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Boy, 15, tragically drowns in Glasgow river as body pulled from water on hottest day of the year
A TEENAGER has died after he tragically drowned in a Glasgow river. Cops, paramedics and firefighters were all scrambled after reports of a 15-year-old boy in the River Kelvin last night. 3 3 A major rescue operation was launched on Kelvindale Road near the city's Maryhill. The emergency services, including water rescue support teams, were parked up on the busy road beside the River Kelvin as the incident unfolded on Saturday. Police officers were seen standing guard at a path beside the road leading onto the National Cycle Network. Locals reported seeing a police helicopter circling overhead. Tragically, a body was found in the river around 11.30pm. Police say a probe into the tragedy is currently ongoing but the death is not being treated as suspicious. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 6.40pm on Saturday, 12 July, 2025, a search and rescue operation was launched following a report of a 15-year-old male in the River Kelvin, near Maryhill Road, Glasgow. 'Emergency services attended and around 11.30pm the body of a male was recovered from the water. "Enquiries are ongoing, however, the death is not being treated as suspicious." It comes as thousands of sunseekers flocked to beaches and parks to soak up scorching heatwave temperatures across the country. Woman dies after tragic fall at busy Scots beauty spot in front of 'distraught' crowd Elsewhere, we told how a woman has died after falling at a waterfall popular with swimmers and sunbathers near Glasgow. The victim, 63, was fatally injured as families flocked to the beauty spot in the Campsie Glen on the hottest day of the year. Police, fire engines and an ambulance were sent to the area where a hiker was hospitalised after plunging 25ft last summer. An onlooker told The Scottish Sun: 'There was a lot of people crying at the scene. The police and ambulance service are there. I think a specialist climbing unit had also been there earlier. It's quite a hilly and rocky area. It's easy to fall over the side.' Police sealed off a nearby car park with blue tape and were stopping drivers from entering after the accident around 12.35pm. The woman was treated by paramedics but could not be saved.
The Sun
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- The Sun
One of Scotland's most notorious double child killers released from jail after being caged for almost 50 years
ONE of Scotland's most notorious double child killers has been released after being locked up for nearly 50 years. Alexander Millar bludgeoned a young brother and sister to death with a hammer during a botched robbery in 1976 in a crime which shocked Scotland. 7 7 7 7 Millar was considered so dangerous that he was held for 49 years in a string of secure mental health facilities including the State Hospital at Carstairs, but has been deemed fit for release following a Mental Health tribunal in England. The tribunals are held every year or so to review the detention of people in secure psychiatric care who are legally classed as patients, and not prisoners. Despite previous hearings ruling Millar must not be released on the grounds of public safety, a tribunal has now granted his discharge. Relatives of his victims have spoken of their 'extreme distress' at his release. Millar, then 29, tied up his two young victims, John, 13, and Irene McMonigle, 12, gagged them and beat them to death after breaking into their house in Glasgow's Govan in January 1976 to steal the family's television. He also indecently assaulted Irene. The children were discovered amid a scene of absolute horror by their younger sister Liz and father John senior, who had left their Govan tenement for just a few minutes to take some belongings to a new house which they were moving into nearby. Liz, 58, who moved to the north of England several years ago, said: 'He is an animal and it repulses and sickens me that he has been freed. 'We have no right to know where he is, or even if he is alive or dead. I retain to this day a fear and dread that he will somehow come after me, no matter how unlikely it may seem. 'The anxiety and extreme distress this brings cannot easily be put into words. We will never get over what he did. Teen girl's chilling social media posts before she was charged with double murder of mom & stepdad following eulogy 'He is an absolute animal and the injuries he inflicted on a little boy and girl, my beloved brother and sister, were the worst you could imagine. 'Two beautiful souls were taken from us in the most unimaginable way. What I saw all those years ago haunts me every single day. It will live with me forever. He is the worst of the worst. 'He brought so much misery to so many people's lives, including my late father, John, who is dearly missed to this day.' At the High Court in May 1976, Millar was ordered to be detained without limit of time. He was charged with murder but admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Judge Lord Wheatley described his crimes as 'most terrible'. Millar spent almost 30 years in the State Hospital at Carstairs before being transferred to a secure psychiatric unit in Ayrshire where he was then held for around 15 years. 7 7 7 He was pictured attending a community gardening scheme in Ayr in 2012 as part of attempts to reintegrate him into society but was subsequently denied repeated appeals on the grounds that he remained dangerous. He was moved to a secure unit in England in 2022 in a move which the McMonigle family always feared could pave the way for his release into the community. Such cross-border transfers can be used as part of a pathway for release, and a source close to the case said: 'Being released in Scotland might not have been practical as his crimes are remembered to this day, particularly by people who were part of the close-knit community in Govan at the time.' It's understood Millar, 78, was released several months ago, with news of the move emerging just now. His location has not been disclosed, although he is understood to be in the south of England. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: 'This decision was made by the independent First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) in accordance with legal tests for discharging mentally disordered offenders under the Mental Health Act 1983. We cannot comment on decisions made by the independent judiciary.' A spokeswoman for the Judiciary of England and Wales said: 'We cannot comment on individual cases.'
BBC News
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Cyril Ramaphosa suspends SA police minister Senzo Mchunu over allegations
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on an immediate "leave of absence" after allegations of links to organised crimes were made against him. In Sunday's live televised speech to the nation, Ramaphosa also announced a judicial commission would probe the claims, which he said undermined the constitution and threatened national added that law professor Firoz Cachalia had been appointed as interim police denied any wrongdoing, saying in a statement that he "stood ready to respond to the accusations" against him. In his speech, the president said that the allegations against Mchunu, which include interference in investigations into political killings and corruption within law enforcement agencies, "call for an urgent and comprehensive investigation".He said the judicial commission, led by the country's deputy chief justice, would examine all the claims. The commission will also investigate current and former police officials, as well as members of the national executive, Ramaphosa has been under growing public pressure to act swiftly over the high-profile 67, is an influential figure in Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC) analysts have suggested he could run for a leadership position at the ANC's next elective conference in a statement, Mchunu said: "I welcome and respect the president's decision and pledge my commitment to the process. "Honour and integrity are the virtues I personally subscribe to and which we all need to make efforts to uphold."The allegations were first made public by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi last claimed Mchunu was receiving financial support from an allegedly corrupt businessman to fund his "political endeavours".Gen Mkhwanazi also detailed a sequence of events he claimed led to the "orchestrated" disbandment of a task force that was set up in 2018 to investigate the killing of politicians, mainly in said the team's investigations had uncovered links to high-profile individuals - including politicians, police officials, and businesspeople tied to a drug cartel syndicate - and this is why the team was he dissolved the unit earlier this year, Mchunu said it was not adding value in the province, despite many cases remaining to Gen Mkhwanazi, a total of 121 case files were allegedly removed from the unit on the minister's instruction and without the authorisation of his boss, the national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola."These case dockets have, since March, been sitting at the head office ever since without any investigation work done on them. Five of these dockets already had instructions to [effect] arrests," Gen Mkhwanazi also alleged Mchunu had ties to a controversial businessman who was "financially supporting" the minister's political Matlala had a lucrative contract with the police before it was abruptly cancelled when he was arrested for attempted murder in May. Gen Mkhwanazi shared copies of text messages and a payment allegedly made by Mr Matlala to prove this.
