Employment rate in Scotland drops as calls grow for furlough extension

Highlands during the early hours of this morning. Emergency crews raced to the one-vehicle crash on the A836 in Castletown’s Main Street.

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

Glasgow closed after a horror smash between two cars.Emergency services were called to the scene of the two-car crash, which took place near junction 16 around 1.05pm on Saturday Mach 13.One person involved was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.Traffic Scotland tweeted that Lanes 2 and 3 closed on the M8 westbound due to the collision.Officers have since confirmed all lanes have been since been re-opened.A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "We received a report of a two-car crash on the M8

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.

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

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.

iOS and Android.Across the UK, the figure is 124,261 as of last night.The number of positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has risen by 32 to 15,537.There are five people, within the health board's region, in intensive care with confirmed COVID-19 which is the same figure for the eighth day in a row.In addition, the number of people in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight was 75 which is down three from yesterday.A total of 205,108 positive tests have been

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Scots road yesterday.Emergency services were called to the A980 at Raemoir in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, after the driver of a Mitsubishi Canter truck left the road at around 12.20pm.

Perth, has been fined £750 and disqualified for 14 months at the Sheriff Court.Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Hardy was clocked at 132mph - nearly double the 70 limit - during pitch black conditions on the Perth-Edinburgh motorway, at Craigend.He will also have to re-sit the extended driving test before he can get back behind the wheel of his black Audi A4 Avant Quattro, which had the personalised number plate RY04HDY.It was one of the highest speeds ever recorded on a Scottish road.He admitted

crashing into each other on a Scots road.Emergency services raced to the scene after the cars crashed on the A70 in Ayrshire, between Coylton and Coalhall.Fire crews battled the blaze and footage from the scene shows the huge fireball as stunned onlookers watched in awe.The inferno can be seen ahead as emergency workers and pedestrian vehicles are forced to stop further down the street.Huge plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the wreckage.Yesterday we told how a hero cop charged towards

fireball on an Ayrshire road tonight.The officer ran in the direction of two burning cars which had just been involved in a crash outside Coylton.Both vehicles were engulfed in flames with footage emerging online of the police ditching their vehicles before running towards the flames.The crash took place shortly after 6pm on the A70 between Coylton and nearby Coalhall.Traffic has been stopped in both directions with large tailbacks being reported through Coylton.Diversions have been set up by

Ayrshire tonight. Pictures of the vehicle ablaze have emerged online, with the car on fire on the A70 between Coalhall and Cumnock.Police are currently on scene stopping traffic from leaving the nearby village of Coylton.Traffic is also being prevented from travelling in the opposite direction.Fire crews are currently en route to the scene.Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.

Get the latest Falkirk news sent straight to your inbox with our newsletterStirling has the second highest Covid-19 infection rate in Scotland.Only Falkirk has a higher rate of transmission with Clackmannanshire not far behind in fourth.The latest figures published by Public Health Scotland show a seven-day rate of 153.9 per 100,000 (February 20 - 26) in Stirling.The average rate in Scotland over those seven days was 84.3 per 100,000 and was highest in Falkirk at a rate of 172.2 per

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Dundee road and speeding over the top of a roundabout.Dashcam footage shows the moment a terrified motorist was flanked by the reckless group on Fountainbleau Drive yesterday.The bikers were seen pulling dangerous wheely moves and tearing up grassy verges as they sped down the road.The video begins with the motorist making his way along the route which is near to a playground.Suddenly, a motorcyclist balancing on his back wheel emerges on the right hand side.He speeds past signs urging drivers

Emergency services raced to the scene after the two vehicles collided on the B794 near Haugh of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway.Police sealed off the area and two men and two women were taken to hospital for treatment.Officers advised drivers to avoid the area at around 5pm, but the road has now reopened.