Sunday headlines: Scots gran spends £300 on new smoke alarms ahead of controversial law

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Welcome to the Daily Record's Sunday briefing.The top stories you need to know today include a Scots gran who dropped £300 on a new smoke alarm system plus more information about the new legislation, along with the PM facing cross-party support for a motion of no confidence.Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond today.Gran Cathy Richardson spent £300 having interlinked smoke alarms installed at her home in Lanarkshire.The 70-year-old already had working alarms but was worried about her home insurance becoming invalid due to new legislation which requires every property to have the interlinked system.

The new legislation comes into force on February 1. The former disability support worker said: "I've paid my house insurance for 30-odd years but I thought, if I don't get these alarms, my house insurance is going to be null and void." Read more.

Hundreds of thousands of Scots homeowners have just days to install new fire alarms or risk their insurance policies becoming worthless.

Controversial legislation coming into force on February 1 requires every property to have an “interlinked” system costing up to £400.And the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has confirmed to the Sunday Mail that failure to meet the new legal safety standard could affect existing insurance policies.Read more.