Calls for more cash to help people meet new fire alarm guidelines

Boxing Day, like in Scotland, as ministers acknowledged mounting concern about the spread of coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was left in "no doubt" stricter measures were needed to curb the worrying inflation of confirmed cases over the last week.

direct to your inboxFamilies across the UK have had to dramatically scale back their Christmas plans after the government introduced changes to restrictions.Plans to allow a five-day period of relaxations have been scrapped amid a rising number of infections in the south of England, which is believed to have been caused by a new highly transmissible strain of coronavirus.Health secretary Matt Hancock said the country was facing an “enormous challenge” in bringing the latest outbreak under

direct to your inboxThere are tonight calls for an extension on the EU transition period as a deadline for a Brexit deal set by European Parliament passed with no sign of progress.Brexit trade talks may now grind on through Christmas until December 31.The deadline to reach a deal tonight was set by the European Parliament.The UK will continue in its efforts to persuade Brussels to agree on key points of contention.In a tweet this evening the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among many

Jason Leitch said further research was required on the latest mutation of the virus but added experts were so far confident it would not be able to resist the jabs currently being rolled out to health workers and care home residents. It comes as UK health secretary Matt Hancock warned today the country faced an “enormous challenge” controlling the new strain after scientists found it was able to spread more rapidly.

Cambuslang councillor has written to the Scottish Government to demand it does more to kick-start the local economy.

coronavirus strain has spread to Scotland, according to the latest data from the Scottish Government. Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that nine cases of the new Covid variant have been identified in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board region.

Fair City has waited for over a year to hear whether or not the coronation stone would form the centrepiece of the £23 million Perth City Hall revamp.

coronavirus that has been discovered in the UK as 'potentially concerning'. The new variant has been found in the south of England and Sturgeon has said the Scottish Government would 'monitor closely' the situation and consider more 'precautions' if necessary.Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned MPs the number of cases involving the new variant was 'increasing rapidly' with more than 1,000 cases found.

coronavirus responders and key workers should also be rewarded.Nicola Sturgeon recently unveiled plans to give £500 to all full-time health and social care workers for their “extraordinary” service during coronavirus.She urged Boris Johnson to make sure the payment is tax-free.However, the Scottish Government is facing calls to give the same sum to other workers who have performed heroics over the last nine months.On Friday, council leaders at a COSLA meeting backed a Labour amendment on an

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterBeith survived with 10 men for the final 20 minutes to frustrate Meadow and eke out a point.Larry McMahon was shown a straight red card for a lunge on Andy McLaughlin to leave the Mighty up against it.But Meadow didn't do nearly enough to make their numerical advantage count in this West of Scotland Premier clash.Beith goalkeeper Dale Burgess had very little to trouble him in the closing stages as

crime in just one year.Prosecutors used confiscation orders to grab assets and dirty money in more than 200 cases across the country – seizing almost £500,000 more than the year before.The biggest payback orders were handed to two members of what was described as Scotland’s “most sophisticated” criminal gang.Gangland figures Anthony Woods, 45, and Francis Mulligan, 43, who were jailed at the High Court in Glasgow in January 2018 after admitting multiple charges linked to serious organised crime,

cops to launch a murder probe. Allan Bryant said his son, also named Allan, would have to be 'the invisible man' to have gone unseen for so long and believes people in his hometown must have information.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Stirling is set to emerge from Level Four lockdown restrictions today - but local politicians have urged ministers to go further and send the region into level two.The announcement was made on Tuesday that Stirling would join the other ten local authorities in Scotland in moving down a level from today and comes on the back of an improvement in the state of the virus across Scotland in recent weeks.It means

Scottish Government has been defeated for the second time in three weeks over calls for more teachers to be hired to help schools cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus continues to have an impact on every household across Scotland, there’s no doubt Christmas will look a little different this year. New data from ClearScore shows that many are feeling the financial fallout from the pandemic and plan on cutting back on the festive celebrations with some 64 per cent indicating they will be spending less over the Christmas period.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped in Scotland on under-the-radar UK horror The Origin, starring Chuku Modu (The 100, The Good Doctor), Kit Young (star of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy series Shadow And Bone), Iola Evans (The 100), newcomer Safia Oakley-Green, Arno Lüning and Luna Mwezi (Platzspittzbaby).

social media escaped a jail sentence.Louis George, 21, of Castle View, Letham, Angus, was found guilty after trial of sending two video recordings of the student, who was 19, in an “intimate situation” with him at his then home on November 2, 2018.The charge indicated he “intended to cause her – or he was reckless as to whether she would be caused – fear, alarm or distress”, contrary to the 2016 Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act.He was also convicted of a sexual assault carried