Operation Transformation viewers champion Hazel’s family for helping her with impressive weight loss

“Increasingly, funding given to us by the Scottish Government, is earmarked for specific national programmes, so reducing any flexibility for innovation, and forcing the council to cut back on essential service areas.“There’s no increase to the capital budgets that councils have to spend on improvement works and projects, and following a massive shortfall in capital grant last year, the council faces another significant shortfall in grant funding for 2021/22.“There is a 0.7 per cent increase in

News of its opening came as it was revealed West Lothian has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland, according to Public Health Scotland figures.Some 7422 people have their received their vaccination - 5.03 per cent.

Crieff, Centre Parcs and Haven have given updates on their booking status amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions.

easyJet expects to operate no more than 10 per cent of its flight programme until March amid strict pandemic travel restrictions. The low-cost carrier said its revenues plunged 88 per cent at the end of last year, with turnover slumping to £165 million.

Edinburgh nurse and “devoted mummy” after she died with coronavirus.Naggayi Angella lost her life after contracting Covid-19 and going into a coma.The nursing student, originally from Uganda, had been studying at Edinburgh Napier University and her children have been left with no other family in the UK.Naggayi has also been working in community care to support her two children, Annmarie Yiga, 12, and John Jeremiah Mugisha, aged eight.

Sir Sean Connery's widow Lady Micheline, his son Stephan and granddaughter Saskia have created a new tartan which will represent the actor's favourite places.The new tartan will be unveiled as 007 actor Sir Sean is commemorated at this year's Dressed To Kilt fashion show in Long Island this summer.Edinburgh born Sir Sean founded the Friends of Scotland charity in 2002 who in turn organised the Dressed To Kilt charity fashion show and he hosted the stylish event with his family several times.

100-year-old woman is being removed from a care home after her family could no longer bear to see her “fade away”.Doreen Tilly’s great-granddaughter, Sonia Dixon, said she had no other option but to take her out of the facility, which has been in lockdown for 10 months.Sonia, 37, launched a furious attack on the Scottish Government’s “complete and utter failure” to end the elderly’s suffering during the Covid-19 outbreak.She told how Doreen was “full of life” when she celebrated her 100th

Kilwinning in a bid to help families through lockdown.Woodwynd 's Wee Shoap aims to bridge the gap between more expensive supermarkets and food banks by offering 'friendly, dignified and affordable food support for families and residents.'For just £3 a visit, residents will be able to snap up a choice of food, including fresh produce and personal hygeine products, up to the value of £15.The venture, which opens at Woodwynd Hall on Monday, January 25, is the brainchild of community group ACES

Kinross, was awarded a MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for her part in bringing international awareness to a hushed-up disaster at sea that directly involved her close family and ended an estimated 4000 lives.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.School staff in West Dunbartonshire have missed over 10,000 days of work due to mental health reasons over the past four years.The figures have been steadily increasing year-on-year, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.The Scottish Liberal Democrats obtained the statistics, which revealed that the total number of missed days for staff in the whole of Scotland is now nearly

Lorraine Kelly’s choice of ‘x-rated’ dress on her ITV show today. The Scots TV star said she had been inundated with comments on her dusty pink dress that contains a pattern of zebras.

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.

Covid-19 vaccination drive will see more than 5,000 NHS staff get their virus jab today. Health and social care staff are booked to be vaccinated at NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital to stop the spread of coronavirus.

drink drive limit. Cops in North Ayrshire pulled over the driver of the 44-tonne articulated truck and carried out a breath test on Friday at around 6.40am.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.An appeal by the family of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to clear his name over the 1988 atrocity has been refused by judges.The Court of Criminal Appeal in Scotland announced on Friday it has upheld the verdict of the original trial court and rejected both grounds of the family’s appeal.The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21, 1988, killed 270

Scots pensioner who was found dead at home. John Burgess was discovered alone within his property at Dundasvale Court in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow on Thursday, January 7.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe project, run by Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, is one of a number of schemes funded through the taskforce.The announcement comes as Renfrewshire recorded its highest number of deaths since records began in 1996 and three and half times higher than the rest of the UK.There were 45 drug deaths recorded in Renfrewshire in 2019, according to the report.Renfrewshire Council has pledged £2million to tackle drug and alcohol related

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a tightening of lockdown restrictions as the number of Covid-19 cases in Scotland continue to rise.Under the changes click and collect services will be limited to only essential purchases, while restrictions were also applied on takeaways meaning that residents will only be able to collect orders from outdoors to limit social interaction.Essential click and collect