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Perth and Kinross have died from COVID-19 in less than a month according to new figures. Statistics from the National Records of Scotland say eight more deaths had been recorded in the week up to Sunday, December 20.The brings the total of number of coronavirus deaths in the region up to 113.Overwhelming support for bringing the Stone of Destiny back home The news comes as residents in Perth and Kinross prepare to enter a near full lockdown from Boxing Day.

smuggling drugs in and out of Scotland from her Edinburgh home. Xiao Ya Chen, 40, was sentenced to three-years and four-months in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh today.

Police have seized £44,000 worth of cocaine from a vehicle in a Scots town. Officers swooped in Maybole, South Ayrshire, during the pre-planned operation at premises on the town’s High Street on Tuesday morning.

Labour leader said: "Given the damage and division this would cause, no responsible First Minister should contemplate it and no responsible Prime Minister would grant it." There are inevitable demands for a re-run vote if the SNP win an independence majority in May's Scottish elections.

flu has been confirmed in a flock of birds from a farm on a Scottish island. The Scottish Government said the remaining birds at the premises on Sanday in Orkney have been humanely culled and a six-mile (10km) temporary control zone has been set up around the infected premises.

Ruby Murry's have done just that!Part of their new Christmas Special, the Indian food specialists, who are based at Tollcross, have created two festive spins on the traditional South Asian favourite.Featuring the green coloured Grinch inspired Brussels Sprouts pakora as well as chicken and stuffing bites, each £4 box contains 6 pieces of mixed festive Pakora.Mahmood Ahmed, who owns Ruby Murry's, told Glasgow Live: "We were keen to combine classic Christmas ingredients and flavours with a

direct to your inboxLeaders from all UK nations have agreed to keep the current plans to ease coronavirus restrictions over Christmas in place.From December 23 to 27, up to three households will be allowed to form a 'Christmas bubble' allowing them to mix indoors for what could be the first time in months.But calls have been mounting from scientific experts for the easing of lockdown measures to be scrapped or reduced, due to a rise in Covid-19 cases across the UK.During Prime Minister's

A Baby Reindeer’s First Christmas – Channel 4, 6:40pm Any reindeer you see at a festive event has probably come not from Lapland but from the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. This documentary follows a community of herders as they train the adorable animals in skills such as pulling a sleigh - and prepare them for Christmas in a year like no other.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.This is the moment a gang made off with eight hot tubs worth £40,000 in a brazen raid captured on CCTV.Three men spent 90 minutes loading two flatbed trucks with the haul from the Advanced Hot Tubs and Swim Spas yard in Macmerry, East Lothian.A forklift truck taken from a building firm next door was used to pack aboard the hot tubs, which weigh 450kg each.The crooks - described as “very professional” - even

Cops have uncovered a drug s stash worth up to £1million in an abandoned bingo hall in Inverclyde. A c annabis cultivation worth an estimated street value of £600K to £1million was seized from the scene.

Christmas trees just weeks before the big day. Cops have launched a probe after the heist at the Whitequarries Industrial Estate in Broxburn, West Lothian, which took place between 5.35pm on Thursday November 26 and 7.50am on Friday November 27.

thieves smashed their way into a Scots high-end clothes shop and cleared it out of £80,000 worth of designer gear. Photos of the aftermath of last night’s raid at Overhype in Aberdeen show the front door prised open and empty clothes hangers strewn across the floor.

UK Government’s Self-Employment Support Scheme grant (SEISS). The financial support is available to those whose businesses have been impacted as a result of Covid-19 and provided a subsidy, based on payment history and tax records, to help them through the pandemic.

Christmas.But when pandemic travel restrictions made this year’s pilgrimage to the Midlands impossible, Jason took to social media to seek help.The 30-year-old from Dumfries was inundated with offers - including from a woman who lives just five minutes away from his dad’s resting place.Coincidentally the woman faces a similar problem as she lives in the Midlands but her mum is buried in Moffat, just 30 minutes away from Jason's home.So the pair have agreed to visit the plots of their respective

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) over the past few months in an effort to help Scots understand what the benefit is, how the claims process works and, hopefully, made more people realise they could be eligible for additional financial support. PIP is a benefit paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to people who may need help with daily living activities or getting around outside the home because of a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition.

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graced the cans of Tennent's Lager.One of the most famous Scottish promotional campaigns of all time, these models with their big hair and sexy poses, helped put the Glasgow-based lager brand on the map.Definitely from another age, the cans have been described as innovative and eye-catching by some and sexist and exploitative by others.Now, as part of a new study, a drinks historian is hoping to create a more complete picture of this famous ad campaign by interviewing the models and collectors,