One in five Scots won't follow self-isolation rules after getting symptoms

11-year battle to stop an incinerator being built.Plans for the facility at Carnbroe, near Coatbridge, were rejected by the Scottish Government last week.Ministers said the buildings, including an 80-metre chimney, would be “out of keeping” with the adjacent residential area.Residents feared fumes from the plant would put people’s health at risk.

schoolboy who died suddenly are raising money for other teens struggling with their mental health. Corey Liversedge, 16, from Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, sadly passed away on October 24.His mother, Kerry, has launched an online fundraiser in her 'funny and kind' son's name.Money raised will go to an environmental charity as well as a charity that support teens dealing with mental health issues.

care home has been caught on camera. Former Coronation Street actress Leandra Ashton filmed the shocking scenes after her mum Ylenia Angeli, was placed in handcuffs in Hull, Humberside, on Tuesday.

protest today over their "mistreatment" during the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus at a police station in Lanarkshire, health chiefs confirmed today.Several officers from Police Scotland are now self-isolating while close contacts have also been told to quarantine as a precaution.News of the outbreak at the station - visited by coronavirus scandal MP Margaret Ferrier last month - comes as Lanarkshire is expected to head into tier four restrictions.Dr Martin Donaghy, consultant in public health medicine, NHS Lanarkshire, said: “NHS Lanarkshire’s Test and Protect

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots to stick to travel restrictions or risk the introduction of a national lockdown. The First Minister said a localised approach to fighting Covid would only work if people reduced travel between council areas for non-essential purposes.

Dumfries and Galloway Care Home after testing positive for coronavirus. It is understood “more than 30” people had been affected by a Covid-19 outbreak at the Fleet Valley Care Home in Gatehouse of Fleet.

‘dognapped’ by thieves. Rosie the Boston Terrier vanished from her home in Duddingston, near Edinburgh, on Sunday night after bolting out an insecure gate.

OAP is 'close to tears' as swarms of wasps crawl out of the fittings in her sheltered accommodation home. May Fyffe has been plagued by the dangerous bugs for three weeks.

Students could return to Scottish universities after the Christmas holidays on a staggered basis to prevent another mass outbreak of Covid in halls of residence, John Swinney has suggested. The education secretary said ministers were "learning lessons" after campuses across the country saw cases of the virus soar after students first returned in September.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Officers attended business premises in Crossmichael on Thursday, October 15, to provide guidance and explain the importance of complying with quarantine regulations.“The premises was subsequently closed by the owners and no further police action was required.”

chip shops up and down the country every year. Mars Bars and Christmas Puddings are just a small number of things that have been flung into fryers across Scotland over the years.

mum is facing an agonising wait for a transplant after a traumatic premature birth of her 1lb baby uncovered hidden kidney disease.Doctors discovered 23-year-old Lauren Ballantine had been living with underlying kidney disease after she underwent an emergency Cesarean section when she was just 25-weeks pregnant.The young mum, from Newmilns, had been suffering from potentially fatal pre-eclampsia and was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital at 24 weeks pregnant.Doctors we able to stabilise the East

Fife road.Emergency services raced to the scene on the A985 near Cairneyhill at around 1.50pm on Monday following reports of a one vehicle accident.A red Vauxhall Corsa, which was being driven by a 74-year-old man, had left the roadway and collided with a tree.Both pensioners were taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where medics described their conditions as ‘serious’ and ‘critical’.Police Scotland have now confirmed that the 74-year-old female passenger has sadly died from her injuries.A

horror crash has been jailed for four years and eight months. Kanad Basi was almost twice the drink drive limit having also taken cocaine and ecstasy when he lost control of his BMW.

Covid – all while a patient in Scots hospitals.Joseph Gorman’s children were called to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, on Thursday to say goodbye to their father – who only went to hospital after a problem caused by his cancer medication.He died the following day.Joseph’s son Joe, 62, spoke yesterday about his father’s treatment at the Vale of Leven Hospital, Dunbartonshire, and the RAH after reading in the Record about 18 nurses and 14 patients at the RAH becoming infected with the virus

Police Scotland has the ability to access personal details from the national Test and Protect scheme if they have a "legitimate" reason for doing so, it has been revealed. But the Scottish Government insisted any information stored by the programme could not be used by cops to enforce self-isolation rules.

legal battle against prison bosses who stopped him visiting his ill grandmother. Scott Snowden, 44, was blocked on two different occasions in 2019 from visiting his granny who suffers from dementia and is too unwell to go to see him in jail.

workers in Scotland who are asked to quarantine and would lose income if they needed to isolate. The £500 grant will help those who have been asked by Test and Protect to isolate, following a positive test for Covid-19 or having been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.

coronavirus outbreak. Parents at Harlaw Academy, in Aberdeen, have received emails from school bosses saying a first year pupil had tested positive for Covid-19.