Funding plea to city families
FAMILIES across Glasgow are being urged to enrol their children for funded places for August.
All three and four-year olds and a quarter of two-year-olds will benefit from 1140 hours of childcare a year – the most generous offer in the UK
Backed by a £2billion investment, parents or carers can register through their local authority and apply for the option that suits their needs best.
Children’s Minister Maree Todd said: “Tens of thousands of children are already benefitting from high-quality early learning and childcare, and I’ve heard first-hand how it’s helped to boost their confidence and communication skills and given them access to more opportunities such as outdoor learning.”
“There is no cost to families who take up this offer so the 1140 hours can save each family as much as £4500, and we hope that this campaign will let as many families as possible know what they are entitled to.”
The increase in funded hours has required further recruitment infrastructure – where more than 270 nurseries have been built since March.
Families should visit the Parent Club website to find out how to enrol.
A RACIST lout who told nightclub doormen that they would have ‘bullets in their heads’ after he was refused entry has avoided jail yesterday.
Scott Lapping, 29, from Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, also spat at bouncer Stephen Mooney
TWO thugs who brutally attacked a man outside his mum’s pub have been jailed for life. Craig Corrall, 39, and David Callaghan, 30, pounced on Owen Hassan in November 2018.
Jurors earlier heard at the trial how Corrall was “prepared to do 20 years” after discovering Mr Hassan had been seeing his ex-partner.
Lord Woolman jailed the pair at the High Court for the “pre-mediated and vicious” murder.
Corrall was locked up for at least 20 years and six months while Callaghan was sentenced to 20 years.
Mr Hassan, a 30-year-old dad, died after being stabbed in the heart outside the Old Stag Inn bar – run by his mum Ann Marie Lynch in Pollokshaws.
The judge said: “In a victim impact statement, his mother said she cannot describe the physical pain she feels daily, the sickness in her stomach and the ache in her heart.”
He added the jury rejected claims the killers had been victims of “mistaken identity”.
Mr Hassan’s mum told the trial how she found her dying son “covered in blood” after he was set upon on November 7 2018.
Miss Lynch: “I was trying to get a phone to call an ambulance.
at Bunker in Glasgow’s Bath Street in August this year.
Lapping’s drunken tirade continued towards police officers after he was arrested.
He pleaded guilty last month at Glasgow Sheriff Court to acting in a threatening and abusive manner which was racially aggravated.
Lapping also at admitted her:
“F*** the
I was just trying to help him.”
The 55-year-old also went after her Mr Hassan’s attackers as they fled.
One yelled missus.”
Miss Lynch recalled: “I just thought: “Who are you...what have you done?’.”
Corrall and Callaghan were eventually held for the murder in March this year following a large scale investigation, which major crime chiefs say was the result of “modern techniques”. off, assault on Mr Mooney by spitting and attempting to kick him.
Lapping was ordered to do 72 hours of unpaid work and fined £360 by Sheriff Aisha Anwar.
Lapping went to Bunker after midnight and was “refused entry” by Mr Mooney and another doorman.
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The trial heard how Corrall’s former partner received texts saying he would go to jail “as long as its worth it” after finding out about her relationship Hassan.
Corrall went on to boast to a friend that he had “stabbed the f*** out” of Mr Hassan.
Speaking following the sentencing, David Green, Procurator Fiscal for Homicide and Major Crime, said:“Craig Corral and David Callaghan’s conviction for the brutal murder of Owen Hassan was a result of excellent
“agitated and aggressive.”
He said “my dad is part of the UDA” who would put a “bullet in your heads”.
When another doorman came to assist, Lapping called him a “black b ***** ” and then “kicked out and spat” at Mr Mooney.
Lapping was taken to a police station where he continued to make threats, which he denies. investigative work using modern techniques and technology to identify them.
“This was a violent premeditated attack and these men were well aware of the consequences of their actions.
“Knife crime has a devastating effect and the unprovoked murder of Owen Hassan is another example of that.
“The use of blades as weapons is completely unacceptable, leading inevitably to needless deaths and ruined lives.”