Public inquiry to be launched into cleanliness and security at Renfrewshire schools

SNP 's Public Health minister Maree Todd during her visit to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh earlier today. The fund will offer cash to cover travel, food and overnight accommodation expenses for the parents and siblings of young people in hospital.

Poundland has announced plans to roll out its Free From range to more than 300 stores across the UK, following a successful trial in selected stores over recent months. Shoppers are delighted to see more than 30 items in the range for Scots who live with food allergies and intolerances and in the past were only able to buy these types of products in specialist health food shops.

prisoner is to be investigated in court. Paul Hamilton was an inmate at HMP Barlinnie in Riddrie, Glasgow when he passed away.

Entry is £3, children free and everyone is welcome to bring a picnic.All proceeds from the open day, the latest in a local series of similar events, will go to Dalbeattie Community Initiative and Scotland’s Gardens Charities.

gin to his schoolmates has bucked the trend during lockdown by launching his own drinks business.Bruce Walker, 22, from Broomhill in Glasgow's west end, turned his passion for spirits into a company called Purist Gin after finding himself jobless when the first coronavirus lockdown hit.Within months of him launching, the first batch of his new juniper spirit had won a bronze medal at the Scottish Gin Awards in a category with 150 entrants, including established names like Edinburgh Gin and Isle

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Moonfall” co-producer and sales agent AGC Studios is launching the Christopher Smith-directed supernatural thriller “Consecration.”Stuart Ford’s independent studio will fully finance and co-produce the pic alongside BigScope Films and Moonriver Content. The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother.

hit and run on a Scots street. Cops were called to reports of the crash on Greenhill Road, near the junction with Drums Road, in Paisley around 6am on Friday July 2.

Police are looking for Paul Devlin, 41, who has vanished from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire.

Dundee who vanished after leaving his home. Paul Scott was last seen at around 10.50pm on Monday, June 28, before failing to make contact with worried friends and loved ones.

The FOI also revealed that 76 pupils were infected in total during the timeframe but there were no large outbreaks involving more than 10 children.The schools were: Armadale Academy, Balbardie Primary School, Bathgate Academy, Boghall Primary School, Broxburn Academy, Deans Community High School, East Calder Primary School, Falla Hill Primary School, James Young High School, Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow Bridge Primary School, Ogilvie School Campus, Parkhead Primary School, St Columba’s Primary

iOS - Android The campaign will feature on Facebook, coupled with posters, postcards, outreach events and plenty of partners sharing the charity’s 100 per cent anonymous guarantee.Angela Parker, national manager for Crimestoppers in Scotland said: “Last year we heard from over 16,000 people in Scotland and their information helped to make our communities safer places to live.“Our charity believes you have the right to feel safe wherever you live.

castle is hoping to break a world record by having the most people performing a choreographed Military Two-Step online ahead of a summer of events.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A popular Paisley man has gone missing and his family are desperately trying to trace him.John Smith often socialises in Paisley and was last seen in the town's Brown Street on Friday morning.The 53-year-old was due to attend an appointment and failed to return home.

Leven in Fife and was last seen at his home address address on Poppy Grove around 8.30am on Friday, 25 May. The 15-year-old is described as being around 4ft 5in tall with short brown hair.When he was last seen, Stuart was wearing a light grey hoodie, dark grey/black jeans and black and white trainers.Inspector James McGuiness, of Levenmouth Response Policing, said: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for Stuart and are asking for assistance to help trace him safe and well.

Police have launched an appeal for a missing Ayrshire man as concerns grow for his welfare.

Police have launched a hunt for firebugs after a storage area within a flat in Paisley was deliberately set alight. Fire crews were called to the scene of the empty flat inside the unit on Orchard Street around 10.30pm yesterday, June 24.