Monklands' MSPs respond to new lockdown

Ayrshire has recorded a fresh spike in coronavirus hospital patient numbers in the past 24 hours. A total of 235 people are currently battling COVID-19 in NHS Ayrshire & Arran wards, Public Health Scotland data shows — a rise of six from yesterday.

family home just days before Christmas has been caught on camera. Ailie and Tori Gray screamed with delight after realising the family had moved into a three-bedroom house in Kirkliston, near Edinburgh, on December 22.

drug deaths.The solemn gesture came as Labour’s health spokesperson Monica Lennon demanded an immediate £20 million package to fund residential rehab in Scotland.That sum, which would match the entire budget of the Scottish Drug Deaths Task Force, reflects the high cost if such treatment, which has been all but abandoned in Scotland in recent years.New drugs policy minister Angela Constance pledged to secure enough funding to bring Scotland’s shoddy rehab services - currently funding a meagre 22

Ayrshire.

Citizens Advice Scotland is encouraging people to ‘save your energy’ as the charity launches its Big Energy Saving Month 2021 campaign. The campaign launches amid dropping temperatures across Scotland, as well as concerns of increasing energy costs as more people stay at home to comply with increased coronavirus restrictions.

Nicola Sturgeon announced click and collect services will be restricted to essential services only, such as clothes, homeware, baby equipment and books. Takeaway services will have to be offered through a hatch to stop people coming indoors.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser“It is important that we continue to provide quality learning and education for all our children and young people without widespread disruption to their learning, but it is vital that we do this within appropriate environments and with hygiene and physical distancing guidance in place to reduce the risk of transmission of coronavirus.“The change in guidance from the Scottish Government will make care and support for our children

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Scotland has been entered back into tough new lockdown restrictions with orders for people to stay at home and only leave for essential purposes.As usual, many Scots faced the grim news with their trademark humour, and thankfully Scottish Twitter has been on hand to offer a bit of light relief.Telling us what the First Minister was really thinking. How you really

TUI has cancelled all holidays due to fly out of Scotland in January amid the new coronavirus lockdown. The airline firm said that it came to the decision in line with “international travel restrictions”.Travel in and out of Scotland is currently banned under new lockdown restrictions imposed from midnight today.Scots will only be able to fly in and out of Scotland if it is for an essential purpose - such as providing care or attending a funeral.

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.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserMs Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament at a specially-recalled session this afternoon: “We are now seeing a steeply rising trend of infections – I am more worried now than at any time since March last year.”She also noted that NHS Lanarkshire is one of three health boards currently operating at above 60 per cent of their capacity, and told how the number of Covid patients nationally “is now close to the April peak”.The First

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterMainland Scotland will go into a full national lockdown from midnight in a bid to get to grips with the rising number of coronavirus cases.The grim news was delivered by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this afternoon at the Scottish Parliament after MSPs were recalled for an emergency sitting.She described the current Covid situation as "extremely serious" with decisions made at a cabinet

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.

fast-spreading form of coronavirus, first detected earlier this month.In a statement at Holyrood, she said: "This new strain appears to be fast becoming the dominant one circulating in Scotland - and that is obviously a cause for real concern, given that it is thought to be significantly more transmissible."As I indicated before Christmas, the severity of this challenge means we can't rule out the need for restrictions that are even tighter than those in the current level 4."Sturgeon spoke after

SNP, Scottish Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs voted to refuse “consent” to the Bill linked to the agreement.