Police race to scene of 'ongoing incident' in Scots town centre

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross hit the campaign trail in Renfrewshire North and West in a bid to boost candidate Julie Pirone's election chances.As polling day draws ever closer, the pair were out and about in Renfrew over the weekend as Mrs Pirone continued her fight to become the constituency's first Tory MSP.Since the seat was first created in 2011, it has belonged to former SNP MSP Derek

arrested following a disturbance in Fife this evening.Police raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at Lumphinnans Road in Lochgelly at around 5.20pm on Monday.

Scottish Lib Dems have produced a mock cheque in Ross’ name which shows the cash windfall he would benefit from. Income tax rates and bands are a matter for the Scottish Parliament, with middle and higher income earners paying more than people south of the border.

airport worker pals reunited at the front of a Primark queue as Scotland's non-essential shops opened their doors for the first time since Christmas. Early birds, Danielle Sartrain and Sarah Douglas, caught up as they patiently waited for the clothes store to open at Braehead Shopping Centre in Renfrew, Refrewshire on Monday.

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The same poll predicts that the Scottish Conservatives will return 32 MSPs, one more than in 2016. However there would still be a pro-independence majority at Holyrood, with the Scottish Greens forecast to return eight MSPs, two more than 2016.Ross said: “It is on a knife edge.

Edinburgh has been closed after an ‘unidentified object’ was discovered. The alarm was raised by staff at the Seafield Household Waste Recycling Centre in the capital on Thursday morning.

National Union of Students leaders' hustings last night where representatives from the main five parties discussed a range of issues. During the argument between Sturgeon and Ross, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar jumped in to say they weren't setting a good example for young people across the country by shouting at each other.

Inverkeithing around 4pm on Tuesday April 20 amid reports of an 'ongoing disturbance '.

Douglas Ross ’ party supports doubling the Scottish Child Payment to £20 a week, but their Holyrood manifesto only commits them to the rise in 2025.

pet owners to be on alert after a rise in dogs being bitten by poisonous snakes. Kirkton Vet Centre in Stonehaven is urging caution after treating multiple dogs for Adder bites.

Ross said: “If it was possible for him to come up north of the border that would be great, but I’m not putting any pressure on him.” He added: “He is also leading the UK effort against a global pandemic and I think people understand in this strange election campaign in terms of the restrictions that we’ve all got to deal with, that it may not be as easy as for the Prime Minister to come.”The move came as Downing Street issued a joint statement from the British and Indian governments cancelling

Dunfermline, just after 3pm on Friday April 16. Officers were seen standing on the street in video footage of the incident.

Douglas Ross being in charge of the Scottish Tories. He said: “My politics and his are different.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon’s “bold promises” at elections turn out to amount to very little, Douglas Ross has said.As the SNP launched their election manifesto the Scottish Tory leader said that the last 14 years of SNP government had been a failure.Ross listed SNP policy failures as he prepared to promote postal votes to potential Tory voters.He told reporters: “Their promises have never been delivered.

pro-UK party, took aim at the BBC during an interview on Good Morning Scotland (GMS) earlier today where he also refused to answer if he believed Vladimir Putin's state was behind the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury in 2018.

SNP, even if that was not a Tory.Ross made the comments during a BBC Scotland radio phone-in, after one caller said he was thinking of voting Labour because their candidate had a better chance of unseating the SNP MSP.Asked “should a Conservative vote for Labour, who have a chance of winning?”, the Tory leader replied: “I think, across the country, people should look at their individual constituency and vote for the strongest candidate, which in most cases is a Conservative candidate, to defeat

Ruth Davidson got top billing in the video, while Douglas Ross appeared after the half-way point.