Picture Scotland: Magical shot of Skye's Fairy Pools wins week five of our exciting photo comp

teaching will not resume for January or February. Only small numbers of students will be allowed back including those who stayed on campus over the winter break and where attendance is "critical" and cannot be postponed or done remotely.

drug” racket exposed by the Daily Record.We revealed yesterday how Telegram, owned by tech tycoon Pavel Durov, had been used by dealers in Scotland to flog heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy, high-strength cannabis and prescription pills.They tried to hide their trade behind the app’s end-to-end encryption – but we unearthed a chat group called weed/coke/420/pills/lsd/glasgow/uk that included price lists and pictures of the drugs available.The Scottish drug selling group had more than 14,700

gunman who fired on a home in a housing estate was yesterday jailed for 44 months.Steven McGarry, 33, ferried his accomplice to the property in Stepps, near Glasgow, before the shooting and drove off with him afterwards.At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Weir told him it was “good fortune” that no one was around and the house that was targeted was not occupied at the time.The court earlier heard McGarry drove the gunman, who has since died, to the home of brothers Scott and Roddy

mutated variant will not be as easy to control. The strain was only detected in south-east England last month but is now responsible for half of all new cases in Scotland.

Instagram @ScottishDailyRecordBest of all, we’ll be running the competition every week with changing themes and subjects, meaning you’ll have plenty of chances to not only show off your skills but also be in with a shot of winning the £100.Good luck!Entrants may enter as many images as they like, however these must be done through separate applications.Reach plc rules apply, see  www.dailyrecord.co.uk/rules. All data shared in entering this competition will be used for administration only. We

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.

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

found in a popular Scots park. Police were called following reports from members of the public after the 18-year-old's body was discovered by walkers in Meadowfield Park, in Edinburgh which is situated below Arthur's Seat.

New Year babies weren’t as quick as normal to make their first appearance. The first baby thought to have been born in Scotland in 2021 arrived at 12.19am at Wishaw General Hospital but no details were available about the tot yesterday.

travel Scotland after her husband suddenly died in her arms. Amy Carter Bozick, 63, was left ‘traumatised’ after the love of her life Michael Bozick, 71, suffered a major heart attack at home.

Laura Whitmore is kicking off 2021 with some ‘good news’ – she and Iain Stirling are married!

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East Kilbride this year, with very few people stirring at the shopping centre. Pictures shared with us by local, Imran Nawaz, show the popular centre all but empty as Scotland’s national tier 4 coronavirus restrictions took place.Usually expected to be brimming with activity because of the annual sales, there was hardly a soul to be seen, with few shops opening for trade.

George Parsonage are the Pride of Scotland.Both men have been honoured with a Special Recognition Award in our People’s Oscars for their selfless dedication to helping others in their time of need.In his 40 years as leader of the Glasgow Humane Society, George rescued more than 1500 people from the River Clyde, while Charandeep, along with his army of volunteers provided meals to 100,000 families during lockdown.Nicola Sturgeon has hailed Charandeep Singh, who is the driving force behind The

Glasgow street. Emergency services raced to Petershill Road in the Springburn area of the city around 7.10pm on Monday December 21.

link.Chairman of South Lanarkshire council’s community and enterprise resources committee, Councillor John Anderson, said: “Congratulations once again to Strathaven Park on a phenomenal achievement.“To have been so consistently recognised as not only the top park in the country, but also one of the top 10 in the UK, just shows the hard work that everyone puts in to make the park such an enjoyable place to visit.“I’d like to thank all of our staff for their hard work, especially during a global

coronavirus spreading. Under Tier 4  restrictions, non-essential businesses will be forced to close, including clothes shops, gyms, hairdressers and restaurants.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.THE Ford Puma compact crossover has been crowned the Scottish Car of the Year for 2020.The trophy is usually handed over by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers at a glittering awards ceremony but the Covid-19 crisis meant this year’s event took place virtually.Association members nominated their favourite cars of 2020 before whittling them down to a shortlist and voting for the SCOTY winner.ASMW