A businessman who has helped channel the flow of Ukrainian refugees to a Scottish town has blasted the UK Government for callously putting lives at risk.
David Louden has so far helped bring 11 families to Dollar in Clackmannanshire but has come up against needless blockages that have derailed the escape channel for several families.
He is furious at the unexplained delay for two sisters desperate to flee with their four children from their home city of Sumy, which is under constant Russian attack.