New weekly Covid cases rise in Lanarkshire ahead of schools going back

coronavirus in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government released the latest figures this afternoon, revealing no new deaths in the same time frame.

Ruth Davidson’s mug appears on the front page of a Tory flyer while the part-time referee only appears inside.Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “Douglas Ross is used to spending time on the sidelines - but it’s now clear even his own party thinks he should be put on the subs bench.”It appears Ross is living in the shadow of high-profile Davidson, who also used to be leader but has quit the Scottish Parliament to take a seat in the House of Lords.A leaflet landing through

Covid Five. First team trio Bongani Zungu, Nathan Patterson, Calvin Bassey and kids Dapo Mebude and Brian Kinnear were given six match suspensions earlier in the week.

Nicola Sturgeon voiceovers. This time, the Glaswegian star has now taken the chance to have a little fun with the Scottish leaders’ debate held earlier this week.

the First Minister due to her demands for a second independence referendum while at the same time calling on Labour to help the Conservatives protect the union. The leaders clashed during a lively BBC debate that was dominated by the constitution and how the country can recover from months of gruelling lockdown.On the issue of independence, Ross told Sarwar: "I wonder why Scottish Labour can't understand the threat we are facing.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.MPs and MSPs of every major political party have united in their support for Women’s Aid services continuing in North Lanarkshire.Four sitting Members of Parliament and 10 Members of the Scottish Parliament – from the SNP, Labour and the Conservatives – have formally requested a meeting with North Lanarkshire Council leader Jim Logue and the local authority’s chief executive Des Murray to discuss Women’s Aid

Douglas Ross saying he has "no ideas" how to unite Scotland. The Scottish Conservative leader wrote to Sarwar over the weekend urging them, along with the Lib Dems, to create a 'pro-Union' coalition.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“In Lanarkshire we were coordinating several incident support teams to contact trace locally.“We went quite quickly from it feeling like something that was over in Wuhan, maybe a few cases in Scotland, issues in Italy and suddenly it became very real for us.“I sat down with each of my divisional leads to review in detail our existing resilience plans.

Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister as he kicked off the party’s six-week election campaign. The Moray MP revealed that he will forego his £64,470 salary as a list MSP at Holyrood while he maintains his dual mandate in both Westminster and the Scottish parliament.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThe number of people employed in Scotland as a whole currently sits at 2.66 million; a rate of 74.3 per cent.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: “We know that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the labour market.“These figures show the scale of the challenge we face to rebuild our economy; and throws into sharp relief just how irresponsible it is of the Scottish

Tory leader after mumbling through a Commons answer in defence of Douglas Ross. Responding to a barracking from SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, calling for Ross to resign his Westminster seat before standing for Holyrood in May, Johnson appeared to mangle the MP’s name with his Moray constituency.

Douglas Ross was tricked into making an X-rated comment in a Facebook Live blunder. The Tory chief was humiliated during the live stream on his own Facebook page on Tuesday evening, after one social media user duped him into the gag.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Figures announced by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 532 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight, bringing the total cases to 213, 529.

New Zealand at the beginning of the pandemic.Jaye Tremble has only spent two months in lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak last year.The 22-year-old, from Irvine, spent 2020 going to four festivals, nightclubs every weekend, and travelled the country in a campervan before getting a job at a kiwi farm on the other side of the world.But despite her freedom Jaye admitted she is really missing her family and getting a chinese takeaway.Now she has lifted the lid on what her life has been like

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours. Figures announced by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 655 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight, bringing the total cases to 212,509.

Perth and Kinross has recorded a single COVID-19 death for the second week running. One person had the coronavirus recorded on their death certificate in the week starting March 8, according to new figures from the National Records of Scotland.

pay the price of bringing all pupils back in at once. They had called for a staggered approach, similar to what's happening in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Today we've confirmed cases at a further nine schools across the region, bringing the number affected so far to 31.These are only the ones the Manchester Evening News has been alerted to by parents though, so the figure is likely to be higher.

First Minister said she could not rule out a link between transmissions rising and the limited reopening of primary schools in recent weeks.But she welcomed "significant evidence" which proved the success of the on-going vaccination programme in reducing deaths and illness caused by coronavirus.There were 4,009 confirmed cases of Covid-19 during the last seven days as of Sunday - up from 3,529 cases in the week previous.Chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith said today he was "not overly

East Kilbride has a bright future – if investment in its economy is at the heart of the recovery from the COVID pandemic.Speaking exclusively to the East Kilbride News, Douglas Ross MP said far more needs to be done to protect jobs and offer people in the town hope for the future.“We need to focus on getting through the health emergency, but Parliament needs to secure people’s jobs and support businesses who have been through a difficult 12 months,” he said.“And there are more difficult times