Number of Dumfries and Galloway homeless households continues to rise

The First Minister added that of the new cases, the bulk were in the under 25 age group, which is likely to have been affected by university clusters in recent days.The latest figures come as a former chief medical officer of Scotland has said that Covid-19 could be back under control in the coming weeks if rules put in place are followed.Professor Sir Harry Burns, who served as Scotland’s top doctor between 2005 and 2014, urged people to follow new restrictions to curb the spread of the

The Scottish total has risen by a further 806, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said includes a number of results from Friday and Saturday.The national tally is now at 28,604. 123 people are in hospital with 14 in intensive care.

seasonal temperatures will start dropping as daylight hours shorten and nights get longer. While we’re hopefully still a few weeks away from temperatures plummeting towards zero, many Scots are unaware that cold weather could spell good news for some households by providing £25 to help with the cost of heating bills.

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Six months on since the first national lockdown, coronavirus cases are back on the rise.

coronavirus across Scotland.It comes six months since the country was first put into lockdown in March.Sturgeon also introduced at 10pm curfew for pubs, restaurants and bars, which will be enforced on Friday.Cases across the country have increased over the last two weeks as different parts of the economy open up for the first time since late March when the pandemic hit the UK.Over the previous 24-hour period, 383 new cases of the deadly virus were identified in Scotland and one person

"It’s a bit of a mess.”A Scottish Water spokesperson said: “The reinstatement is being inspected this afternoon (Monday). Once the tar has cooled then the temporary traffic management should be removed and road back to normal tonight.”

"After meeting with them they wrote to me to say that lessons had been learned and an action plan would be in the September 2020 report.“I sincerely hope that the council take on board the recommendation of Audit Scotland and ensure the real costs of implementation of the new system will be accounted for.”

homeless.Callum Coulson, 33, was left on the street after council officials ordered an ­evacuation of his Glasgow home.He was among dozens of people affected after council building standards officers and structural engineers ruled the tenement unsafe.The St Andrew’s ­Ambulance driver says he felt “abandoned” by the authorities as lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in the city and he was left ­struggling to find shelter.Council officials admitted only one person from the block of six

Douglas Ross plans to spend £550million on 3,000 more teachers for Scotland if his party gains power at the next Holyrood election.

coronavirus cases continue to rise, according to a new poll. A study carried out by  YouGov  spoke to 2,690 people across the UK about a possible return to restrictions seen over March, April and May.

Nicola Sturgeon said she cannot rule out imposing a curfew for pubs and restaurants if the number of Scots testing positive for Covid continues to rise. UK Government ministers are already considering introducing a 10pm or 11pm curfew on hospitality businesses if local measures are unable to bring the spread of the virus under control in England.

“The more people who have the app, the more it can help to slow the spread of coronavirus.”The app was downloaded more than half a million times in the first 24 hours after it went live last week.

RAF fighter jets intercepted Russian planes near the coast of Scotland. The Typhoons were launched from Leuchars Station in Fife after two Russian planes were spotted flying in UK airspace yesterday.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe number of households in Ayrshire who are assessed as homeless, or at risk, has shot up by 15.4 per cent, The Post can reveal.Latest Scottish Government figures for 2019/20 show that 2363 households were assessed as homeless, or “threatened” with homelessness.South Ayrshire figures show that 721 households were assessed as homeless, up on the 2018/19 figure of 636.And North Ayrshire saw their

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24-hour period taking the death toll to 2,499. Across the country cases of the deadly virus are rising everyday with 176 people contracting Covid-19 in the same period.