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Daily Record
07-07-2025
- Daily Record
Two men charged after Audi destroyed in spate of deliberate Aberdeen fires
Five fire raising incidents took place across Aberdeen from Friday, with the most recent having taken place in the early hours of this morning. Two men have been charged following five wilful fires in Aberdeen over the past few days, which included a silver Audi being completely destroyed. Between Friday July 4 and Sunday July 6, four fireraisings took place at properties on Provost Rust Drive, Cummings Park Crescent and Birkhall Parade in the Granite City. A further incident took place on Manor Avenue where a car was set alight in the early hours of Monday July 7. Photos from the scene showed a silver Audi charred from the blaze, with the front window smashed and the bonnet totally melted. A 35-year-old man appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Monday July 7, whilst a 51-year-old man is expected to appear at the same court on Tuesday July 8. Detective Inspector Sam Buchan said: 'We can be incredibly thankful that no one has been hurt as a result of these reckless and violent acts. 'We would like to thank the public for their assistance with our investigation to date and continue to appeal for information as further enquiries progress.' Inspector Simon Lewis-Dalby added: 'Understandably, these incidents continue to cause significant fear and alarm throughout the local community. There is not believed to be a risk to the wider public and there will be an increased police presence in the area over the coming days.' Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101 quoting incident 4207 of 4 July, 2025. Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where you can remain anonymous. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Yesterday, in a separate incident, we reported that a woman had died in hospital a week after a horror crash in Airdrie. Emergency services raced to the incident in the North Lanarkshire town's Clark Street on Saturday, June 29. The alarm was received at 6.45pm following the collision between two vehicles – a black Audi A4 and a blue BMW M2. Crews raced to the scene and the passenger of the Audi, a 68-year-old woman, was taken to University Hospital Wishaw for treatment, where she died on Friday, July 4. The driver of the Audi, a 67-year-old man, was taken to University Hospital Monklands and was later discharged. The occupants of the BMW were assessed by paramedics at the scene. Police say inquiries into the crash are ongoing. Officers have urged any witnesses, particularly those with dash-cam footage, to come forward. Sergeant Ross Allison said: 'Our thoughts are with the family of the woman who has died. 'Our inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of this incident and I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened to contact us. 'Similarly, anyone with dash-cam footage that may assist our inquiries is advised to get in touch.' Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 2978 of 28 June, 2025.
The Irish Sun
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘My great-grandfather fought for Ireland & makes me proud' says Aisling Bea after uncovering brutal murder in new show
COMEDIAN Aisling Bea has discovered a brutal killing and a brave freedom fighter in her family's past. Taking part in 4 Aisling has discovered a brutal killing in her family's past in the famed BBC series, Who You Think You Are Credit: PA 4 Aisling's great-grandfather Padraig O'Briain with his three children, including her paternal grandmother, Eibhlin Credit: BBC 4 The shattered remains of the General Post Office in Dublin after the Easter Rising Credit: Getty Sitting in the West Her maternal grandmother was one of the first females in her town to wear trousers while her mother was one of the few female professional flat-race jockeys of her era.v Growing up surrounded by strong women, her maternal grandmother was one of the first females in her town to wear trousers while her mother was one of the few female professional flat-race jockeys of her era. Read more in TV Aisling filmed an episode of the BBC series in Ireland when she was expecting her first child. Documents from the Bureau of Military History reveal Padraig led Ballyferriter and Dingle men on a night march across the Conor Pass to Tralee, aiming to join the Easter Sunday rebellion. 'It makes me really proud' As she drives over the Conor Pass in the show, Aisling reflects: 'This landscape has meant so many different things to me at so many points in my life. This was my childhood and my connection to my dad, and now I'm just looking at it, thinking about my great-grandfather. Most read in The Irish Sun 'I can't even imagine what it must have been like for those men marching all the way to Tralee, 40 miles at night, getting ready to stage a revolution against one of the biggest powers in the world at the time.' Reading about his involvement, she becomes emotional: 'I'm pretty sure my grand Uncle Sean was born in 1916, he couldn't be more than a couple of months old at this stage,' she says, referring to the brother of her grandmother Eibhlín O'Briain. Aisling Bea reveals she's pregnant with first child 'And the idea of my great-grandmother at home with a baby, it just shows you how committed, even as a family, they must have been, to the ideal of freedom for But when the Aud, a ship carrying arms, was intercepted by the British Navy off Kerry that weekend, the rebellion in the county was called off, although the Rising went ahead in 'When I was at school and I used to study the 1916 rising, you think of it as a massive part of our Irish history, but really a very small amount of people were involved…like my great grandfather, who were absolutely willing to take up arms and fight for what they believed in. 'It does make me really proud that he was part of that small group.' MOB ATTACK Aisling also traces her maternal ancestry to a farm near Adare, Co. Limerick. She learns her three-times great-grandfather James Sheehy, was attacked by a mob in February 1841 and died of his injuries. A police report described 20 to 30 armed men breaking into his home at midnight and destroying his threshing machine. Historian Dr Richard McMahon explains that violent incidents against landlords, land agents, and wealthier farmers were common in the area. 'The threshing machine that they destroyed suggests that they're a bit angry about new machinery being brought in, taking away work from them.' SAVAGE BEATING The police report said Sheehy was beaten in a 'most savage manner', leaving 'four severe cuts on his head', and his widow, Martha, to raise five children. Yet in the wake of the Great Famine, Aisling is taken aback to learn Martha had grown the family farm in Ballycannon in the Adare district to 115 acres. 'BIT SHAMEFUL' McMahon says: 'During the famine, landlords would have evicted hundreds of thousands of people from the land." 'And when they're moved off the land, that land has been taken over by farmers like your great, great, great-grandmother, Martha. Aisling sighs and says, 'That does make me feel a little bit shameful.' Now she sees pivotal events in Irish history in a new light. She says: 'It has blown my mind and given me a really interesting, different point of view on so many moments I felt I knew so well, and now feel like I know so personally.' Who Do You Think You Are? will be shown on BBC One on Tuesday, May 20. 4 Aisling Bea gave birth to her first child last year Credit: PR Handout image
