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Mya Bollan

Thursday's headlines: New Rangers boss announced and moment drug dealer ploughs into police officer


Hello and welcome to this evening's headline briefing.

Top stories include new Rangers boss announced, terrifying moment drug dealer ploughs into police officer and Lorraine's 'exciting' moment.

Here are all the headlines to keep you up to date.

Gio van Bronckhorst named Rangers manager as Ibrox legend chosen as Steven Gerrard successor

Rangers have appointed Gio van Bronckhorst as their new manager following the departure of Steven Gerrard for Aston Villa.

The Premiership champions launched their search for Gerrard 's successor after the Liverpool icon's bolt from the blue return to the English Premier League.

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Terrifying moment drug dealer ploughs into Glasgow cop in murder bid

Zeng Xing Yu ploughs into PC Neil Kerr (Crown Office)

This is the terrifying moment when a drug dealer mowed down a Scots police officer in a murder bid.

Mobile phone footage captured Zeng Xing Yu, 49, ploughing into PC Neil Kerr, 37, on Devonshire Gardens Lane next to the upmarket Hotel Du Vin in Glasgow’s Hyndland on July 21, 2020.

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Car torched outside Scots garage as owner loses late grandad's valuables in fire

Richard Martin's 206 CC was written off in the blaze (Richard Martin)

The victim of a firebombing car attack in Dundee says he has lost irreplaceable items including a pair of vintage binoculars belonging to his late grandad.

Richard Martin says his Peugeot 206 CC was torched sometime around 3am on Thursday in a seemingly random strike outside the city's Annfield Road Motors.

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Lorraine Kelly can't contain excitement as man with 'world's biggest penis' appears on This Morning

(ITV)

Lorraine Kelly couldn't contain her excitement after hearing the man with the biggest penis in the world would be appearing on This Morning.

Jonah Falcon, whose penis measures 13 and a half inches, was on the show on Thursday morning.

And during the handover from Lorraine's programme to This Morning, Phillip Schofield told her: "And we'll be joined by the man who says he has the biggest penis in the world so join us for that and a whole lot more - not that there could be very much more - we're live after the break."

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Court told DWP decision not to extend £20 Universal Credit uplift to legacy benefits was ‘wrong’

Legacy benefit claimants could be awarded backdated payments if the DWP challenge is successful (Getty)

The UK Government's decision not to extend the £20 uplift to those on legacy benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support them during the coronavirus pandemic was a "radical and unprecedented departure" from decades of benefits policy, the High Court has heard.

Benefit claimants on Universal Credit received a £20 a week increase to help them cope with additional costs during the Covid-19 crisis from April 2020 to October 2021.

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