Fire crews rush to blaze in Aberdeen city centre

Aberdeen council leader claimed Glasgow escaped a harsher lockdown because it is a "Yes city". Tory Douglas Lumsden suggested it all came down to independence and central belt bias in an angry backlash on social media after Nicola Sturgeon imposed restrictions on the city.

ire crews raced to tackle a blaze in Dunfermline last night. Two fire engines were deployed to Whitemyre Court, in the Rumbling area of the Fife town, at around 10pm after reports of a shed on fire.

murder after a block of flats in Aberdeen was set on fire. The blaze ripped through the building in Printfield Terrace in the Hilton area of the city on Sunday, July 26.

Edinburgh Waverley Station in response to an ongoing incident. A number of streets have been sealed off and trains may be delayed as a result of the incident.

Aberdeen today. Two riot vans, one police car and officers were spotted on Jasmine Terrace, just off King Street on Sunday morning, August 23.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Edinburgh TV Festival’s advisory chair Patrick Holland has said that this year’s event has been transformed into a popup television channel after the industry’s annual trip to Scotland was scotched by the coronavirus pandemic.Holland, whose day job is running BBC Two and BBC Four, said he and the festival’s full-time team have curated a four-day event in the same way he shapes the schedules of the channels he oversees.

Glasgow. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to the scene of the blaze on Govan Road  just before 9pm on Monday August 17.

Death Row inmate Kenny Richey has been jailed for 12 years in the US after being found guilty of threatening a former judge. The Scot made threats towards Randall Basinger in videos posted on Facebook last year.

EasyJet will ‘provide flexibility’ to Scots looking to fly to and from Aberdeen amid renewed lockdown restrictions. The budget airline currently allows customers to change their flights free of charge up to 14 days before the flight.A charge of £32 will be applied outside of those 14 days.

fundraiser has been launched for the family of a 12-year-old girl who tragically died in a Scots river last night.Emergency services raced to the River Leven in Balloch at around 6.45pm on Sunday after reports of three youngsters in difficulty in the water near Balloch Bridge.The body of Ava Gray, from Alexandria, was recovered in the West Dunbartonshire town at round 9.45pm.The other two youths, a boy and a girl, managed to get themselves out of the water.Devastated friends and family have been

coronavirus transmission is lost, according to Scotland's national clinical director. Jason Leitch urged parents to be "cautious" but not "overly worried" about the return of pupils to class, which is to begin across the country from Tuesday.

Edinburgh.A heavy police presence was seen on Princes Street around 9pm this evening, with a number multiple marked vehicles visible at the scene.Officers confirmed they were in attendance at a disturbance which saw the trio cuffed.Further details surrounding the circumstances of the disturbance are currently unknown.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We can confirm officers were in attendance after being called to reports of a disturbance on Princes Street this evening."Three people have

Rishi Sunak has ruled out any extra Treasury support for lockdown in Aberdeen or other areas in Scotland that might go into local lockdown because of coronavirus clusters. At the beginning of a visit to Scotland, the Chancellor said the Rishi’s dishes scheme will not be extended in Aberdeen where restaurants are closed during for part of the month of August the discount offer covers.

Aberdeen has woken up to its first full day of lockdown after tighter restrictions were imposed by the Scottish Government. The streets of the Granite City were left completely empty as all bars and restaurants shut their doors at 5pm on Wednesday evening.Nicola Sturgeon enforced Scotland’s first local lockdown after a spike in cases emerged in the city over the course of the week.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/no-plans-impose-lanarkshire-lockdown-22398658Aberdeen residents woke up this morning to being back in lockdown as the first local crackdown is implemented in Scotland.Bars, cafes and restaurants in the city have shut for at least seven days and more than 228,000 residents were told they can't enter each other's homes or travel further than five miles.Following the outbreak at the Sitel call centre last month, where staff members were advised to

Douglas Ross has made a gaffe within hours of becoming Scottish Tory leader after effectively conceding defeat at the next Holyrood election.He said after the election he hoped to lead a “strong” Tory party that would provide “opposition” to the SNP.SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said: “This is a gaffe royale, even by Douglas Ross’ standards. He has conceded defeat before the election has even been called yet.

coronavirus cases than Aberdeen - where strict lockdown measures are being reimposed. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that restaurants and pubs must shut after 54 new cases emerged in a coronavirus cluster in the Aberdeen City Council area.

coronavirus cluster, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today.

Douglas Ross has been confirmed as the new leader of the Scottish Tories after being the only person nominated for the job. He will lead the party while ex leader Ruth Davidson takes on Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister’s Questions.