OAP recovering after deliberate fire at her home

A pensioner is recovering after a fire was deliberately started at her North Lanarkshire home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The 73-year-old was woken up at about 4am by her smoke alarm at the property on Woodstock Drive, Wishaw.

She went into the hallway and found the carpet at the front door was alight.

The woman managed to get out of the door and alert a neighbour, who called emergency services.

Police said she was left badly shaken by the incident, which they said was deliberately started and “shocking”.