Drunk and distracted
A motorist was pulled over for watching videos on their mobile phone on a busy dual carriageway – and was found to be more than three times the drink-drive limit.
Officers were stunned to discover the driver on the A3 in Hampshire.
Police wrote on social media : “The driver is currently assisting police with our enquiries at one of Portsmouth’s finest B&Bs.”
Carrie Millar, 11, and her sister Elliot, 10, lost Anna Goska, 88, to the illness last year.
When Anna was diagnosed, the sisters couldn’t understand many of the changes they saw her go through.
Their Polish-born great-gran had moved to Scotland at the end of World War II after being held in a labour camp.
When she fell ill, she started speaking only in Polish. She would often become confused and even forget who they were.
Now the sisters, of Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, have become two of the youngest people to take part in Alzheimer Scotland’s Dementia Friends course.
Staff from the charity visited pupils at Stonehouse Primary School and gave advice on everything from understanding the illness to how best to interact with someone with the condition.
The girls are now on a mission to raise awareness of dementia and use their knowledge to help those who need it.
Carrie said: “When I was younger, I didn’t know anything about dementia so, when I found out my great-gran had it, I