Deputy first minister John Swinney to stand once again for election in Perthshire

Tom Grater International Film ReporterScottish actor John Fraser has died at the age of 89 after a battle with cancer, his family has said.Richard E. Grant was among those to pay tribute to the Dambusters and El Cid actor today, posting on twitter:My friend John Fraser has died at 89.

Janey Godley treatment. The Scots funny woman regularly has us in stitches with her hilarious takes on the world events.

education  secretary is under pressure to cancel next year's school exams after Wales decided to scrap them in full. John Swinney  has so far only confirmed limited plans to call off National 5 exams but press ahead with Highers for Scots pupils.

Nicola Sturgeon will make a statement to the Scottish Parliament later today on lockdown levels across the country.The First Minister and her Cabinet will this morning sign off the latest set of restrictions for all 32 local authority areas before they are announced at Holyrood this afternoon.Sturgeon warned Scots yesterday it was "unlikely" there will be an easing of restrictions in any part of the country - but some council areas could see them tightened.A five-tier framework to set local

independence could help safeguard the Union.

Such was the breadth of John Sessions’ talents that he could improvise a comedy sketch around random objects, dredge up the dates of birth and death for various historical figures in panel shows and played both Labour and Conservative Prime Ministers in hit feature films.A regular panellist on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and QI, Sessions loved facts, history and stories.

Janey Godley has left fans in stitches after recording a hilarious 'phone call with Donald Trump'. The Scots comedian posted a funny video of her pretending to get a call from the US president has he loses he American election.

Scroll down for all the latest updates on our live blog.Scots can carry on using the Protect Scotland coronavirus app on their phones when they travel to England and Wales.The development follows work to make it compatible in Northern Ireland and territories including Gibraltar.The software was designed to alert users if they have been in close contact with anyone who tested positive.Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the UK Treasury will fund furlough wage payments if Nicola Sturgeon puts Scotland

Janey Godley claims she has seen an image of Donald Trump's "angry face" in her old bath sheet. The Scots comedian made the bold statement in a tongue-in-cheek post on Twitter last night.

To get the latest news on the coronavirus, sign up to our  newsletter. Nicola Sturgeon today revealed details of a new five-tier system which will be used to decide how to implement local lockdowns from next month.The framework will be debated by MSPs next week before council areas are placed in one of the tiers as of November 2.But what do the five levels mean?A new official survey has revealed in Scotland an estimated 0.57% of people in private households had Covid-19 in the two weeks from

Nicola Sturgeon’s daily briefings – but she’s still skint.Janey’s career was already motoring before the crisis – after she welcomed Donald Trump to Scotland in 2018 with a placard that didn’t hold back in its language.And she had soldout two nights at the King’s Theatre in her home city of Glasgow when lockdown began.Those had to be axed, twice, and she hopes to put them on next year.But becoming a legend in her living room, with more than 40million hits for her spoof videos of the First

schoolboy who transformed into Nicola Sturgeon for Halloween got the seal of approval from the First Minister herself.The seven-year-old from North Lanarkshire donned his finest wig, heels and purple dress, complete with poppy badge, to dress up as the Ms Sturgeon for Halloween.In a short clip, the funnyman has a go at Scots comedian, Janey Godley's side-splitting voice overs of the coronavirus daily briefings that have gone down a storm wordwide.The 'wee star' from Coatbridge had the FM and

Students could return to Scottish universities after the Christmas holidays on a staggered basis to prevent another mass outbreak of Covid in halls of residence, John Swinney has suggested. The education secretary said ministers were "learning lessons" after campuses across the country saw cases of the virus soar after students first returned in September.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserA short consultation period including input from businesses will now take place ahead of a Scottish Parliament vote on Tuesday – after which decisions will be taken on which tier level will apply to each local authority area in Scotland, and will be reviewed weekly.Ms Sturgeon said: “This will allow a national approach if required but also means we don’t have to take a one-size-fits-all approach and parts of the country with low

new electric vehicle charging points being installed in Monklands and across the county.

Janey Godley? And what did she do before she started her hilarious Nicola Sturgeon voice overs? We took a look back at Janey's life, all the tough times she's been through and all her amazing achievements over the years.She wrote a book, raised money for charity and was recently filming something very exciting with actress Joanna Lumley.Janey Godley Currie was born in 1961 in Stirling and grew up up in Shettleston - she is the youngest of four children.She married her husband Sean Storrie in

John Souttar’s Achilles agony was made worse by lockdown and being unable to get the treatment he needed.The Hearts and Scotland centre back underwent surgery in August after suffering a relapse of the injury that originally occurred back in February.It has been a year of hell for the 24-year-old, who was forced off during the Jambos’ opening game of the 2019/20 season and wasn’t seen again until January after it was eventually diagnosed as damaged ankle ligaments.But just weeks after making his

Janey Godley had a go at people who refuse to wear face masks in her latest hilarious take on the First Minister's most recent coronavirus update. The comedian referenced a Scots woman who was removed from an EasyJet flight from Belfast to Edinburgh on Sunday for not pulling on a covering.

horror car crash in Glasgow. David Campbell, 54, and Allison Campbell, 51, died after their BMW smashed into the barrier on the M8 eastbound carriageway, near the junction with Great Western Road, on Sunday.