First minister under fire for being "oblivious" to care home COVID crisis in Perth and Kinross

Scottish Conservative leader insisted he was "in it to win it" when asked if he had any chance of ousting Nicola Sturgeon in May 2021.

East Kilbride councillor who is monitoring the success of the UK Government’s pilot testing scheme in Liverpool.

East Kilbride say they fear for their future with Lanarkshire plunged into lockdown this week.

East Kilbride has been plunged into a second lockdown.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Level four lockdown will be coming to Lanarkshire from Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.Businesses including hospitality, salons, gyms, hairdressers and non-essential retail will have to close when the new restrictions come into effect at 6am on Friday, November 20.For three weeks, Lanarkshire will be put into the highest level of restrictions used by the Scottish Government before being

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Level four lockdown will be coming to Lanarkshire from Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.Businesses including hospitality, salons, gyms, hairdressers and non-essential retail will have to close when the new restrictions come into effect at 6am on Friday, November 20.For three weeks, Lanarkshire will be put into the highest level of restrictions used by the Scottish Government before being

Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to keep schools open in the west of Scotland even in council areas placed at level four.The First Minister today gave her strongest indication yet that several local authorities will this week be moved into the Government's highest level of lockdown - meaning thousands of non-essential businesses will be forced to close.But both primary and high schools will stay open to ensure youngsters can still attend class.It comes as the country's biggest teaching union, the EIS,

Perth and Kinross pupils have had to self-isolate after positive COVID cases at their schools in just six days earlier this month - including nearly 100 at one school alone.

coronavirus  vaccine could be available in Scotland, she hopes people will start receiving jabs before the end of 2020 or "certainly very early next year". Her comments at the Scottish Parliament came after drugs manufacturer Pfizer revealed earlier in the week that its  Covid-19 vaccine  is more than 90% effective at preventing the virus.

Matt Gaetz, a Republican congressman from Florida, is being called out for the series of emojis he posted in response to a photo posted by Tiffany Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Neil Bibby MSP has challenged the Scottish Government to hold an inquiry into covid care homes “now, not later”.The West of Scotland MSP reiterated his call for a public inquiry days after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of the probe getting underway immediately.The motion was agreed after government officials last week told the Express that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had always committed to an

the Herald newspaper. Earlier this week First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that Lanarkshire will remain in the tier 3 category, but did not rule out a move to tier 4 in the future.The Reformer reported earlier this month that teaching unions in Lanarkshire have called for a return to blended learning, with some pupils taught from home, if the case numbers worsened.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Renfrewshire families have been warned to adhere to coronavirus restrictions or face entering a level four lockdown.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Renfrewshire was one of a handful of local authority areas that had been giving her cause for concern following a spike in new cases.Speaking at Holyrood this afternoon, Ms Sturgeon said the next week would be “crucial” for the region.She said: “There are

a competition to come up with puns for their gritter fleet.And one suggestion on Facebook got a lot of backing from the public.When the Hamilton Advertiser reported on the council competition, Barry Martin took to our page with the ‘Mar-grit Ferrier’ suggestion.And so far, he has picked up almost 50 ‘likes’ for his post.However, the council won’t be going for it as the competition is only open to school pupils.Last year’s competition for South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads department saw Gritter

lockdown.The vaccine, being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, has been found to be 90% effective in preventing people from getting Covid-19.It has already been tested on 43,500 people, with no safety concerns raised. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the news and hailed it a "light at the end of the tunnel".

Nicola Sturgeon will make a statement to the Scottish Parliament later today on lockdown levels across the country.The First Minister and her Cabinet will this morning sign off the latest set of restrictions for all 32 local authority areas before they are announced at Holyrood this afternoon.Sturgeon warned Scots yesterday it was "unlikely" there will be an easing of restrictions in any part of the country - but some council areas could see them tightened.A five-tier framework to set local

independence could help safeguard the Union.

Scroll down for all the latest updates on our live blog.The First Minister is asked whether travel guidance will be changed at tomorrow’s review.She says she can’t make an update just now - but adds people living under level three restrictions will continue to be told not to travel to other council areas.

Scroll down for all the latest updates on our live blog.Scots can carry on using the Protect Scotland coronavirus app on their phones when they travel to England and Wales.The development follows work to make it compatible in Northern Ireland and territories including Gibraltar.The software was designed to alert users if they have been in close contact with anyone who tested positive.Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the UK Treasury will fund furlough wage payments if Nicola Sturgeon puts Scotland