How to build the perfect snowman as snow blankets large parts of Scotland

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.We’ve just had Paisley gin — and now we have Paisley towels!Talented Margaret McGregor Oliver, another entrepreneurial Buddie, has created a luxury brand during lockdown.And like Tear Drop gin, Love Towels also gives a full nod to Paisley’s pattern and the thread heritage.Her fluffy bath linen and spa quality dressing gowns feature the famous tear drop pattern.Margaret,56, also includes a booklet on the

Alva. The terrifying incident happened on Stirling Street at about 8.45 last night.

NHS staff. Carol Ether was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on December 29 by ambulance and was so ill she required a blood transfusion.

broadband customers in Scotland have been left without internet this afternoon following a service outage. Customers in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Irvine have all been left with service problems, which resulted in many flocking to Twitter to complain.

Kilwinning in a bid to help families through lockdown.Woodwynd 's Wee Shoap aims to bridge the gap between more expensive supermarkets and food banks by offering 'friendly, dignified and affordable food support for families and residents.'For just £3 a visit, residents will be able to snap up a choice of food, including fresh produce and personal hygeine products, up to the value of £15.The venture, which opens at Woodwynd Hall on Monday, January 25, is the brainchild of community group ACES

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been another 1,307 cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland as the nation's virus death toll endured another substantial rise today.Figures have been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 76 patients, including six from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting Covid which means 5,704

Scotland’s legal system as the thug prepares for his early release from prison.Record Online revealed earlier today how Michael McCash - known as Mikie - who was caged for a horrific eight-year campaign of domestic abuse is set to be released later this month.The cocky gym-bunny, 29, is to be freed less than halfway through his jail sentence.The Dundee thug was labelled a ‘modern-day Jekyll and Hyde’ after subjecting four former girlfriends to shockingly violent attacks.He was originally jailed

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A new home could be created in part of an old bank building in Callander.Craigower Estates Ltd have submitted an application to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park planners seeking a partial change of use of the former Royal Bank of Scotland at 55 Main Street.Recently the Observer told how Callander Community Development Trust (CCDT) directors had sought to purchase the larger building to turn it into a

Ayrshire area has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Scotland.The very latest data shows that the zone 'Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural' has a positive case rate of more than 800 per 100,000 in the last seven days.That's after the area recorded 37 cases in the 4,621 population in the past week.The high number of cases puts the zone among Scotland's worst hit Covid areas at the moment.The area is eighth-worst in Scotland at the moment.Another Ayrshire region - 'Girvan Ailsa' -

Covid deaths. The BBC reports the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's dedicated Covid-19 Death Investigation Team (CDIT) is probing the circumstances of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes across the country.

Scottish Government has published the latest weekly coronavirus data as the country enters into its third week of lockdown.

Joanna Lumley and filmed in Scotland. The movie, due for release in 2021, follows Australian actress Danielle Macdonald who leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley plays renowned but terrifying singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop who gives intense vocal training lessons.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran hospitals has fallen for the first time in five days.But the deadly disease has claimed the lives of a further 12 people from Ayrshire, according to new Scottish Government statistics.Latest figures show 225 people are currently battling the disease in hospitals within the health board region.That's down 12 on the previous days number of 237.

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weather forecast for the fortnight in the UK beginning from February 3. Experts say that low pressure is likely to bring an ‘increased risk’ of snowfall in the the north of the country.