Calls for post-coronavirus blueprint to help Hamilton welcomed by politicians

statues of slave traders to be taken down. Steve West, from Stand Up to Racism, said that putting up plaques explaining the history of the statues did not go far enough.

lockdown trips to his family home near Inverness has been urged to quit after it emerged he also visited relatives in Glasgow. NHS Orkney chief executive Iain Stewart last month apologised for causing any upset when he admitted travelling between the island and his family home on Black Isle, which is 150 miles away.

Civil rights campaigners are calling for one of Scotland’s tallest statues to be removed as it ‘glorifies’ the country’s role in the slave trade.The 150-foot high Melville Monument was erected in 1821 in memory of the First Viscount Melville, Henry Dundas - who is best known for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792.Dundas, who was Home Secretary at the time, believed that slavery should be abolished gradually in three stages over a decade, which many historians say cost thousands of

Ayrshire is continuing to slow down, new figures show.

Police have been called to McDonald’s restaurants around Scotland after the fast food giant reopened selective drive-thrus across the country today.

The SNP has demanded a Cabinet Office inquiry into the Dominic Cummings scandal which saw the prime minister's top adviser travel 260 miles at the height of lockdown.

Scots called by coronavirus contact tracers are being assured that people are 'alert to the risk of potential phone scams.'

A Scottish Government adviser on coronavirus has called for the policy on "shielding" the vulnerable by "cocooning" them indoors to be scrapped.

Bomb disposal experts have been called in to deal with an ongoing police incident in Kilwinning.

Known as the “Blackhill Butcher”, Martin Hamilton was a feared gangland enforcer often cited as Scotland’s most hated criminal.

A Conservative MSP has called on the  Prime Minister’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings to seriously consider his position after driving from London to Durham.

Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw is under pressure after another shadow cabinet member called on the prime minister's aide Dominic Cummings to quit.

The body of a man has been found in a flat in Aberdeen.

A member of the Scottish Tory shadow cabinet has called for the Prime Minister to fire aide Dominic Cummings.

A bomb squad have carried out a controlled explosion after unexploded ordnance was found on a Scots beach.

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to sack controversial Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings for breaking lockdown.

Police have swooped on a road in Hamilton amid an ongoing incident.

Police have recovered a stolen quad bike after several police vehicles and the force helicopter were seen in a Scots village.

A by-election has been planned  for October to fill the seat long held by Peter Johnston.

Generous well-wishers have raised more than £6,500 for a Scots DPD delivery driver found seriously injured while on shift.