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A third man has appeared in court in connection with the death of Grangemouth dad Allan West. The 67-year-old’s body was found inside his home on the town’s Bowhouse Road at around 6.40pm on Monday, August 22.

A man who claimed he returned from holiday to find a cannabis cultivation at his Stonehouse home has been jailed for 15 months.

Scottish ministers discussed possible controversy if the 2014 Commonwealth Games included shooting as a sport, due to continuing sensitivities around the Dunblane shooting.

A man claimed he returned from holiday to find a cannabis cultivation at his Stonehouse home.

The dad of a schoolgirl killed in the Dunblane massacre has called on America to finally tighten gun laws in the wake of the latest mass shooting.

A former Mormon jailed for stalking a top Scottish Conservative politician is facing a new prison term, after threatening to carry out a latter-day Dunblane Massacre at the MSP's home - half a mile from a busy Stirlingshire primary school.

A man is to face trial by jury later this month accused of claiming to be the late Dunblane Primary School mass killer Thomas Hamilton.

The brother of a Dunblane massacre victim has hit out at pro-gun body the Countryside Alliance for raffling a £17,500 shotgun to raise funds.

Francis McGowan. Francis, 52, told Angela Constance here is a huge gulf between what his local Alcohol and Drug Partnership claims to offer addicts and what is actually available.

Thomas Hamilton condemned nine-year-old Francis McGowan to a desperate life of drug addiction, crime, jail and despair. Now 52, Francis has blasted the Scottish Government for shutting the door in his face when he’s been begging for help.

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios and Abramorama are teaming on North American rights to Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster, the Thomas Hamilton-directed feature documentary about the life and career of the horror movie icon. Abramorama will release the pic in a limited theatrical run on September 17.

Judy Murray has shared a tribute to the victims of the Dunblane Primary shooting, 25 years on from that tragic day where 16 pupils and one teacher lost their lives.Judy's two tennis star sons, Andy and Jamie, attended the school and were present at the time and Andy survived by taking cover in a classroom.Today marks the 25th anniversary, Judy shared a picture of the snowdrop flowers in the shape of a heart.Snowdrops were the only spring flowers in bloom when the gunman, Thomas Hamilton, murdered 16 infant children and their teacher, Gwen Mayor at Dunblane Primary School.The flowers became the symbol of Dunblane and Scotland’s sorrow, but also of the community’s inspiring strength.Dunblane’s Snowdrop petition, signed by 705,000 people, led

Eamonn Holmes, 60, was working for GMTV 25 years ago when he faced the difficulty of having to report on the death of young school children during the Dunblane massacre. It was on this exact day, a quarter of a century ago, Thomas Hamilton walked into Dunblane Primary School and shot at 29 primary age students who were in the gym at the time.16 of the children died, as did their teacher Gwen Mayor, in a sickening attack that is remembered to this day.Recalling the atrocity of the attacks all these years later, Eamonn wrote in The Mirror: “My eldest boy turned 32 this week.

My eldest boy turned 32 this week. My daughter will be 30 in June.

Dunblane massacre will be 'forever in our hearts' as Scotland remembers the tragedy 25 years on.The First Minister took to twitter to call the day 'one of the darkest and most heartbreaking in Scotland’s history'.On March 13, 1996, crazed gunman Thomas Hamilton murdered 16 primary school children and their teacher in Dunblane, sending shockwaves of grief around the world.Hamilton then took his own life.The murder spree remains Britain's deadliest mass shootings and lead to large-scale reforms on laws on handguns in the country.Sturgeon tweeted that she was thinking today of the children.She tweeted: "This day, 25 years ago, was one of the darkest and most heartbreaking in Scotland’s history."Thinking today of 16 little children, their

­Dunblane tragedy has told how he will be haunted by the school shooting until he dies.Les Haire revealed the harrowing moment he entered the gym hall where 16 children and their teacher Gwen Mayor were shot dead.Thomas Hamilton killed himself after the massacre on March 13, 1996.In an ITV documentary, presented by Lorraine Kelly to mark the 25th anniversary, ambulance technician Les describes the horrific scene.He said: “It was quiet, really quiet. All I heard was a wee bit of ­whimpering.

Dunblane massacre has given birth to her first child weeks before the 25th anniversary of the atrocity.Amy Bestwick, 33, had a due date of March 13, exactly a quarter of a century after Thomas Hamilton murdered 16 children at her school.But baby Hallie Rose arrived 16 days early and was born by emergency c-section on Thursday, February 25.The 6lb 8oz tot and proud mum Amy are both doing well and have now been discharged from hospital.Amy told the Mirror: “She’s beyond perfect, I’m absolutely loving being a mum.“I feel like I’ve found the reason I’m here in this world, is like the missing piece of me has arrived.”Amy says she is pleased Hallie was born early because it gives them an “extra two weeks” together.She added: “On the anniversary

Dunblane survivor who feared she would never recover from the trauma of the horrific mass shooting is due to give birth on the massacre’s 25th anniversary.Amy Bestwick witnessed the murderous day’s events first hand as a child and has suffered nightmares ever since.But the 33-year-old is slowly recovering thanks to the help of pioneering therapy treatments and the upcoming birth of a wee girl next month.Amy was just eight when deranged Thomas Hamilton, 43, strolled into Dunblane Primary School and murdered 16 children aged between five and six and teacher Gwenne Mayor with four handguns on March 13, 1996.She still remembers hiding underneath another teacher’s desk after watching as bullets flew through a hallway window metres away.Amy

Lorraine Kelly has spoke of her emotional return to Dunblane to film a documentary on the 25th anniversary of the gun tragedy that blighted the town.The presenter, who reported on the events for GMTV, has revisited the community which was the scene of the UK’s only mass school shooting.Gunman Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and their teacher in the gym hall of Dunblane Primary School on March 13, 1996, before killing himself.Lorraine, 61, spoke to survivors and families of the victims and said filming the programme for ITV brought all the memories of that day flooding back.She said: “I was just back there at the end of the year, just before we went into lockdown.“I did a documentary which is going to be about later this year, the

Lynsey Ford Guest ContributorA new documentary about “Frankenstein” actor Boris Karloff is in the works.Voltage Films is currently in production on the feature documentary “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster.” Co-produced and co-written by Ron MacCloskey and Thomas Hamilton with Hamilton directing and Tracy Jenkins producing, the film offers a fascinating portrait of Karloff, examining his illustrious 60-year career in the entertainment industry and his enduring legacy as one of the icons of 20th century popular culture.The film follows on from the acclaimed 2010 biography “Boris Karloff: More Than A Monster,” written by Karloff’s official biographer Stephen Jacobs, who serves as the film’s historical consultant.

Government would not legislate for a complete ban on handguns after the Dunblane tragedy despite a direct plea from parents of the schoolchildren.It has been revealed how the grief-stricken parents lobbied the PM for a complete handgun ban in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.Government papers, released by the National Archives at Kew, show how Cabinet Office files give an insight into the Government's handling of the aftermath of the shooting, which saw Thomas Hamilton murder 16 pupils and teacher Gwen Mayor, on March 13, 1996, with legally held handguns, before killing himself.Calls for a complete ban on handguns following the findings of the Cullen report into the shooting were resisted by the Tory government.Parents