Schools set for 'soft start' return in South Ayrshire

In Eastenders, Kim had headed off to Scotland on a business venture, after Denise had fired her from the Fox&Hair salon.What also pushed her out of Albert Square was the fact that she found it difficult to deal with the fact that Chantelle (Jessica Plummer) and Gray (Toby-Alexander Smith) had moved into the house she owned with Vincent (Richard Blackwood).However, Richard ended up disappearing in 2018 after he got involved Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin).It’s unknown what storyline will follow

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland has recorded a sixth successive day of no new coronavirus deaths as the country prepares to take another step towards normality.The Scottish Government revealed the encouraging news this afternoon as just three new confirmed cases of the disease were reported.It comes as pubs prepare to open their doors tomorrow for the first time since March 23.The number of positive coronavirus cases

High praise from Tommy Wright has given David Wotherspoon a pre-season liftThe Perth club is preparing for an August 1 Premiership kick-off and will take on Hibernian in a friendly on Wednesday.Conway will get the chance to impress and, if he ticks all the boxes and earns a deal, his first competitive game could be the league opener against Dundee United.

Outlander tour which combines photography with the show's filming locations say they are excited to be returning this week after the Scottish Government announced further easing of lockdown. James Christie, who runs the popular Outlander Photography Tour of which even Diana Gabaldon is a fan, announced on social media that the team were 'Good to Go' after qualifying for Visit Scotland's covid safety accreditation scheme.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Police in Lanarkshire are appealing for information following a wilful fire-raising in Blantyre.The incident happened between 12.35am and 1.50am on Saturday, July 11, in Blantyre Industrial Estate.Officers say that six HGV and heavy plant equipment vehicles were deliberately set on fire.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended and safely extinguished the blaze and there were no injuries.Detective Constable Paul

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine’s MSP today thanked North Ayrshire residents for playing their part in suppressing the spread of Covid-19.Ruth Maguire MSP also welcomed the announcement from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that the Scottish  Government will begin to ease into Phase 3 of its exit from lockdown.The announcement came with additional dates for further relaxations to lockdown restrictions.Ruth Maguire MSP

The Scottish SPCA’s Ayrshire Animal Rescue Centre is back finding animals their forever home after lockdown saw rehoming completely suspended for almost two months.After trialling a limited rehoming service in May, the centre is now rehoming animals using a combination of an online-only application system, carefully controlled appointments and ‘virtual home checks’ where prospective owners and their homes are vetted via Zoom calls.Now the charity have this lovely girl (pictured above) in their

school in August after lockdown.The Scottish Government is examining safety options which would keep classes or whole year groups apart.It follows similar proposals unveiled by the UK Government for schools south of the border.Education Secretary John Swinney originally suggested schooling would resume on a part-time basis on August 11th.However, the ‘blended learning’ model, under which kids would be educated at home and in the classroom, was ditched after a parental backlash.Get all the top

lockdown later this week as infections from Covid-19 across the country continue to fall. Nicola Sturgeon is due to appear at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday where she will update MSPs on the latest measures being taken to allow the country to return to a degree of normality.

park. Police have launched a probe after the wire snares were set up at Wallyford Park in Wallyford, East Lothian.

coronavirus restrictions were eased.

nationalists staged a protest at the border wearing full PPE to keep Scotland 'free of Covid-19'.The demonstrators in white hooded hazmat suits and saltire masks set-up on the A1 to 'stop and test' people travelling from England into Scotland.The group were reacting to figures presented by Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland's rate of coronavirus infection is five-times less than England's.One of the protesters posted a video of the demonstrators setting up shop on the border.In the video he says: “So

pub since lockdown began more than three months ago.England is set for a Super Saturday on the US’s Independence Day as pubs open their doors again.And publicans on the English side of the border have revealed up to a third of their bookings are from Scots.Drinkers in Scotland will have to wait until Monday for beer gardens to reopen, or July 15 for pubs to get fully started again.But there are no rules against Scots heading to England for a drink other than the normal zero-tolerance crackdown

The council’s Building Services team has provided an update for tenants and customers on how elements of the service will be reintroduced following updated guidance from the Scottish Government.During the lockdown, Building Services continued to deliver essential services to tenants, including emergency critical repairs including gas repairs, work in void properties, reduced enhanced estates management service to communal blocks and the completion of gas services.The service will now be able to

lightning.Bolts blasted a hole in a roof and set fire to another house in Saltcoats as thunderstorms hammered North Ayrshire.One family with a five-year-old are understood to have had a miraculous escape when their roof collapsed on them as they slept.A neighbour told how the force of the blast was so strong, she first feared her own home had been hit.She said: “We had a window open and the impact made stuff in the room fall over and the blinds actually lifted away from the window into the

Drive-in movies are returning to the Bonnie Banks this summer.A lineup of end of the world blockbusters and feelgood classics are on the agenda for Scotland’s first socially distanced drive-in movies - organised by Itison and held at Loch Lomond Shores in Balloch.For seven years Itison has hosted drive-in cinemas, attracting more than 200,000 movie fans - and now they hope to bring some cheer to families, couples and film fanatics during lockdown.Following the examples set out by South Korea and

Kilmarnock coronavirus deaths have taken place in some of the town’s most deprived areas, new figures show.One of Kilmarnock’s most poverty-stricken regions also has the worst COVID-19 death rate in East Ayrshire, the National Records of Scotland (NRS) report has revealed.Altonhill North and Onthank has a death rate of 307.2 per 100,000 after 14 people died in the area as a result of contracting the virus between March and May.According to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), this

Black Lives Matter protest in Aberfeldy reveals racism splitMr Swinney said schools should prepare to go back fully if progress continues to be made in suppressing the coronavirus.In a statement to Holyrood, Mr Swinney laid out certain conditions for full-time schooling to resume and announced £100m of extra funding for a back-to-school plan.Schools had expected to use a 'blended' learning model with some face-to-face learning mixed with home schooling.In Perth and Kinross schools, some parents