Welcome to Friday’s night’s briefing.
The top stories on the Daily Record website include: COP26 police sent home after sharing ‘sniper selfies’, the man who died in tragic M90 crash named, and tragic dad Sean McKay laid to rest at funeral.
Here are the main headlines from the Daily Record this evening.
COP26 police caught sharing ‘Instagram sniper selfies’ online sent home from event
London cops have been sent home from the Cop26 conference in Glasgow after allegedly taking pictures of themselves in ' sniper positions' around the SEC.
World leaders and dignitaries have descended on Scotland's largest city for the two week climate change event.
With a slew of protests planned, cops from across the UK have been drafted in to help with the massive security challenge.
A source told the Record that officers from the Metropolitan Police Service were 'read the riot act' by a top Scots cop after pictures were taken yesterday of them in sharpshooter positions around the SEC arena- where much of the conference is taking place.
They are then said to have been uploaded onto social networking site Instagram.
READ MORE: COP26 police caught sharing ‘Instagram sniper selfies’ online sent home from event
Man who died after lorry fell off flyover onto M90 named by police
Police have named the victim of a fatal M90 road crash as Kenneth Cheyne.
The 55-year-old, from Turriff in Aberdeenshire, died yesterday after the lorry he was driving fell off the flyover.
The vehicle plummeted 40ft onto a slip road below in what turned into a devastating crash at around 7.20am.
READ MORE: Man who died after lorry fell off flyover onto M90 named by police
Tragic dad Sean McKay laid to rest at Ayrshire funeral as heartbreaking message left from son
Family and friends of tragic Ayrshire dad Sean McKay gathered to say their final goodbyes at a funeral service this afternoon.
The young dad was fatally injured in an incident on St Margaret’s Avenue in the North Ayrshire town on Sunday, October 10.
Members of the public had rushed to help the stricken labourer but he died at the scene a short time later.
The 23-year-old's coffin was led from his home in Dalry by a piper while loved ones arrived at the Waterside Hotel in North Ayrshire to pay their final respects.
READ MORE: Tragic dad Sean McKay laid to rest at Ayrshire funeral as heartbreaking message left from son
Vile Scots predator who left semen on six-year-old girl’s pink leggings after raping her jailed
A vile Scots farm worker who raped a six-year-old girl has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing the child.
Ian Brown had claimed his young victim was lying when she told her mum he had hurt her during the ordeal between January and October in 2019.
The 35-year-old pervert’s semen was found on a pair of the girl’s pink leggings at an address in Cardenden, Fife, after the police were contacted and a major probe was launched.
But Brown claimed he has cleaned himself on them after having sex with a woman and said the child’s mother had forced her daughter to make the allegations.
READ MORE: Vile Scots predator who left semen on six-year-old girl’s pink leggings after raping her jailed
Police station bomb threat sees Ayrshire streets shut down by cops
An Ayrshire street has been shut down amid claims a suspected bomb was delivered to a police station.
Cops have shut down Titchfield Street and Orchard Street in Galston after the possible historical ordnance was discovered this afternoon.
It's understood that the item was brought to the police station by concerned locals.
READ MORE: Police station bomb threat sees Ayrshire streets shut down by cops
