Campaigners for Galloway National Park believe it would help met a key Scottish conservation target

Hogmanay anthems. The Performance Academy Scotland youngsters headed down the city's deserted streets to present their stunning show, expressing the disappointment of this year before building up to their hope for a brighter 2021.

lotto winner Jane Park has ditched the lockdown in Scotland to spend Hogmanay in Dubai.

North Lanarkshire Bio Power will contest last month’s ministerial dismissal of their planning appeal at the Court of Session.The company last week announced that they are “questioning the validity of the decision” as they believe it contravenes planning law.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A dedicated support worker who used yoga therapy to help her colleagues during the pandemic has narrowly missed out on a national health award.Fiona Baxter, senior support worker at Dumbarton Adult Training Centre in Bruce Street, was shortlisted as a finalist in the Scottish Health Awards’ Healthier Lifestyle category.During the pandemic, Fiona recognised the need to support the wellbeing of her colleagues

Rutherglen musician and her Novasound partner Lauren Gilmour to score Rapunzel. She explained: “We were approached by the show’s director, Johnny McKnight, quite early on in the development.“It seemed unlikely a regular pantomime could go ahead this year so they decided to make a film version.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA last-gasp own goal helped Irvine Meadow pull off a classic smash and grab victory to end the year on a high.The Ayrshire outfit took a second half pounding but somehow emerged with all three points to climb to fourth in the West of Scotland Premier.Blantyre midfielder Stefan Law was the unfortunate fall guy, turning Connor Boyd’s cross into his own net a full five minutes into stoppage time.It

Perth College -led aviation project can now take off after the Scottish Government announced their £150m commitment to the Tay Cities Region Deal.

In Scotland, there were 1,504 new cases today, partly down to a processing backlog. It takes the national total since the pandemic to 113,050.There are 1,078 peple in hospital with 59 in intensive care.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 744 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Scotland, according to new figures released this afternoon.Data has been produced by the Scottish Government as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.Scotland's death toll from the virus has increased by 36 and now stands at 4,239.

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

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Perth pupil from Tulloch Primary School pupil has delighted her school by winning a chance to help ensure the views of Scotland’s young people are heard in Holyrood.Tatiana Veleva (11) has been successful in gaining a place on the National Education Recovery Youth Panel. The panel of 15 young learners, aged nine to 18 years old from across Scotland, will help shape the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 education recovery work, ensuring young people from a range of backgrounds and experiences are

coronavirus crisis has been a national humiliation, new research shows. A majority of respondents (51%) think the Government's handling of the crisis has been a national humiliation - twice as many as those who disagree (26%).

Steven Gerrard 's side sitting pretty at the top of the Premiership, having conceded just four league goals. And they can stretch their lead to 14 points, at least for a few hours, with their title rivals not playing until this afternoon.Rangers will be without key man Ryan Jack but have otherwise a full squad to choose from as they look to turn the screw on Celtic and Neil Lennon.

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