Drivers told to expect disruption due to roadworks on section of the A9 in Perthshire

Nicola Sturgeon is due to hold a coronavirus briefing today and is expected to make a update on rising infections in pockets of Scotland.During a briefing scheduled for Friday, May 28, the First Minister is set to make a decision on the situation in Glasgow, which is currently the only area at Level 3 restrictions.Other areas of Scotland have also seen rising infections including East Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire, with the latter now overtaking Glasgow with the highest case rate.Sturgeon is

Dundee Sheriff Court was told on Thursday that McGhie had been forced to move home because the image went viral and caused a furious public reaction. Solicitor Lee Qumsieh, defending, said: "His position is that there was a challenge going round on social media - on Instagram - involving similar images to the one you have seen.

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supermarket Lidl has lost out in a legal battle with Scots gin giants Hendrick’s. Lidl is no longer allowed to sell a revamped version of its own gin after changing the label, bottle and strength of the drink.Hendrick’s owners - William Grant & Sons Irish Brands Limited - claimed the supermarket's Hampstead gin looked too similar to their own and breached trademarks.

Perthshire were sorry to learn the youngest of the three chicks that recently hatched at Dunkeld has died. Nature has taken its course with the third chick which appeared on Saturday succumbing after not being strong enough to survive competition from its older siblings.

Dunkeld, and her sister Morven Sayer spent days planning their show of support for St Johnstone FC in the Scottish Cup final. Lindsey ordered a blow-up replica of the cup off Amazon, blue and white balloons and even had a special banner printed up for the big day.

teen killed in a car crash warns that many Scots who speed 'won't live to tell the tale'. Beth Gilbert's daughter Jane was just 16 when she died following a horror smash in July 2013.

Glasgow park earlier. Officers taped off Queen's Park this afternoon and several police cars were seen in attendance.

antisemitic abuse is on the rise after being fuelled by the Israel and Palestine conflict. Lucinda Bathie was told to ‘go and gas yourself’ on social media after she called for calm last week as a pro-Palestine protest took place in the city on Sunday.

Perthshire beef and sheep farmers are alarmed at talk of a tariff-free trade agreement with Australia, and possibly New Zealand, which they say could hit high-quality UK producers.

doctors gave him just a 20 per cent chance of survival and advised his mum many times to terminate. His tiny heart and lungs were being crushed by his intestines, which had escaped through a hole in his abdominal wall and into his chest cavity.

murdering a mum-of-two in her home claimed he was told about her death by another person. David Hose, 30, allegedly killed Kirsty Robertson, 29, at the house in Ayr, South Ayrshire, on October 20, 2019.

There’s excitement in the air — and a whole lot of movies lined up — across the UK and France as cinemas are set to reopen in both markets this week after roughly seven months of darkened screens. Below we take a look at how the situation is shaping up in these majors.

Perth Sheriff Court that Police Scotland obtained a search warrant for his home after receiving ‘confidential information’ that indecent images of children might be held on devices there.

Glasgow has sparked concern just days before the city is to move down to lockdown Level 2. Some postcodes are experiencing a "cluster" of infections thought to be linked to the Indian variant, causing case rates to be above the benchmark for easing restrictions.Nicola Sturgeon admitted there was a level of concern about the number of new cases and said the Scottish Government is currently keeping an eye on the situation.

shopkeeper has told how his only worry was breaking his glasses as he pounced on a robber who was holding a gun to his face. Keiran Pearson, 28, was today jailed for five years and four months after he fled empty-handed when Zaheer Babar disarmed him, before instructing him to put his hands up and leave.

First Minister said Scotland will adopt a 'green list' to allow people to travel to and from certain destinations without having to quarantine. The traffic light system - similar to the one announced by Boris Johnson in England - will come into effect from Monday, May 17.

Perthshire’s links with Russia. On Saturday, May 8, the Errol Memorial Stone was the scene of Russian-Scottish WWII remembrance gestures to mark the handsome boulder’s first VE Day in situ at Errol Parish Churchyard.