Good evening and welcome to Saturday's Daily Record headline briefing. The rundown keeps you up to date with the latest news from Scotland and beyond.
Today's top stories include: Terrified Scots blogger on run in Sri Lanka speaks from hiding place, Terrified resident scared to leave his own home as gang of youths wreak havoc in Scots flat block, and Mum of teen girl 'battered' and left with shattered knee cap backs bid to tackle youth violence.
