'It's a Loch Doon!' The best Scottish Twitter reactions to the new lockdown

indyref2 was extended to “anyone who believes in democracy in Scotland.” The Scottish Government’s preferred option for securing another referendum is based on a joint agreement with the UK Government. This was the basis of the 2014 referendum, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will not consent to another vote.Over the weekend, it emerged that the SNP’s plan B involves the Scottish Parliament organising its own referendum.

coronavirus death recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. However, this figure is lower due to Register Offices being closed at weekends.

Ryan Porteous’ life and on Saturday he's hoping it will be the venue for a third.Mind you, he’s got his mum to thank for making sure one of the first two didn’t go pear shaped.The Hibs centre back was still at school when his boyhood heroes won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years back in 2016 and was in the crowd when David Gray scored the last minute header to beat Rangers and spark a mass pitch invasion that turned ugly.Porteous, on the Hibs books as a part-timer back then, might

Burns Night has become synonymous with haggis as the main dish, those who aren't big fans of Scotland's national dish still have plenty of options. In fact, there are a load of great mains for a Burns Supper menu that are just as tasty.From delicious veggie and vegan options to meaty dishes that will satisfy even the fussiest of eaters, here are some alternative recipes for those who don't love haggis.The ideal replacement for your main, you can keep the neeps and tatties as your sides too.

Sam Heughan upping the action for his latest role after the actor revealed the first images from the set of his new film.The Scot is starring as Special Forces operator Tom Buckingham in an upcoming action thriller based on one of Andy McNab’s bestselling novels. SAS: Red Notice sees Heughan play a suspended special forces operator who is taking his girlfriend from London to Paris to propose.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.An NHS hero and the woman behind two of Scotland’s biggest weapons in fight against Covid has become Dunbartonshire’s new Lord Lieutenant.Mrs Jill Young MBE who masterminded the Louisa Jordan Hospital and helped established the Covid-19 testing programme takes over as the first female and non-military holder of the Office of HM Lord Lieutenant for the area.She succeeds Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE.Mrs

weather. The alarming discovery was made in Uig on the Isle of Lewis yesterday before emergency services were called to the scene.

Covid-19 vaccination drive will see more than 5,000 NHS staff get their virus jab today. Health and social care staff are booked to be vaccinated at NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital to stop the spread of coronavirus.

humour. With 2021 not getting off to the best start, Scottish Twitter has been there to take up the slack and provide a little light relief.

Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are teaming up to embark on the trip of a lifetime. 

River City star Iain Robertson started hillwalking because he didn’t want to look “like a kind of weirdo” walking around Glasgow parks on his own. The 39-year-old, who also starred in the gang film Small Faces and appeared in Grange Hill, took to the Scottish hills almost four years ago after the death of his beloved dog, Lightning.

Veganuary event, it seems more and more people are embracing plant-based food.

drinkers planning to take part this year, according to Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind the initiative.

coronavirus have been reported in Scotland over the past 24 hours. Nicola Sturgeon announced the grim statistics today taking the total number who have tested positive since the start of the pandemic to 139,027.

Scotland is heading back into lockdown from midnight, with schools being closed to pupils until at least February 1, all non-essential businesses shutting and the “stay at home” message once again becoming a legal requirement. The new restrictions, which will be in place throughout the month of January, have been imposed in response to rising coronavirus rates caused by the new and more transmissible strain of the infection.

love '. Dale McLaughlan splashed out £5,500 on the watercraft to be reunited to with his girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe, who he had only met just weeks earlier.