Covid-19 rates in West Dunbartonshire rise fractionally above Scottish average

surprised fans after he performed his own acoustic rendition of Biffy Clyro's hit Many of Horror. And fans demanded an instant collaboration with the Scots rockers after he wowed them with his performance.

Scottish Affairs committee with Ross accusing Wishart, the chair of the committee, of making biased attacks on the Scottish Secretary while he was giving evidence to MPs in the wake of the Holyrood election. Ross, who is returning to Holyrood as leader of the Scottish Tories, took exception to Wishart bridling Scottish Secretary Alister Jack over the results of the election which saw Nicola Sturgeon returned for a record fourth term.

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redundancies in next three months as the country recovers from the devastating coronavirus pandemic. More than 1,200 firms across a number of sectors in Scotland were questioned in the Business Insights and Conditions Survey between April 6 and April 18.

Ross, who heads to Holyrood as leader of the largest opposition party with 31 Scottish Conservative MSPs, signalled he will not be relying on numbers to stop the SNP’s independence plans. At a press conference to mark his return to the Holyrood chamber, the Moray MP and now list MSP, spelled out why UK cabinet minister Michael Gove was confident the referendum bill would not end up with the UK government taking the Scottish Government to the Supreme Court.

Nicola Sturgeon has arrived at a polling station as party leaders cast their votes up and down the country in the Scottish Election. The First Minister was all smiles as she greeted supporters and voters outside the Annette Street school in Govanhill, Glasgow, this morning, May 6.Sturgeon has already voted by post but joined SNP candidate Rosa Salih to lend her support and meet a Syrian family as they cast their ballots.

ix weeks of campaigning messages to just a few sentences. Scots across the country will head to the polling booths tomorrow, May 6, in what is being described as the most significant election since devolution in 1999.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross hit the campaign trail in Renfrewshire North and West in a bid to boost candidate Julie Pirone's election chances.As polling day draws ever closer, the pair were out and about in Renfrew over the weekend as Mrs Pirone continued her fight to become the constituency's first Tory MSP.Since the seat was first created in 2011, it has belonged to former SNP MSP Derek

Met Office warns of a bank holiday wash out across the country. Hopes of seeing off the long weekend with an al-fresco pint have been dashed by forecasts of torrential rain, which is expected to worsen by next week.

Line of Duty star Martin Compston has reveaked he hides his broad Scottish accent by getting someone to record his lines for him to listen to in English while he prepares for a scene. While appearing on the Jonathon Ross Show alongside co-star Vicky McClure, Ellie Simmonds, Ashley Banjo and Paul Weller, the Scottish actor revealed that maintaining the English accent for his character DS Steve Arnott was a tough ask.

Scottish Lib Dems have produced a mock cheque in Ross’ name which shows the cash windfall he would benefit from. Income tax rates and bands are a matter for the Scottish Parliament, with middle and higher income earners paying more than people south of the border.

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The same poll predicts that the Scottish Conservatives will return 32 MSPs, one more than in 2016. However there would still be a pro-independence majority at Holyrood, with the Scottish Greens forecast to return eight MSPs, two more than 2016.Ross said: “It is on a knife edge.

National Union of Students leaders' hustings last night where representatives from the main five parties discussed a range of issues. During the argument between Sturgeon and Ross, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar jumped in to say they weren't setting a good example for young people across the country by shouting at each other.

Douglas Ross ’ party supports doubling the Scottish Child Payment to £20 a week, but their Holyrood manifesto only commits them to the rise in 2025.

Douglas Ross claimed Scotland cannot rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic until the "threat" of a second referendum is removed. The Tory MP claimed today that Nicola Sturgeon would "wreck" the economy if she persisted with plans for an IndyRef2 while society was still grappling with the impact of covid.