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Jacob Rawley

Friday's headlines: OAP 'beaten up and stabbed' in own home and police launch probe into Glasgow fireball

Good evening and welcome to today's Daily Record headline briefing.

The rundown keeps you up to date with the latest news from Scotland and beyond.

Some of today's top stories include: OAP 'beaten up and stabbed' in own home, police launch probe into Glasgow fireball crash and nursery worker ‘roughly’ forced children into chairs.

Here is everything you need to know to keep up to date.

Scots OAP suffers horrific injuries after being 'beaten up and stabbed' in his own home

James sustained serious injuries in the alleged assault (Submitted)

A frail Scots pensioner suffered horrific injuries after he was attacked and robbed in his own flat.

James Clunes, 75, of Aberdeen, arrived home from a night at the bingo on Saturday, June 25 when two men allegedly forced their way into his flat.

The pensioner was left with a broken nose, a fractured cheekbone and a stab wound to the leg before being rushed to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment. One man has since appeared in court in connection with the attack, while cops continue to hunt for the second man.

Police launch probe into Glasgow fireball crash that left four men and child in hospital

Emergency services raced to the scene shortly after 6am (Handout)

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a horror fireball crash which left a child and four others injured in hospital. Emergency services were called to the scene on Glasgow’s Cowcaddens Road shortly after 6am on Thursday, June 30, after a car collided with a bus.

Scots nursery worker ‘roughly’ forced children into chairs and caused boy to hit chest off table

Melody Copland was found to have placed the children at risk of harm (UGC)

A Scots nursery worker who forced two children into chairs and caused another to hit their chest off a table has been rapped by a watchdog. Melody Copland was also found to have roughly pulled a child’s leg while putting him to bed and yanked another’s ear when taking their temperature at Great Western Pre-School in Aberdeen.

The 23-year-old referred to one of the young children as a “pain in the butt” while handing a colleague a tub of pudding for the youngster. And she was found to have told colleagues that she was “fed up” with a child because “she is always crying”.

Hearts legend Drew Busby dies surrounded by family at the age of 74

Hearts legend Drew Busby has died (SNS Group)

Tributes have been paid to Hearts legend Drew Busby after his death this morning at the age of 74.

The popular player was remembered for his commitment to the club as the team reminisced about Busby's legendary playing skills and knack for scoring goals. During his 18-year career Busby also played for Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Toronto Blizzard and Morton.

Crazed Scots trucker who ploughed lorry into lover's house after drunken fight faces jail

(Daily Record)

A crazed trucker destroyed his lover's home after deliberately smashing his lorry into the front of her house. Derek Wellington had flown into a drunken rage after Sara Cassidy refused to meet him last September 6.

The 34-year-old screamed down the phone to her: "I am going to park my lorry in your living room." Ms Cassidy, 33, was later out on the street near her home in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, when she spotted her partner driving past.

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