Police in Ayrshire appeal for help in search for missing woman

Police have launched a second appeal for a heavily pregnant woman who went missing in Fife. Kirstie Allen, who is currently 34 weeks pregnant, has not been seen for days and officers from Police Scotland are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA top union official has called for a fair pay deal after NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff “put everything in” during the pandemic.Kevin McGregor reckons NHS employees have been “fobbed off” over wage requests.The Unison trade union representative has been calling on the Scottish Government to reopen NHS wage talks this year as part of national campaign Pay Up Now.Health secretary Jeane Freeman had a

Ayrshire Live tested the system by attempting to book a test from a South Ayrshire postcode, to which we were told our nearest centre was in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, over 125 miles away and a mere four-and-a-half hour trek, each way.

Ayrshire more than doubled during lockdown.Crime stats show that 273 instances of fraud were recorded in the region between April 1 and June 30 this year.This huge increase means that fraud is up from 116 during the same period last year.Police Scotland say the rise reflects a national increase in fraud which is increasingly cyber-enabled as criminals take advantage of new technologies to profit from their victims. But officers say the Management Information data published today for Ayrshire

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterCases of coronavirus in Ayrshire have broken through the 1,300 barrier.A further four people in the county were diagnosed with the disease in the last 24 hours bringing the total to 1,302 since the start of the outbreak.Latest figures from the Scottish Government show the new cases were among 83 nationwide although no new deaths have been recorded.

Ayrshire has recorded its biggest COVID-19 case increase since June.

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Neil MacFarlane. Police made the grim find in the Allanton area, in the borders, around 6pm last night.

Ayrshire's coronavirus death toll has risen today after historic cases were discovered.

missing for more than two weeks have been told of a body find. Shuan Watson vanished from Broxburn on Monday, August 3.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 65 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Scotland.The Scottish Government published information this afternoon as part of its daily update on how the virus is impacting on the nation.Eighteen new cases have been detected in the NHS Grampian region where the authorities locked down the city of Aberdeen following a significant upsurge in positive tests.Meanwhile, another 12

Newfield Place and threatened a male member of staff with a knife, demanding money before from the premises with a three figure sum of cash.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA major internet outage is causing problems for BT customers across Ayrshire today.The company has confirmed many of its services are down, including internet, email and phone access.BT confirmed that the issues began this morning following huge storms over Edinburgh last night.A spokesperson said: "Severe storms and flooding in Edinburgh last night damaged some broadband equipment in our exchange

West Lothian have made an emotional appeal for help in finding him.William McDowell, known locally as Billy Irvine, was last seen on Friday, July 31 in the Loch Awe Way area of Whitburn sparking a police appeal.Now desperate friends and family have pleaded for locals to scour the town for any sight of Billy, who has medical issues.The 58-year-old is described as a white, 5ft 2in and has short grey hair.It is not known what he was wearing at the time of his disappearance however he is known to

Officers are continuing to check CCTV footage and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.Sergeant Stephen Granger of Galashiels Police Station, said: “Shaun has been missing for some time now and concerns for him are growing.“We are appealing for anyone who may have seen him of who know of his whereabouts to get in touch with us.”Anyone with any information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0996 of 4 August, 2020.

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire and Arran has recorded its biggest rise in coronavirus cases in 17 days.Latest figures from the Scottish Government put the pandemic total for the health board area at 1,282 - a rise of two on yesterday's figures.The last time Ayrshire recorded such a rise was on July 23 when cases jumped from 1,270 to 1,272 in 24 hours.Across Scotland, 48 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours,