

8. Trans rapist convicted of sex attacks on schoolgirls sparks new fears over SNP prison policy

   Serenity Johnston, 34, formerly known as David, was found guilty of five charges including two rapes, against two girls under 11.

9. Elon Musk 'should apologise' after 700% rise in child sex abuse images on X platform

   It follows fury over a surge of explicit AI-generated material on the platform, leading to investigations by UK and European authorities.

10. Ticket to terror as Scotland's transport workers call for law against soaring attacks

    RMT union chiefs point to 'horrendous' stories of workers being spat on, abused and attacked while on duty on trains, buses and ferries.