7 must-visit markets in and around Scotland

coronavirus briefing later today amid a rise in cases across the country. It will be the first time the government has held a press conference since the entire country moved out of the levels system on August 9.

covid cases across the country. Figures have been on the rise in recent weeks, with at least 3,000 cases recorded every day for the last five days and a positivity rate that peaked at 12.4% on Monday.

Scotland is to be the hottest place in the UK this week, with temperatures forecast to reach up to 27C. The Met Office has predicted warm weather, sunshine and blue skies in the south-west as we hit the last meteorological week of summer.

Scotland are calling on the government to resume face-to-face appointments with GPs. For the last 18 months surgeries have been closed from the public following the devastating coronavirus pandemic that struck in March last year.

K.J. Yossman Director Douglas Mackinnon, whose credits include “Doctor Who,” “Sherlock” and Neil Gaiman’s “Good Omens,” still recalls the moment he realized that London was no longer the center of the universe in terms of U.K.

Sexual messages being sent to children have risen by 80 per cent in the last five years, shocking Police Scotland figures reveal. Between April 2020 and March 2021 there were 685 offences of indecent communications with a child in Scotland – a record high and a rise of 80% from the same period in 2015 to 2016.

Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon, the showrunner and director respectively of Amazon’s Good Omens series, praised the burgeoning Scottish production sector during their masterclass at the Edinburgh TV Festival today.

The Langlands Unit, at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, cares for many who are frail or have dementia. But health workers claim there are not enough staff to give patients the care they need.

how Scots could expect highs of 23C in Glasgow by next Tuesday, while Edinburgh would see temperatures reach 19 degrees and Aberdeen would be cooler at 17C.

revenge porn is at record levels in Scotland. Shock figures obtained by the Sunday Mail show there were 780 cases reported to police during lockdown – the most since new legislation was introduced by the Scottish Government in 2017.

The Queen is said to give her grandchild a very rare treat when she visits Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands every summer. The Monarch's youngest granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor is the 17-year-old child of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex who love to drop by the estate every year It's been reported that Louise has an artistic flair and a love of drawing - so the Queen has previously granted her access to a special collection of rare artwork.

arrested in Scotland on Thursday in connection with his wife's death has been charged with her murder. Mark Barrott was the prime suspect in the murder investigation after his wife Eileen Barrott was found with serious injuries within her home in Naburn Fold in Leeds.Emergency services raced to the house around 6.30pm on Sunday.

crimes. Edwin McLaren, 56, conned dozens of people in financial difficulty between 2008 and 2012.

block of flats. The red and yellow corn snake was found in Aberdeen's Marischal Court on Wednesday but no sign of the owner has been found.

Alan Cumming and Harry Potter star Miriam Margoyles visited for a new piece of a walking stick. Staff at the Shopmobility Highland office in Dingwall couldn't believe their eyes when the pair came in, with Margoyles asking for a new 'ferrule'- or rubber end of her walking aid.

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Found in the arches of the city's South Bridge, the vaults were once home to a variety of workshops and trading spaces before becoming the place that many homeless people flocked to.Later they became a hotbed of criminal activity - including rumours of bodysnatching - before eventually closed off in the mid 19th century.Now open to the public for tours, they are a hotbed for paranormal activity.This tiny stronghold is known as the Hermit's Castle and stands at just 7 or 8-feet tall - including