Coronavirus case rates by local authority areas in Scotland released by Scottish Government

Scottish Government paid thousands of pounds to a team of top lawyers to try to block MSPs probing Alex Salmond’s botched sexual harassment case from hearing key evidence. The Sunday Mail has obtained ­documents showing a firm – hired using public cash – demanded ­investigating ­committee members give written guarantees they wouldn’t ask a ­senior official crucial questions.

Scottish Government published the figure alongside a note that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends.They also announced 584 new cases of coronavirus in Scotland over the past 24 hours bringing the total number of cases since start of the pandemic to 185,792.There have now been a total of 6,438 deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic.There are 1,710 people in hospital with recently confirmed COVID-19 and 108 in intensive care.Earlier today Health Secretary Jeane

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours across Scotland.A total of 895 new cases of the virus were also recorded overnight, taking the total since the start of the pandemic in March to 185,208.Currently, there are 1,729 people in hospital being treated for Covid-19, while 117 people remain in intensive care unit.Since the start of the pandemic, a total of 6,431 people in Scotlabd have died of the virus after returning a positive test.The news comes after ten residents at a

link.“We now have our own settlement figure and we therefore know that South Lanarkshire Council will receive additional funding this year, with some additional commitments also handed to us.

Scottish Government has published new data showing the latest coronavirus infection rates across Scotland. A total of 6,881 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the week between January 27 to February 2 - which represents 6.3% of people tested.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Newarthill music centre has been awarded more than £1 million in funding as part of a new Scottish Government Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.Reeltime Music is a youth work centre that helps disadvantaged young people create new opportunities through music and media.Set up in 1997 by manager Ryan Currie, Reeltime has seen nearly 23,000 young people come through its doors to use the services.Manager Ryan

criminal was caught trying to flee Scotland with suitcases stuffed with nearly a million pounds in cash. Lukas Pokorny was found to have more than £860,000 in notes in the luggage as he flew to Dubai from Glasgow Airport.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Six new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours across Scotland, the Scottish Government has confirmed.1,003 cases of the virus were also recorded overnight, taking the total since the start of the pandemic in March to 179,685.Currently, there are 1,941 people in hospital being treated for Covid-19, while 143 people remain in intensive care unit.Since the end of January last year, a total

Nicola Sturgeon received legal advice that her Government would lose in court to Alex Salmond months before blowing £692,000 fighting his judicial review.Scotland’s most senior lawyer Roddy Dunlop QC was asked for an opinion on the former first minister’s challenge to a sexual harassment probe in October 2018, the Sunday Mail understands.Sources have confirmed his response was that the former SNP leader would be likely to win.

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours across Scotland, the Scottish Government has confirmed. 994 cases of the virus were also recorded overnight, taking the total since the start of the pandemic in March to 178,682.

link!She said: “I recently got a bit of a confidence boost when my modern studies teacher in St John Ogilvie High School found me on Twitter and said she was so proud of everything I’d achieved and said ‘you were a superstar in my class and you’re a superstar now’ and I think no matter how old you are, you still want to get that.“I left high school at 16 and was the first in my family to go to university and it was a young age to be there and that meant a lot to me.

coronavirus cases remains high across the country. The latest data released by Public Health Scotland shows that 9,142 positive cases of covid were recorded across the country in the week between January 18 to 24.

nurses, midwives, paramedics, cleaners, domestics and porters – will be taking to social media as well as holding a virtual pay rally on Tuesday to call for a “fair” pay rise.

Scottish Government is looking at ways of accelerating the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine across the country. A 24/7 pilot scheme is being considered at vaccinating younger people in society as the government attempts to ramp up its programme.

South Ayrshire with Covid suppressed in three key areas.Troon, Prestwick West and Coylton have all recorded 0-2 positive test results between January 16 and January 22.Data released by the Scottish Government shows promising signs of a fightback against the virus with the test positivity rate falling by 1.9 per cent.Across the board, the case rate per 100,000 of the population has plunged since a fortnight ago.Between January 9 and January 15, the case rate per 100,000 was 232.7 with a test

coronavirus death recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. However, this figure is lower due to Register Offices being closed at weekends.

Ayrshire area has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Scotland.The very latest data shows that the zone 'Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural' has a positive case rate of more than 800 per 100,000 in the last seven days.That's after the area recorded 37 cases in the 4,621 population in the past week.The high number of cases puts the zone among Scotland's worst hit Covid areas at the moment.The area is eighth-worst in Scotland at the moment.Another Ayrshire region - 'Girvan Ailsa' -

Jackie Baillie said: "This needs to be sorted and the Scottish Government must tell the water regulator to start properly looking after the financial interests of water customers and not to take more from them than is necessary."Scottish Water is responsible for delivering its service to domestic and business clients, but the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) sets the charges.According to the WICS, prices are set to increase by an average of 2% above inflation from 2021 over the next

Scottish Government not to probe potentially criminal harassment claims- warning that staff were not trained to investigate or "engage with victims". Deputy Chief Constable Fiona Taylor also said the Government asked Police Scotland "a number of hypothetical questions" about its harassment policy that appeared to be about a "specific set of circumstances".