Coronavirus Scotland: Today's Public Health Scotland infection rate data update

criminal who may be hiding out in Scotland.Cops are hunting Alan Jordan who is wanted for emergency recall to prison after breaching his terms of licence.Independent charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £1,000 for information on the whereabouts of the 29-year-old violent offender.Jordan has links to Edinburgh as well as the Derbyshire and Manchester areas.Homes have been searched across Sunderland in a bid to locate him.Ruth McNee, North East Regional Manager at the charity

NHS workers have been offered a 'substantial' pay rise after an 'exceptionally challenging year'.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced 'our NHS staff deserve more than applause and 1% is not enough' after putting a 4% raise on the table.If accepted by staff, would be the most generous National Health Service pay uplift anywhere in the UK.The pay rise will benefit 154,000 NHS employees including nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals, as well as domestic, healthcare support staff,

unelected chamber following the election on May 6. She will sit in the Lords after serving as constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament since 2016.

coronavirus vaccine. NHS Scotland is in the process of offering the jab to people who provide vital face-to-face care and support for their loved ones.

Janey Godley 's latest video had fans in stitches as she took a swipe at Scots Tory Ruth Davidson. Yesterday, the Tories at Holyrood lodged the motion on the First Minister over her government's botched handling of the complaints against Alex Salmond.

Nicola Sturgeon will face questions from fellow MSPs at First Minister's Questions this afternoon.It is expected to begin around 12.30 in the Scottish Parliament, and beforehand the First Minister will give the latest update on the current coronavirus statistics.It comes as the Western Isles will today move to level three of lockdown restrictions from 6pm.Announcing the change yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon said the Outer Hebrides would return to the level that currently applies to Orkney and

We will keep you updated on all the latest news on our blog below. Nicola Sturgeon has said she "cannot guarantee" a third wave currently hitting mainland Europe will head to Scotland.Yesterday the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it could "wash up on our shores".The First Minister said it was "not inevitable" the third wave would hit.The Western Isles will move from level four restrictions to level three from 6pm on Wednesday, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.The First Minister said the Outer

We will keep you updated on all the latest news on our blog below. Student nurse Keren Nairns lost both her grandparents to Covid last year.Her gran Agnes Addison, from Bannockburn in Stirlingshire, died from the virus but the family believe her grandad Davy Wilson’s death is also partly attributable to Covid.Agnes, 69, died on March 29 last year while Davy, 61, passed away on October 7, while awaiting a hospital referral for an unrelated matter.Read the full story here.First Minister Nicola

Covid-19.The latest figures show 7552 people in Scotland have died of coronavirus but the true figure is much higher, with the most recent National Record of Scotland statistics for confirmed and suspected deaths sitting at 9831.The Daily Record is today remembering some of those who passed away after catching the virus.Some are elderly people who were robbed of their last precious years with their families.Some are much younger and had their futures stolen.Others are NHS or care workers who

iOS and Android.Nationally, there are currently 353 people in hospital with 33 in ICU.North Ayrshire currently has a seven-day case rate per 100,000 population of 100.9 which is the highest in the region.South Ayrshire's current case rate is 84.4 per cent with East Ayrshire's faring best at 77.9.Latest vaccination data shows 2,182,400 people have received a first dose in Scotland and 225,096 have received their second dose.Don't miss the latest Ayrshire headlines – sign up to our free daily

Covid-19 outbreak at Peel Primary in Livingston.And a UK Government mobile testing unit is open in Livingston from today onwards, to try and stop infection from spreading further.Nicola Sturgeon will address the nation tomorrow and it will be revealed if the latest spike in infections will derail her planned exit from lockdown in April.Don't miss the latest news from the West Lothian Courier. Sign up to our free newsletter herehttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/

Covid-19 could hit Scotland despite the vaccine rollout, one scientist warns. Professor Andrew Hayward said a fourth wave across all of the UK is 'still likely' as some people are still not vaccinated.

a lack of supplies is the reason for West Lothian’s bad performance on the PHS charts.

Ruth Davidson is urging Scots to vote Tory to deny SNP a majority for Indyref2.The Scottish Tories are planning to deny the SNP a majority at Holyrood to make sure Scotland doesn't leave the UK.Ms Davidson also hit out at the "increasing stench of sleaze and scandal" she claimed was coming from Nicola Sturgeon's party.She insisted that the SNP winning an overall majority's in May's Scottish Parliament election was no longer the "'nailed-on' near-certainty" that polls had once predicted.But to

conference is due to start on Saturday afternoon, running through to Monday. Davidson, who leads the party at Holyrood, is due to give a speech on Saturday afternoon.

coronavirus cases in Falkirk are continuing to fall, according to new figures.For weeks, the area was Scotland's biggest infected area, before dropping to the second place last week and now it sits third on the table today.Clackmannanshire has the highest seven-day Covid infection rate as a further 691 new cases of the disease were confirmed nationally. Data has been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Police in Paisley are making an urgent appeal to trace a man missing following a road smash last week.David Roach, 32, is believed to have been involved in a road crash on Stanley Road, in the town, at around 9.20am on Saturday, February 27.