Figures show the 10 areas of West Dunbartonshire where Covid-19 is suppressed

Line of Duty actor Kelly Macdonald claims she gets as confused as viewers by all the quirky abbreviations on the hit cop show. Fans have already admitted they've spent ages looking up terms like CHIS, OCG, MIT and ARU after watching the gritty drama, which also stars fellow Scot Martin Compston.

Jason Manford is filming in Glasgow for his new quiz show and joked about receiving anal Covid-19 swabs. The comedian, from Salford, has been in Scotland over the past few weeks as he hosts his brand new general knowledge show Unbeatable, which will air on BBC One later this year.

Child Disability Payment will be open in three pilot areas for new claims from July 26, 2021. Families of children with a disability or long-term health condition living in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles who need financial support will be able to apply for the new Social Security Scotland benefits.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Average house prices in West Dunbartonshire have risen by more than seven percent over the last year, however the area is now the cheapest in Scotland in which to buy a property.Data published last week by chartered surveyors Walker Fraser Steele shows that the average price of a property in the area increased from £128,290 to £137,446 between January 2020 and January 2021.That rise was lower than other

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Business leaders welcomed indicative dates over lockdown easing as hairdressers, non-essential retailers, pubs, restaurants and cafes all prepare to reopen next month.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week outlined a route back to recovery which will include the stay at home message being replaced with stay local guidance from early April.Scotland-wide travel will again be permitted from April 26 with most

Love Island through Tinder for the first time. The popular dating app has teamed up with the hit ITV2 reality show ahead of its long-awaited return to our screens later this year.

TV production company behind Love It or List It are looking for couples and families from Scotland to feature in the show. The Channel 4 programme sees property experts turned telly presenters Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, who are also behind the popular Location, Location, Location show, seek to settle property dilemmas by offering participants two options.

Child Disability Payment is a new benefit from Social Security Scotland that is replacing Disability Allowance Child (DLA Child) in 2021. The new benefit will provide additional financial support to children and young people with disabilities, as well as their families, to help with the additional costs they incur as a result of having a long-term health condition.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A SNP councillor has accused a Scottish Conservative MSP of making “misleading” remarks in relation to figures showing fewer beds have been made available to patients at Perth Royal Infirmary over the last few years.Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale said he was “utterly appalled” when he read Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser’s take on figures showing 1700 fewer beds were made available to

Scotland this year have been revealed, with the average houses price reaching under £65,000, according to new data.New research by Zoopla, the UK’s most comprehensive property destination, has confirmed the most affordable towns and cities for buyers in the UK - along with what areas have seen the biggest improvements.Towns in historic Ayrshire dominate the rankings, with Kilbirnie and Cumnock coming in first and second place, with the average house prices in these areas £76,303 and £77,414

coronavirus cases in Falkirk are continuing to fall, according to new figures.For weeks, the area was Scotland's biggest infected area, before dropping to the second place last week and now it sits third on the table today.Clackmannanshire has the highest seven-day Covid infection rate as a further 691 new cases of the disease were confirmed nationally. Data has been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in West Dunbartonshire has plummeted below the national average, with the virus now classed as ‘suppressed’ in six local neighbourhoods.The latest Public Health Scotland data, which runs until March 6, paints the most positive outlook in months locally - with West Dunbartonshire dropping from Scotland’s third worst hit council area to 17th.According to the