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Lucy Farrell

Wednesday headlines: The Queen's coffin moved from Buckingham Palace

Good evening and welcome to the Daily Record's Saturday briefing.

The rundown keeps you up to date with the latest news from Scotland and beyond.

Here is everything you need to know to keep up to date.

King Charles, Prince William and Harry lead Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace

The world watched on as the Queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time, led by her son Charles, the new King, and his children William and Harry.

The Royal family walked alongside her Majesty's coffin from the Royal Family 's official residence to Westminster.

Prince William and Prince Harry stood shoulder to shoulder as they walked with their father. They were joined by the Queen's three other children Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward along with Anne's son Peter Phillips, her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Earl of Snowden - Princess Margaret's son - and the Duke of Gloucester - a cousin of the Queen.

The Queen Consort Camilla, Kate - the new Princess of Wales, Harry's wife Meghan Markle and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex followed behind in a car.

The journey by foot is expected to take around 40 minutes as the cortege passes central London along the Queen's Garden's, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square and New Palace Yard.

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Rangers fan killed himself six months after waterpark accident left him in wheelchair

Barry Douglas, pictured with friend Claire Vickers, was caught in the flume for two hours, breaking both his legs (SWNS)

A Rangers fan who was left in a wheelchair after a drunken waterpark accident committed suicide only six months later, an inquest heard today.

Barry Douglas broke both his legs after sneaking into the lido with a friend at 2am and crashing into the barrier of a closed flume tube.

The 'life changing' injuries left the 44-year-old unable to work as a forklift driver and he was forced to move house, the inquest heard.

Both Mr Douglas and friend, Claire Vickers, 46, appeared on ITV's This Morning in wheelchairs to talk about the incident.

Despite some signs his condition was improving, Scottish born Douglas hanged himself in his studio flat in February of this year, the inquest was told.

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Girls 'stripped of dignity' at Scots school after having to ask staff for period products

A pupil at a Scots secondary school says girls have been 'stripped of their dignity' after being left unable to easily access sanitary products.

Zara Stuart, 14, has told how she and other young females at Woodfarm High in East Renfrewshire are being left upset and embarrassed by having to walk a lengthy amount of time while bleeding to request products from the school office.

Video and pictures shared with the Daily Record show lavatories at the school are bare of any menstrual supplies.

Zara told the Daily Record she was mortified when she realised that her period arrived early during a lesson and that she became panicked that blood would show on her clothes before she could access an open toilet that supplied pads.

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Scots teacher who waved fake penis at colleagues banned from classroom

Derek Turkington has been struck off for waving a fake penis at colleagues. (Deadline News)

A teacher has been banned from the classroom for waving a fake penis at colleagues while making suggestive and provocative movements. Derek Turkington was found unfit to teach on Wednesday, following the incident at Newbattle Community High School in Dalkeith, Midlothian which occurred between August 2017 and 2018.

During this time Mr Turkington was found to have behaved inappropriately towards staff by putting a prosthetic penis down his trousers and then through his zip. He then made suggestive and provocative movements towards his colleagues and also placed his finger through his trouser zip while attempting to mimic male genitalia.

Mr Turkington claimed he had been carrying a box of fake penises from a sex education class and unintentionally must have held one of the mocked-up members up as he waved goodbye to a colleague. The guidance teacher, originally from Glasgow, was described as a "kind of Benny Hill character in his regards to sexual actions or language" by a former member of staff.

In reference to a pupil who was in earshot, Mr Turkington was also found to have said: "Colleague A, can you please tell him that his dad clearly doesn't care about him and that he needs to move on and get a grip."

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Young man murdered in 'drug den flat' lay dead for a week

Tony Dempsey (Dublin Live)

A young man was beaten to death in a ' drugs den' flat and his body was left to decompose for a week. The investigation into the death of Tony Dempsey, 28, was upgraded to a murder probe last night following the results of a post mortem examination.

One line of inquiry the Gardai is investigating is whether he was attacked in a fight over drugs, Dublin Live reports.Dempsey's body was discovered on Monday night inside a flat located in Kevin Barry House, Coleraine Street in Dublin's Northern inner city.

Gardai were called by residents who were concerned about strange activity in the flat. It has been reported that over the week duration that Dempsey's body lay there, others came and went inside the property before he was found by authorities.

When he was discovered by gardai, Dempsey had severe head injuries but no identification was able to be made initially due to the body’s decomposition. Following a post mortem yesterday, he was identified and the results of the examination saw the probe upgraded to murder.

Read More HERE.

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