Derek Hamilton: Last News

The death of an engineer who was crushed by a lift in a Perth supermarket "could have been avoided", a sheriff has ruled.

The trial of a peripatetic guitar teacher accused of sexually assaulting and making sexual remarks to pupils has been halted, because he has caught Covid.

For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.And in 2020 a man successfully sued the NHS for £200,000 after becoming seriously ill during an operation to remove false teeth, which he had accidentally swallowed while playing with his grandchildren.Derek Hamilton, 50, was awarded the sum after spending 45 days in hospital and suffering 'life changing injuries' during the procedure at Wishaw General Hospital in Lanarkshire.Medical experts advise that anyone who swallows their dentures, even if only partially, should contact a health professional.

A man who battered his former partner in front of a child - turning the woman's bedroom into a bloodbath - was jailed for 38 months today.

former partner - whom he'd warned: "Hell is coming". Kevin Spratley, 48, bombarded his ex with texts and emails, contacted her workplace, following which she was sacked, repeatedly turned up at her home uninvited, and made chilling threats of violence.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Strathaven Park has once again been voted the number one park in Scotland.The park was the only one in the country to make the top ten in a nationwide poll by environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, of the UK’s best green spaces – for the fifth year running.After expert judges awarded 77 parks in Scotland, and over 2000 in the UK, the coveted Green Flag Award earlier this year, over 59,000 members of the public have been voting to select which of the Green Flag Award parks they felt were truly the best.Derek Hamilton, Chairman of Friends of Strathaven Park said: “Friends of Strathaven Park is delighted our park has been voted number one park in

Rangers fan - who ordered a cement filled baseball bat online - launched a “vicious” post- Old Firm derby assault on a complete stranger, a court heard. John Duff had his bail revoked after a sheriff said that background reports on him were “the most disturbing he’d ever read”.