Methven Post Office saluted for going the extra mile

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling

hereThe P2000 Archer Class Patrol Boat, along with HMS Charger and HMS Express, support University Royal Naval Units (URNUs).The trio of vessels have been in Northern Ireland waters this week on a training operation which also saw them off the west coast of Scotland.At just over 20 metres long, they are among the smallest vessels in the Navy’s fleet.At the start of the lockdown in March, they were in Wick on the north coast of Scotland and had to navigate around England to return to their base

cancer after she claims doctors hesitated to investigate her mole last year.Katie Davidson, 24, who used to visit tanning salons four to five times a week for six years, asked medics at Crosshouse hospital to cut off a strange new spot growing on her leg in the autumn 2019 because it's appearance made her feel insecure.She had been visiting the dermatology department at the hospital for an unrelated cyst condition at the time. But Katie said doctors told her not to remove the mole because she

lockdown - by offering Nicola Sturgeon style hair cuts.

restaurant and pub bills slashed in half when eating out. In a bid to kickstart the struggling hospitality industry, the government announced the new discount scheme to coax families out of lockdown.

alcohol in their system, there is a concern that the long-awaited reopening of pubs could result in a sudden surge in devastating fires.Even at the best of times cooking can be hard to manage and when you have been drinking alcohol the risk of having an accident increases as your coordination decreases, the LFB said.Many people drunkenly stick a pizza in the oven or some sausages in a pan and then fall asleep only to be woken by their smoke alarm.For those without a smoke alarm such incidents

Chancellor Rishi Sunak made the announcement during his summer statement on Wednesday and said the "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme would provide 50 per cent off - up to a maximum of £10 per head - meals at participating businesses across the UK. Restaurants, cafes and pubs have been severely affected by the coronavirus lockdown, with many staff placed on the UK Government's Job Retention Scheme.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.One more than Covid-19 related death was recorded in West Dunbartonshire in the past week.According to National Records for Scotland figures, published today, the area registered one additional Covid linked death in the week ending July 5.The death was registered in a hospital setting, and takes the total number of fatalities linked to the conditional locally to 124.

weather warning is issued for large parts of the country on Sunday. The Met Office is warning of potential disruption to travel and power supplies across the central belt between midnight and 4pm tomorrow morning.

dog owners are being warned of the dangers of coastline walks as the country's lockdown restrictions continue to lift. RNLI Anstruther Lifeboat issued the warning on Friday as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Scots that more rules and guidelines would be lifted or eased, as we continue to suppress coronavirus.

stabbing attack.Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said officers arrived at the Park Inn hotel within two minutes of the 999 call following reports of “armed attacks”.He said: “All the officers who attended faced a dynamic and traumatic set of circumstances.“The incident, through their professionalism, was quickly contained.”The police chief made his comments as he addressed a Scottish Police Authority meeting yesterday but said he was limited as to how much he could say as there are two ongoing

shared a heartbreaking message online just one hour before a fatal fire at his home.John, known as bulb, was reported missing after the inferno tore through his property in Ewart Drive in the North Lanarkshire town, in the early hours of Saturday.Pals launched a frantic search for the popular 38-year-old, who had not been seen since the blaze, before detectives confirmed they had found a body within the collapsed building on Sunday.Police Scotland have confirmed formal identification is still to

Police Scotland was an “epiphany” in his career as he spoke in the wake of riots sparked by the death of George Floyd.Chitwood said he had been heavily influenced by a trip to Scotland in 2015 where he was trained in techniques aimed at reducing the use of force and firearms.He was one of dozens of US law enforcement officials who spent several days at Tulliallan, Police Scotland’s training centre and headquarters near Stirling.He said: “It was an epiphany to sit there and watch.

lockdown that has cost the business £1.5billion.Hundreds of shoppers flocked to high streets across the country to queue in the rain from the early hours of the morning as restrictions lifted.Primark stores with outside entrances are finally being allowed to swing open their doors, while those in shopping centres with no street exits will reopen from July 13.The retail giant has taken lessons from its experiences so far, after already reopening stores in Italy, Germany, France, the US, Portugal