Carlisle faces threat of local lockdown after rise in Covid-19 infections

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Police have issued a warning to Wishaw residents after reports of a rise in bogus workers targeting households.Officers took to social media after reports emerged of crooks trying to con local residents.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Reports have been received of bogus workers targeting vulnerable households by offering to carry out gutter/roof cleaning and repairs in the Wishaw and Motherwell areas.“Please remain

Rutherglen who can’t afford to dine out at all, it strikes me that this package isn’t geared towards supporting those on the lowest incomes, whose livelihoods are most likely to have been lost. We wanted the real deal for Scotland.

kidney dialysis and almost died from painful infections now faces an agonising wait to find out if he can get a lifesaving transplant. Lucas Webster is currently undergoing gruelling kidney dialysis treatment three times a week, with each session lasting four hours.

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Ross McCrorie has admitted people messaged him "like I was dying" when word broke that he had coronavirus. The defender was on loan at Portsmouth last season when he was one of five players from the club diagnosed with COVID-19.

independence vote and the Brexit referendum, according to a landmark report on Russian interference in Britain. The report was finally released today after months of delay at the hands of Downing Street which has immediately rejected the main call from the Intelligence and Security Committee.

independence referendum but not the Brexit vote, according to reports. An investigation into alleged Russian interference in British democracy is due to be published on Tuesday.

Police Scotland has a vendetta against Scott Bennett, who has served jail time for drug offences and was shot in the face in a gangland hit.Brockett’s Hyde ’N’ Seek ­Pinocchios nursery in ­Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, was recently graded as generally “adequate” by the Care ­Inspectorate and had no complaints against it.But a subsequent application by Brockett to Disclosure Scotland brought problems she blamed on police trying to disrupt activities relating to her and Bennett.She posted a letter

killer blood infection.Scott Dyer, from Bonnyrigg, came home from work feeling seriously unwell on February 7 but believed he was suffering from a stomach bug so went to bed.But just eight hours later, the 46-year-old was left fighting for his life and placed in a coma after being diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and pneumonia.The dad-of-two’s family were warned he was unlikely to survive the night before spending the next four weeks in intensive care.Doctors were forced to cut off both

North Lanarkshire.Emergency services were called the scene on Merry Street, Motherwell, at around 6.25pm on Sunday.Local residents reported seeing thick, black plumes of smoke rising into the sky while flames took hold of the Spar shop.Hero firefighters have been battling the blaze with high-pressure hose reels but some homes in the area have lost water pressure as a result.Scottish Water said: “We’re aware that Scottish Fire and Rescue are in attendance at Merry Street in the ML1 Motherwell

family have told how they witnessed a miracle when their 1lb baby fought back from the brink of death after doctors suggested they turn off the life-support six times.Distraught parents Michaela Lugton, 21, and Barry McLachlan, 37, watched as their little boy, Noah, took what should have been his final breaths in March 2019 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.As soon as he was born, their baby son had been rushed straight into the neonatal intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator as he was so

council car park. Mark Ross passed away after being found near Motherwell Civic Centre at around 9.30am on Sunday.

wedding receptions were cancelled from reading a Facebook post.The Tufted Duck Hotel in Aberdeenshire is being revamped as a bar and bistro by owners Lesley Ann and Conrad Ritchie and they have decided to cancel wedding receptions due to be held there.The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions have been blamed for the change.The couple said they relied on two functions per week to make the business, which employs 19 staff, viable and as of yet, there is no date in place for when large

Humza Yousaf is facing questions after telling MSPs that spot checks were already being carried on passengers flying into Scotland last month - when in fact the policy was stalled due to an administrative delay. The Scottish Government's justice secretary told members of Holyrood's health committee on June 23 that "approximately 20% of travellers" had been contacted by health officials to check if they had developed Covid symptoms since flying into the country.

Scottish independence and its aftermath, an explosive new book has claimed. It has long been suspected that operatives working on behalf of Vladimir Putin 's government helped spread false information across social media around the time of the landmark vote - claims strongly denied by Russia.