Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones to appear at TV festival in Scotland

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Fire crews rescued two people from a top-floor flat blaze this morning.Flames ripped through a three-storey tenement block in Gertrude Place, Barrhead around 7.20am.Firefighters pulled two people from the burning building and passed them to waiting paramedics.

Love Island winners Paige Turley and Finn Tapp shared an exclusive video of their stunning three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment in Manchester after moving into their first home together.The loved-up couple, who won the winter edition of the show in South Africa earlier this year, are delighted to be in their first home after spending lockdown in Scotland with Paige’s family.

Michael Gove has dismissed concerns that Brexit will leave Scotland worse off and insisted it would be a good thing for businesses.

Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire,  Threave Garden in Dumfries & Galloway, and Crathes Castle’s garden and estate in Aberdeenshire will once again be available to the public.Countryside places such as St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve  and  Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve have already been open for local access, in line with Scottish Government guidelines, for a few weeks.Chairman of the NTS Sir Mark Jones said that they've been hard at work preparing the properties, which closed in March

Scotland’s international crime writing festival has announced the nominations for its 2020 awards.

pets are being deliberately poisoned after five died and two went missing in a Scots town.One devastated owner told the Record she has lost three cats in suspicious circumstances within the last three months in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, as animal welfare chiefs confirmed they had launched a probe yesterday.The mum, who does not want to be named, found her pet Milo’s body had been laid on her driveway some time after he had died and no one has ever come forward to explain how the three-year-old

independence has increased to 54 per cent, according to a new poll suggesting a growing trend among Scots. The poll showed a 54-46 vote when people who haven’t made up their mind are removed from the findings.

dead in a Scots play park. 
Emergency services were called to the scene within Penilee Play Park on Barshaw Road, Glasgow, shortly before 10am on Saturday.

Scotland Hotel won't reopen till Spring 2021In previous years the cultural and literary and musical celebration has been held around the longest day with tents pitched at the Bield of Blackruthven near Perth and last year saw the event make a move to Errol Park in Perthshire.The programme always makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum.2020’s Solas Festival, is taking place due to COVID-19 on various

volunteers to help provide kids with a summer of fun.The Children and Young People Strategic Forum believes furloughed staff should be enlisted to help provide out of school activities.In an article, Forum Chair Jackie Brock wrote: “We have the people and places in Scotland to make blended learning a reality now – not a slogan for term-time only.”Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local

Almost 14,000 jobs have been furloughed in East Ayrshire as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.Figures made available reveal the impact of COVID-19 on the back of the country being locked down on Monday, March 23 in a bid to combat the deadly disease – with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s programmes preventing jobs being axed.A total of 13,700 employments have been furloughed as part of the job retention scheme (JRS) in East Ayrshire.Meanwhile, 3500 claims have been made through the

Donald Findlay has revealed successfully defending Paul Ferris for murder was his top courtroom moment.The QC represented Ferris when he was accused of killing Arthur Thompson junior in 1992.He was sensationally acquitted of the death and, at the time, it was the longest and most expensive criminal trial in Scottish legal history, costing £4 million and lasting 54 days.Ferris was a teenager when he was recruited as an enforcer for Glasgow's biggest crime clan boss, Arthur Thompson.He had been

A young Stirling piper took part in last Friday’s commemorations of a WW2 battle in Normandy which resulted in the capture of thousands of Scottish soldiers.Wallace High School sixth-year pupil Murray Mcneish travelled to Morayshire to play the pipes for 99-year-old veteran Donald Smith at his home in Forres.Murray’s great grandfather Thomas Mcneish was in the Seaforth Highlanders with Donald and both were captured in St Valéry-en-Caux, known as the ‘forgotten Dunkirk’ in June 1940.The

Health Secretary is to appear before MPs in a session on the Covid-19 outbreak. Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Jason Leitch are expected to face questions on the impact of the virus in care homes from the Scottish Affairs Committee.

£2.5million to ensure its future.It comes after Trust chiefs warned this week that some of national treasures and tourist sites may not reopen until 2022 as it stands to lose £28million in income amid the pandemic.Despite members not being able to visit any of the NTS’s main attractions, they have now been asked to donate an extra £14 due to the “catastrophic drop in income” that is putting “Scotland’s heritage at risk”.A letter sent by chairman Sir Mark Jones to 365,000 members said the impact