Welcome to Monday's Daily Record headline briefing. The rundown keeps you up to date with the latest news from Scotland and beyond.
Today's top headlines include: Killer linked to one of Scotland’s biggest drug gangs badly hurt in revenge attack hours after leaving man for dead, racist thug threatens to 'blow out brains' of top Scots lawyer in chilling letter and Scots football fan rushed to hospital after 'hammer attack' during vicious street brawl.
Here is everything you need to know to keep up to date.
Killer linked to one of Scotland’s biggest drug gangs badly hurt in revenge attack hours after leaving man for dead
A killer linked to one of Scotland’s biggest drug gangs was badly hurt in a revenge attack just hours after leaving a man for dead, we can reveal.
Ben McCulloch put Stephen Quigley through a sadistic ordeal that ended with him stabbing the victim in the head.
Quigley’s friend Declan Davidson raced to McCulloch’s home to launch a savage assault of his own after seeing the torture broadcast on social media, it’s claimed.
Racist thug threatens to 'blow out brains' of top Scots lawyer in chilling letter
The lawyer representing Sheku Bayoh's family has received a letter in the post threatening to blow his brains out while calling him a 'p**i'.
Aamer Anwar received the vile handwritten note in the post on Thursday September 22 in response to representing Mr Bayoh's family at a public inquiry.
Mr Bayoh, a 31-year-old trainee gas engineer, died in May 2015 while being held by officers who were responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
A public inquiry, chaired by Lord Bracadale, has been examining the circumstances leading up to the incident, and the following management process and investigation into the death.
Scots football fan rushed to hospital after 'hammer attack' during vicious street brawl
A fan was rushed to hospital after being badly injured in a vicious street brawl involving rival junior football supporters.
Violence erupted minutes after the Glasgow Perthshire v Kilbirnie Ladeside Scottish Junior Cup tie in Glasgow’s Possilpark on Saturday afternoon. It is believed a 34-year-old man suffered a serious head injury after being hit by a thug wielding a hammer.
Video footage showed a male lying injured on the road as people tried to help him. Police are now trying to track down those responsible for the violence. Detectives stopped a bus with Kilbirnie fans and quizzed them before the supporters headed back to the Ayrshire town.
Former Corrie star Lucy Fallon five months pregnant after miscarriage
Former Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has announced the lovely news that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Ryan Ledson following a 'secret' miscarriage.
The 26-year-old actress, who played Bethany Platt on the ITV soap, revealed that she's 'scared but excited' to be welcoming a baby following her recent heartache after losing her first pregnancy back in March.
Speaking to OK Magazine, Lucy said: “It was a traumatising, horrendous time. We went for a scan and they couldn’t see anything, so then we went to the hospital and they thought they could see something, so it was very up and down."
DWP shares new PIP extension update for people due an award review over coming months
Earlier this month, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced that it will automatically extend existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) awards awaiting review from the current three months by up to 12 months. DWP also said it will do this 35 days before the award end date by text message.
DWP said the extension provides greater certainty for claimants and in particular help with continuing to access other support, such as the Blue Badge scheme.
From October 31, a letter will be sent automatically to people on PIP confirming continuing entitlement for up to 12 months, but until then, DWP will update claimants by text message that their award reviews have been extended and will remain in payment.
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