Gift box for new residents in Wishaw housing development helps to make move a little more special

Donald Trump has a fond memory of the late Sean Connery. The president took to Twitter on Sunday to pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday at the age of 90.

Instagram megastar Mario McKnight has spoken of the "struggles" he faced as a youngster at school in the 1990s.The popular Paisley ‘cleanfluencer’ told followers last night about the bullying and harrowing experiences which put him off his studies.The 36-year-old, who grew up in Ardrossan, revealed he had no interest in academics as a result of what he went through  - but he feels like it “toughened” him up to be the person he is today.He said: “I wasn’t that academic,  I had no interest in

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish Government will introduce a new five-tier coronavirus alert system from next month as a further 1,401 people were diagnosed with the disease.Regions will be designated Tier 0 (the least restrictive), Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 or Tier 4 (close to a full lockdown) from Monday, November 2.MSPs at Holyrood will vote on the plans with talks to take place

Christmas for their kids amid the coronavirus crisis claim they've been targeted by scammers.

Covid-19 outbreak at a Scottish care home. The deaths at the Charnwood Lodge Care Home in Dumfries triggered a deep clean and additional infection control measures.

link.With a mix of affordable and mid-market terraced housing, flats and retirement homes Law Place is a welcome addition to Link Group’s portfolio.The South Lanarkshire development helps address the growing demand for more high-quality homes across Scotland.The JR Group, one of Scotland’s leading building and construction firms, led the project on site from start to finish, taking over two years to complete with more than 100 people working on site at any one time.Phil McGinlay, managing

wedding venue told her guests her big day had been cancelled before she got the chance to do so. Jenna Campbell said she was furious when she found out staff at GG's Yard in Dumfries and Galloway had emailed several of her friends and family to say her wedding to partner James Paterson, which was due to take place on September 27, was no longer happening and had been rescheduled for February 2021.

Star Wars movie is to take place in the Highlands.A crew will be flying in to Scotland to capture shots of the snow-capped mountains and scenic views.Work will begin in December and is expected to last three days.Plot details of the upcoming movie are being kept under wraps, but New Zealander Taika Waititi will direct the film.He will also co-write with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who helped script the Oscar-nominated 1917 and Edgar Wright’s upcoming movie Last Night In Soho.A source said: “It’s great

terror at the top of Dundee ’s 33-metre big wheel as it spun backwards after a battery failure.

The sets are handmade in the soap company's Glasgow workshop and  all of the products organic and vegan - except for the lip balm which contains beeswax.

blaze on a bus that was driving on a busy Scots road. Firefighters were called to the B921 outside of Kinglassie, Fife, to reports of the vehicle ablaze on the dual carriageway earlier today.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine Meadow boss Colin Spence reckons Auchinleck Talbot’s absence will blow the WoSFL Premiership title race wide open.Spence was as stunned as anyone to learn his old team had withdrawn from this season’s competition.And while he admits they will be a massive miss from the new-set up he’s reckons it could lead to the one of the most exciting leagues in the country.“Talbot have been the strongest

“And we will have Moniaive poets responding to the evocative images of the late Scottish artist Silvana McClean.” All BIG LIT online events are free and available on www.biglit.org from October 16.

Mrs Hinch has revealed her Scottish fans are some of her favourites on Instagram and they have her in stitches every day. The much-loved cleanfluencer, real name Sophie Hinchcliffe, also hailed her male Scots equivalent Mario Mcknight a “phenomenal man” following his exciting mention in her new autobiography ‘This is Me’.

straight to your inboxArsenal look to have been dealt a blow ahead of their Premier League clash with Manchester City.Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is set to be without key defender Kieran Tierney for the showdown at the Etihad on Saturday, October 17.Tierney is currently away on international duty with Scotland, who face Israel on Thursday in a crucial Euro play-off semi-final.But the Scots' preparations have suffered a serious setback with the news that Stuart Armstrong has tested positive for

coronavirus linked to several deaths and 82 infections.The clusters are being probed at Redmill in East Whitburn, West Lothian, a residential home run by private firm HC1, and at Milford House in Edinburgh.NHS Lothian would only say there were fewer than five deaths, but the Record understands three residents have died.In Redmill Care Home, a total of 53 other residents and staff have been confirmed with Covid-19.

Carol Kirkwood is a firm viewer favourite.

coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The latest figures show there were 758 new coronavirus cases recorded overnight, bringing the total number of positive cases to 32,209 since the pandemic began.