Perthshire community group which helped hundreds reassembles for lockdown part two

direct to your inboxA community group that has proven to be a lifeline to people in Manchester is now hoping to put together a 24-hour live stream to celebrate the nation’s frontline workers.Throughout lockdown, the 0161 Community group have been delivering food parcels, Christmas presents and essentials to people in need across Greater Manchester.The group aims to help ‘promote a strong unified, working class identity’ and for Jacob, who has volunteered at the service for two years now, the

Covid-19. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned the situation is "extremely serious" and action must be taken to halt the rapidly spreading new strain.

Scottish Government has expressed concerns over the number of new coronavirus cases in the country in recent days. Nicola Sturgeon said covid-19 hospital admission figures have exceeded those seen during the first wave of the pandemic in spring last year.

Ayrshire restaurants will keep serving hungry customers despite further restrictions to the hospitality industry.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced further measures to Scotland's takeaway operations.From Saturday, January 16, punters will no longer be allowed entry inside a restaurant and must be served through a hatch.

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

Covid-19 is higher than at the height of the pandemic last spring.

tough new lockdown which sees people barred from leaving their homes for an essential purpose. Unlike the first lockdown imposed in March last year, manufacturing and construction businesses have so far been allowed to continue to operate.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.FATHER Christmas helped a Bargeddie community group boost its coffers heading into the new year.The Safety Zone held a special Santa Claus event over two nights to raise funds to continue its fantastic work entertaining and supporting residents.More than 200 tickets were sold and kind donations from local businesses and residents, including selection boxes, raffles prizes and cash, took the final total to an

East Kilbride has been thrown into a tough lockdown as the First Minister ordered the people of Scotland to stay at home for the rest of the month.

England is facing a third national lockdown that will last at least six weeks, as authorities struggle to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a tough new stay-at-home order for England that won’t be reviewed until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus.

Perth and Kinross remains in lockdown.

Covid-19. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said the rapid spread of the new strain had forced her to take serious and immediate action as Scotland faced an "extremely serious" situation.

Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has issued an important update for shoppers as the country enters a tighter period of lockdown restrictions due to an increase in the number of infections caused by the new strain of coronavirus. The chief of the German supermarket chain issued the statement just hours after both First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon and Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced enhanced measures to protect people from the ongoing pandemic.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scotland is being plunged back into a tougher lockdown to deal with soaring levels of COVID-19 infection.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the harsher measures in an emergency statement at the Scottish Parliament, telling the public to "stay at home".She said: "The Cabinet met this morning to assess the up-to-date COVID situation - which is extremely serious - and discuss what further action is

As if losing out to Chris Evans (and several other famous men called Chris) in *that* Twitter poll wasn’t bad enough, Chris Pratt has now been trolled by his own father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Jurassic World actor was hosting a virtual Q&A with several high-profile stars, including Jamie Foxx and Tom Holland on Instagram over the weekend, and invited the Terminator actor to join in.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterMainland Scotland will go into a full national lockdown from midnight in a bid to get to grips with the rising number of coronavirus cases.The grim news was delivered by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this afternoon at the Scottish Parliament after MSPs were recalled for an emergency sitting.She described the current Covid situation as "extremely serious" with decisions made at a cabinet