Good evening and welcome to today's Daily Record's headline briefing.
Today's top stories so far include; cars 'petrol bombed' on Airdrie street, all the latest from Nicola Sturgeon's statement as Scotland's Covid cases surge and model found dead in suitcase after calling Putin a 'psychopath'
Here are the headlines to keep you up to date with the news from Scotland and beyond.
Cars 'petrol bombed' at two homes on Airdrie street as residents tell of 'war zone'
Three cars have been petrol bombed on a residential Scots street with one local describing the incident as "a war zone."
Residents told how they heard loud bangs and pops in Newbattle Avenue, Airdrie after thugs set plush motors alight.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service raced to the scene at around 11.30pm last night to douse the flames at two separate properties.
A Range Rover Evoque parked on the street is understood to have been set on fire after a petrol bomb was thrown through the window.
Model who called Putin 'psychopath' found dead in suitcase as boyfriend confesses
The body of a Russian model who criticised Vladimir Putin has been discovered stashed in a suitcase more than a year after she went missing.
Gretta Vedler was murdered one month after she posted on social media calling Putin a “psychopath” and predicting his drive to “enhance the integrity of Russia “ would end in tears.
Her “jealous” former partner Dmitry Korovin, 23, has confessed more than one year later to strangling her to death after a row over cash in Moscow, unrelated to her political views and analysis of Putin’s mind and motives.
The killer told detectives that he slept in a hotel room for three nights with her corpse which he put in a newly-bought suitcase.
What did Nicola Sturgeon say in today's Covid update? Eight key points explained
Nicola Sturgeon delivered a Covid update to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament earlier today.
The First Minister updated Holyrood on the state of the pandemic in Scotland, including the emergence of stealth Omicron as the new dominant Covid variant.
Sturgeon also announced the government’s decision on the remaining Covid restrictions, such as face coverings and contact tracing.
More was also revealed on the Scottish Government testing strategy over the coming weeks and months.
Scots dad choked to death while having dinner as wife desperately tried to save him
A Scots dad choked to death while having dinner as his wife desperately tried to save his life.
Paul McMillan, 41, began struggling when a piece of steak became lodged in his throat while at his Falkirk home.
His wife Jennifer frantically tried the Heimlich manoeuvre on him while waiting for the emergency services.
Paramedics arrived and continued to work on Paul for a further 90 minutes while Jennifer's 10-year-old daughter played upstairs.
Rangers hero Ally McCoist quizzed by cops after peering through house window at Cheltenham
Ally McCoist was quizzed by police for peering into the window of a house after getting lost at the Cheltenham Festival.
The Rangers legend had been trying to find his accommodation before he was confronted by an officer.
He had booked an Airbnb cottage in the Cotswolds town of Chipping Campden to stay in while working for Talksport at the annual horse racing event.
But, after getting lost and unable to find his digs, he ended up knocking on another door before being questioned by the constable about what he was doing.
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