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1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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

4. '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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 'Snow bomb' that left drivers trapped in cars on M8 made worse by 'poor leadership'

   SNP transport secretary Stewart Stevenson was forced to resign in the wake of the snowstorm that brought central Scotland to a standstill.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. The Daily Record stories that helped shape change in 2025

    Over the last 12 months, our newspaper led the way on a string of stories which have played an important part in making a difference to the lives of our readers.