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The council’s Building Services team has provided an update for tenants and customers on how elements of the service will be reintroduced following updated guidance from the Scottish Government.During the lockdown, Building Services continued to deliver essential services to tenants, including emergency critical repairs including gas repairs, work in void properties, reduced enhanced estates management service to communal blocks and the completion of gas services.The service will now be able to

Schools in South Ayrshire will return with a “soft start” on August 12, council chiefs have confirmed.Education chief, Douglas Hutchison, said attempts to fully reopen that day may prove beyond reach.It follows a move to scrap the planned policy of blended learning, which came just days before the start of the school summer holidays.“Schools will now work to make a number of changes before pupils return,” said Mr Hutchison.But he added that the “late announcement from the Scottish Government”

takeaway in favour of early morning deliveries as grub habits have shifted during lockdown It's no surprise that food deliveries have soared during the crisis after restaurants, cafes and pubs were forced to close their shutters and turned to deliveries to feed hungry customers.But takeaway fans have been reaching for the breakfast menu with early morning meals and lunches being the more popular choice, according to new data by Just Eat.Scots veering away from evening meal deliveries are now

Police have swooped on a Glasgow street in an ongoing incident.

A Kilmarnock street has been sealed off as emergency services deal with an ongoing incident.Police, Scottish Fire and Rescue and the Scottish Ambulance Service are all currently at Culzean Crescent.An eye-witness says that the street has been closed in both directions to let the emergency services deal with the incident.A huge smoke plume could be seen pouring into the sky too.Scottish Fire and Rescue have been contacted for comment.More to follow.

Cops probing two separate suspected attacks in the same Scots street within minutes of each other are treating them as hate crimes. A 16-year-old boy and a 51-year-old were reportedly assaulted in Grahams Road, Falkirk, on Saturday evening.

charged in connection with an attempted murder after another boy was hospitalised following an alleged assault on a Scots street. A 16-year-old was allegedly set upon in an attack on Boydfield Gardens, Prestwick on Saturday at 8.35pm.

Vaccines- Over-50s first in the queue Matt Hancock set out who could be first in line for a coronavirus vaccine if one is proven to be effective. Priority would be given to frontline health and social care workers, the over-50s and those with heart and kidney disease.

recycling centre. Stuart Urquhart, from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, had been dropping off rubbish at Stobhill Recycling Centre in Gorebridge on June 5 when the gold loop slipped off his finger.

teenage boy has been arrested after an alleged assault on another teen in Dunbartonshire. Officers from Police Scotland have charged a 15-year-old following an incident at around 6pm on Sunday, June 14 at the skate park area of Lennox Park in Milngavie.We previously told how cops were called to the scene.

Scotland's “test and protect” system. Both have the same purpose - to find everyone that people who test positive for coronavirus have been in touch with and get them to self-isolate.

coronavirus test which caused a scare last week, took the 5pm press conference.

slave owners are still present in the country.Humza Yousaf questioned the practice and said taking them down is a conversation “worth engaging in”.He made his comments after protesters in Bristol pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th century slave trader.The bronze memorial to Edward Colston, situated in the city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left the city's College Green and later dumped into Bristol harbour.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your

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A former top flight goalkeeper was allegedly stabbed in the street moments after a road crash near his home.

Police have sealed off a residential street this evening after an alleged disturbance, which has left one man in hospital.

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