Perth and Kinross sees highest number of COVID-related deaths in a week since May

The awards will be available across the UK through the STV Player from 10. 45pm on New Year’s Eve. Kirsty, 44, who grew up in Edinburgh, says: “I am so honoured to be hosting the Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards, alongside Elaine.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.When Dame Laura Lee was invited to Clarence House earlier this month she never imagined she would find herself rummaging around down the back of the royal sofa.The mum-of-three was shocked when HRH The Duchess of Cornwall told her she had won a Pride of Scotland Award and dumbfounded when told the trophy was hidden behind the couch cushions.Laura, 54, who is the driving force behind cancer charity Maggie’s,

Perth and Kinross have died from COVID-19 in less than a month according to new figures. Statistics from the National Records of Scotland say eight more deaths had been recorded in the week up to Sunday, December 20.The brings the total of number of coronavirus deaths in the region up to 113.Overwhelming support for bringing the Stone of Destiny back home The news comes as residents in Perth and Kinross prepare to enter a near full lockdown from Boxing Day.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Alcohol-related deaths in Lanarkshire have fallen to their lowest level since 2001.Figures released by the National Records of Scotland revealed that there were 137 deaths in the region counted as being due to alcohol in 2019.Of those deaths, 91 were in North Lanarkshire – the lowest since 2013 – and 46 were in South Lanarkshire – the lowest since 1997.The figures represent a 19 per cent drop since 2018 –

Pride of Scotland surprise for the hero schoolboy.The 11-year-old, who saved his grandad’s life, met the presenter and magician at a London hotel and was awestruck when he magicked up a golden ticket inviting him to a VIP gaming experience.Stephen then led the youngster – who pulled his grandpa John Howe, 63, from a fast-flowing river after he suffered a bleed on the brain – to a room where he got to play a video game with his idol, YouTube gaming sensation Daz Black, aka Daz Games.Greg, from

Perth College -led aviation project can now take off after the Scottish Government announced their £150m commitment to the Tay Cities Region Deal.

Ayrshire has one of the worst drug-related death rates in Scotland, a new report has shown.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterCouncillors voted to close the schools in North Ayrshire early after the area recorded the highest weekly Covid  infection rate in Scotland.But is claimed the Scottish Government refused to allow the region’s schools to switch to online learning.North Ayrshire’s virus case rate hit 205 per 100,000 between December 12 and 18 according to Public Health Scotland figures.  It is the only council region

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.When a ferry load of Syrians arrived one December night in the town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, they had no idea what sort of reaction to expect.Families, who’d fled their homes having endured the living hell of civil war, were given safe refuge in a part of Scotland best-known as the venue for many a sepia-toned holiday memory from yesteryear.None had any notion of what it meant to go ‘doon the

Prime Minister emerged from a Cobra crisis management meeting to tell a televised press conference he and French President Emmanuel Macron were “working on a solution” to sort the situation “in the next few hours”. But with millions of pounds worth of live shellfish exports from Scotland heading to the biggest continental market of the year the PM gave no firm guarantees of resolving the issue.

Perth and Kinross will be closed from December 24, it has been announced. Culture Perth and Kinross is temporarily halting public admission to all its archives, libraries, museums and galleries from Christmas Eve until further notice. Two new ‘world-class’ schools to be built in Perth after Scottish Government funding go-ahead Perth Museum and Art Gallery  will be closed to the public slightly earlier, from Tuesday, December 22.

Gordon Ramsay popped up on the screen to tell her she had won a Pride of Scotland award.A further surprise was in store for the schoolgirl when one of her favourite bands - The Vamps - jumped out to present her with her trophy.Jenny, 17, from East Kilbride, who has raised nearly £500,000 for charity, admits she got the shock of her life. She said: “I’m usually quite good at sussing out surprises but I honestly had no idea what was happening.

link.“As an organisation we need to ensure that we are doing everything within our expertise that we can to support those most vulnerable and at risk.” Across Scotland, 1,020 alcohol-specific deaths were registered last year – the lowest tally since 2016.The decline comes in the first full year since minimum unit pricing was introduced in May 2018 however, statisticians have said analysis of further years will be required to see if this reduction continues.

Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board region - which covers a large geographic area in the west of the country - this week.

post-lockdown Scotland needs to provide proper funding to battle a potential new rise in drug deaths.Epidemiologist Dr Andrew McAuley says it is inevitable that annual drug death statistics to be published next week will show a further rise in Scotland’s death rate – which is the worst in the world and soared by 27 per cent last year.He warned that post-Covid austerity, coupled with massive unemployment, will spark a wave of social problems that will drive many people to drug use.McAuley, of

Perth pupil from Tulloch Primary School pupil has delighted her school by winning a chance to help ensure the views of Scotland’s young people are heard in Holyrood.Tatiana Veleva (11) has been successful in gaining a place on the National Education Recovery Youth Panel. The panel of 15 young learners, aged nine to 18 years old from across Scotland, will help shape the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 education recovery work, ensuring young people from a range of backgrounds and experiences are

Perth and Kinross police intercepted 43 people gathered together inside a house during the autumn, it has emerged. The discovery was made as part of a Freedom of Information request by the Perthshire Advertiser to Police Scotland.