Conservative councillor criticises payments of over £12million paid out to departing local authority staff

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.A pair of Scots youngsters have created an adorable stop motion ceilidh video using Lego to help promote their father's band.Logan and Heidi Smith, aged 10 and 12, are from Newmilns in Ayrshire and put together the fun clip during lockdown.Inspired by the hit Lego film, the pair even persuaded their dad to create a ceilidh band version of the Tegan and Sara song

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Staff at Wishaw General were among thousands of health workers and carers who received nearly 45,000 free pizza and pasta meals from an Italian restaurant group during the coronavirus pandemic.In the lead up to lockdown, Viva Italia, which comprises Tony Macaroni, Tony2Go and Mozza, delivered the meals to 14 Scottish hospitals spread across the country.The food was freshly prepared by Tony Macaroni in

Prince Charles ordered tailors to halt making a tweed kilt jacket when he discovered its buttons were from Austria.The heir insisted that every inch of material used on his new outfit was sourced in Scotland.His demand included the tiniest detail on the striking attire – down to the stag horn buttons on the jacket and matching waistcoat.Craftsman John Sugden, who made the clothes, said it showed the Royal’s commitment to the industry north of the Border.He added: “The prince had chosen the tweed

Covid-19. Peterhead Central School had been due to open on Wednesday, August 12, but severe weather forced it to remain closed.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Locked station toilets left travellers on Scotland’s famous Harry Potter train bursting for the loo.Many were desperate to cast the famous Alohomora unlocking spell, a regular feature of the JK Rowling tales.Customers were caught short following a row between West Coast Railway (WCR) and ScotRail staff.WCR operate Highland tourist attraction the Jacobite Steam Train.The Record told last week how WCR

Rutherglen takeaway shop before making off with a quantity of cash.At around 9.15pm on Tuesday, August 11, a man entered Chillies Takeaway in Newfield Place and threatened a male member of staff with a knife demanding money. The suspect made off from the premises with a three figure sum of money.The man is described as white, Scottish, 5ft 6in tall, of stocky build with short brown hair.He was wearing a black coloured zipper jacket, black trousers, black footwear and a black face

Rutherglen takeaway shop before making off with a quantity of cash.

online of local schoolgirls and encouraged their sexual abuse was snared by an undercover cop.Stuart Betts, 49, believed he was sharing messages with a fellow predator.Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday how Betts suggested the two girls be sexually attacked in their beds by a “gang”.But he was actually in contact with a Police Scotland online undercover operative known as “Steve D”, who was attempting to gather intelligence against adults seeking to sexually abuse children.Last June, Steve

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserCommunities secretary Aileen Campbell MSP added: “Living more of our lives locally – shopping, eating and enjoying activities in the areas we live – has never been more important and has a huge role to play in supporting Scotland’s economic and social recovery from Covid-19.“Taking simple steps like choosing to visit a nearby shop or cafe, or buying goods or services from a business in your community, helps support local jobs,

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A Renfrewshire councillor has put her name forward to contest the Scottish Parliament seat currently held by the controversial MSP Derek Mackay.Natalie Don, who represents Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, is hoping to become the SNP candidate for the Renfrewshire North and West seat, which has been held by the former finance secretary since 2011.Mr Mackay quit his ministerial position and was

Aberdeen has woken up to its first full day of lockdown after tighter restrictions were imposed by the Scottish Government. The streets of the Granite City were left completely empty as all bars and restaurants shut their doors at 5pm on Wednesday evening.Nicola Sturgeon enforced Scotland’s first local lockdown after a spike in cases emerged in the city over the course of the week.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/no-plans-impose-lanarkshire-lockdown-22398658Aberdeen residents woke up this morning to being back in lockdown as the first local crackdown is implemented in Scotland.Bars, cafes and restaurants in the city have shut for at least seven days and more than 228,000 residents were told they can't enter each other's homes or travel further than five miles.Following the outbreak at the Sitel call centre last month, where staff members were advised to

Aberdeen have been ordered to close following a large spike in coronavirus cases.

coronavirus cluster, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSTV Productions is in the mix for two BAFTA TV Awards on Friday night, when double Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson competes in the Best Actress category for dementia drama Elizabeth Is Missing and Edinburgh-set The Victim vies for Best Mini-Series. For Sarah Brown, the Scottish producer’s creative director of drama, it represents the culmination of six years of work.“It’s been an amazing 18 months for us.

Child Benefit is usually paid every four weeks either on a Monday or a Tuesday, however, there is a bank holiday next week which may affect some payments. When a benefits payment falls on a bank holiday, it is usually paid on a different date.

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.

Scottish Conservative councillor has resigned from the party in protest at its lack of support for the fitness industry.Tony Curtis, who has served on Glasgow City Council since 2017, told the Record his party had shown "a lack of leadership" and failed to stand up to the Scottish Government on the issue of when gyms could reopen following months of lockdown.Fitness businesses in Northern Ireland have reopened and gyms in England followed last week but there is still no route map from the

reimpose quarantine restrictions on passengers arriving from Spain has been branded "shambolic" as opposition parties questioned the U-turn. It was announced on Saturday evening that thousands of Scots holidaymakers will have to self-isolate at home for two weeks when they return from the popular tourist destination due to rising virus infection rates in the country.