Perth and Kinross parents told symptoms of a cold are not the same as COVID-19

car crash caused by a show-off driver high on drink and drugs have described their "torment". Jack Frame's parents first thought the tragedy in Lanarkshire in February last year was an accident but said finding out that the driver acted illegally "just turned everything upside down".

anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters to leave Trafalgar Square or face arrest.

Police Scotland needs at least £178m to fund a programme of maintenance to fix its crumbling estate over the next five years, MSPs have been told. The cash-strapped national constabulary has been forced to cut costs - while protecting the number of officers on the beat - but still faces a budget deficit of £44m this financial year.

parents have been left confused over the new Rule of Six restrictions which say children can mix at school - but outside of school can only mix with one other household. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that new measures came into force on Monday, which say no more than six people form two households can meet socially, either indoors or outdoors.

Keir Starmer has gone into self-isolation after a member of his household started showing symptoms of Covid-19. The Labour leader took part in a phone-in on LBC radio on Monday morning where said he Scotland does not need another independence referendum before discovering the news.

Perth with a shared interest in mental and physical good health are gearing up to bring the city a new wellness cafe.Andy and Jess Douglas of Scotland All-Strong gym, Linda Fisken, founder of mental health support group Linda’s Ladies, and Katie Edgar of Perth social enterprise Well Minds Listening, are preparing a lottery grant application to start up ‘The Well of Perth’ cafe in the city.The group want to open from one of the vacant building’s in the middle of Perth High Street.Perth pub

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SPIDER BITE left her tot needing emergency surgery for a 'tangerine-sized abscess'.Emily-Jane Stuart had been at a funfair when she is believed to have been bitten by the eight-legged creature while playing on the slides, initially leaving a pin-prick-sized sore on her arm.The six-year-old carried on enjoying her day but her mum Ashley Simpson, 26, noticed a bright red sore rapidly spreading across her skin two days later.Soon the bite had turned into a bulbous blister that would not pop and

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Covid-19 have not displayed the official symptoms associated with the virus, according to an app. The Covid Symptom Study App, which has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland, is a research project designed to help experts in tackling coronavirus.

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Perth-based PR businesswoman Tricia Fox.The PR firm boss, whose company Volpa has been behind huge events like The Scottish Game Fair and The Enchanted Forest, sent an open letter to the cabinet secretary for economy, fair work and culture Fiona Hyslop MSP, highlighting the hit events companies like hers were taking because of a perceived lack of financial cushioning from Holyrood during the pandemic.Fire chief's pledge on trouble-plagued Perth flatsAnd on Sunday night her personal stand became

parents are being urged not to take part in a sick new TikTok challenge which sees them encouraging children to mock people with disabilities. The 'New Teacher Challenge' has been doing the rounds on the social media platform and has been slammed by disability activists.The trend has racked up more than 100 million views.

brain tumour have paid heartfelt tributes to their 'kind and sweet boy' as he 'left for the stars'.Heartbroken Jonnie and Devon Peek, from Edinburgh, have announced that their two-year-old Dax died on Monday after battling acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma.Little Dax had only been diagnosed with the disease in March after the youngster was vomiting and could no longer walk in a straight line.Now in tragic posts on Instagram, the pair said he had been freed from his fight with the

Middle East last year, but claims he was freed without charge, has been left terrified as he now faces a year behind bars in a Qatar jail after being hunted down by cops again in Greece last weekend.

battle of his young life. Three-year-old Archie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a cancer of the while blood cells, in March, after it was first thought he had a bad case of tonsillitis.

terminal cancer.And when finally diagnosed she only discovered how serious her condition was by reading notes left discarded on her bed by a nurse.Jackie Johnson, 50, has stage four cancer of the oesophagus and has been told by medics there is no hope for her.

ecstasy tablets – but no trace of alcohol was found.The Mackies, of Biggar, Lanarkshire, believe Greg was killed after his soft drink was spiked.The first year film and TV media student was anti-drugs.