Coronavirus cluster at Scots sheltered housing complex after 16 residents and 12 staff test positive

coronavirus pandemic  has forced thousands of Scots out of work leading to record redundancy figures, new data has revealed. Around 30,000 people in the country  lost their jobs  in the three months to October - up from 5,000 between May and July, numbers from the Office for National Statistics have shown.

Little Mix have confirmed they will complete their Scots 2021 tour dates as a trio after Jesy Nelson announced she has quit the band. In a heartfelt message posted yesterday evening the 29-year-old shocked the nation with her announcement.Jesy said that "with a heavy heart" she would be taking a step back, admitting being in the band was "taking a toll" on her mental health.

hospitalised in a horror gas blast at his home have set up a fundraiser to 'get him back on his feet'.

Covid-19 as 48 people in total tested positive for the deadly bug. NHS chiefs confirmed the outbreak at Lomond Court in the Woodside area on Glenrothes, Fife on Friday December 11.

coronavirus pandemic. Pupils at St Matthew's Academy in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire will take part in remote learning from Monday until the festive break officially begins on December 23.

coronavirus outbreak saw 67 people test positive for the bug. A total of 35 residents and 32 staff members have caught the virus at Canmore Lodge Care Home in Dunfermline.

police - because it is not “essential travel”. The Scout Scotland Santa Run in Stewarton, which has been running for decades, was halted after officers said the sleigh ride through the town breached lockdown rules.

coronavirus scams being used by fraudsters across the country. Both the Test and Protect scheme and the support fund for self-isolation have been used by criminals trying to steal people’s personal information, according to evidence collected by Trading Standards Scotland.

police officer narrowly escaped serious injury after a knife-wielding man attempted to stab him with a blade. Cops were sent to a property on Abbey Park Avenue in St Andrews, Fife, at around 1.50pm on Tuesday, December 8.

stole their own grandparents’ life savings have hit out after they escaped jail - and dodged an order to pay back the money.Heartless Clair and Louise Smith, 25, posed as doting carers while swiping £8,000 from the bank account of their grandparents in Irvine, Ayrshire.The twins pleaded guilty to clearing out the cash while running errands for vulnerable Crawford Pirrie, 73, and wife Marlene, 75.Yesterday the twins were sentenced to a three-month tagging order - branded a “slap in the face” by

coronavirus vaccine. The decision to use a 0300 number - rather than a free phone - came under fire from disgruntled healthcare workers and it has now been revoked by NHS Lothian with promises staff will be reimbursed.

coronavirus outbreak infected dozens of people at a Scots care home. Last week 72 residents and staff at Inchmarlo House, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire tested positive for the virus.

Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.

hero Scots paramedic who died of coronavirus.Rod 'Rodders' Moore, 63, documented his battle with the deadly bug on social media.He had returned to the frontline full time during the pandemic to help younger ambulance workers cope.But the heroic lifesaver was admitted to Forth Valley Royal Hospital's intensive care unit in Larbert, Stirlingshire, after testing positive for coronavirus on October 22.He was self-isolating at home last month but he sadly died from the virus.An online fundraising

cancer. Little Isla McPhee was a fit and healthy two-year-old before she started appearing 'under the weather' and 'really tired' at the beginning of February 2018.

base were scrambled to follow Russian military planes after they were found over the North Sea. The Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth, in Moray, left the tarmac at 8am this morning after the submarine hunting planes were discovered.

blind after a planned op was postponed is hoping to see her family at Christmas - as her daughter starts fundraising for private surgery.Terrified Kathryn Nicoll, 64, from Whitburn, West Lothian, woke up two weeks ago to find her sight gone after developing cataracts.Devoted daughter Laura Grant, 35, began fundraising for an operation which could cost £5,000 privately in hopes it could happen before Christmas - and nearly £1,000 has been raised.Bus driver Laura said: "If we can raise enough

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A MUM-of-four caught pocketing £20,000 in benefits after failing to reveal she was living with a partner has been hit with a six-month curfew order.Kirsty Benn didn’t tell the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) she was living with Mark Campbell at her home in Wallyford, East Lothian.The 35-year-old benefits cheat appeared for sentencing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday after admitting the charge at