Scotland facing killer mosquito invasion as humid weather creates 'perfect breeding ground'

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire and Arran has recorded 16 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours - part of 123 detected across Scotland.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the new figures were 'a worry' but said it was important to note that the positivity rate remains below one per cent.No new deaths from the disease have been reported with the pandemic total remaining at 2,494.A total of 20,318 people

Stockport has sold for a whopping £367,500 at auction.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.THE SNP must tackle the “ticking time bomb” of operation backlogs says Tory MSP Graham Simpson.The latest figures from ISD Scotland showed that 1944 fewer NHS Lanarkshire patients had operations in June than 12 months previously.Central Scotland MSP Mr Simpson said: “The continued backlog of operations is of huge concern to patients who have already been suffering in recent weeks and months.“While it

Married for just eight months, her untimely death in a fireball car crash had broken her family’s heart.Webster’s body shook and he appeared to be overcome with emotion as the coffin bearing 32-year-old Claire Morris was lowered into the ground.Her mother and brother, despite their own loss and feelings of grief, comforted the young nurse.

locked up.Karen Aim, from Orkney, was battered to death by psycho Jahche Broughton, in New Zealand, in 2008.The killer - who attacked 26-year-old Karen with a baseball bat - applied for parole from his life sentence last week.But Karen’s friends in the town of Taupo where she was murdered hit-out at the move and demanded Broughton is never let out of jail again.One described his sentence with a minimum non-parole period of just 12-and-a-half years as “not enough.”Broughton - who was 14 at the

cancer deaths" with the party claiming that some 10,000 people with the disease may miss out on surgery over the next two years.The party's health spokeswoman Monica Lennon raised her concerns about the impact a reduction in operations would have - branding the move "wrongheaded".With NHS surgery to run at 60% of capacity over the next two years as a result of the pandemic, Labour fears the number of cancer patients having operations could fall from more than 12,000 a year to about 7,000.Lennon

independence as a "distraction" from more important issues facing the country, a new poll has found. A survey carried out by YouGov revealed just 36% of voters in Scotland agreed that independence was "one of the most important issues facing the country", while 52% said it distracts "from other important issues that should get more attention", and a further 11% said they didn't know.

Ingredients 4 Scottish Salmon Fillets 2g Chilli Powder 1g Ground Ginger 40ml Soy Sauce 40ml Sweet Chilli Sauce Zest and juice of 1 Lime 250g sachet Cooked Basmati Rice 150g pack Sweet Peppers 4 Spring Onions 2 Cloves of Garlic 1 medium Carrot 40g Frozen Peas 2 level tsp Chilli Flakes 5g Fresh Coriander Scottish Rapeseed Oil to fry Method Mix the chilli powder and ginger together, sprinkle over the salmon fillets and put to one side.

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

picturesque villages or farmsteads with plenty to offer any visitor.Much like the rest of the UK, Scotland has its fair share of odd place names, here are some of the most bizarre and where they may have originated from.A place located near to the village of Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, it is thought the name is likely to have originally been Brokenwynd - with wynd a Scots word for a narrow curving path or lane leading off a main thoroughfare.Speaking of wynds...The butt of a joke for many

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA new report released today shows that five deaths last week were linked to coronavirus.The National Records of Scotland figures mean the COVID-19 death toll in Scotland stands at 4213.The five deaths mean it's the lowest recorded weekly total since the first death was recorded in March 2020.Across Ayrshire and Arran no new deaths linked to coronavirus have been registered since July 20 to July

BBC weather presenter accidentally claimed that a park was "full of doggers" in an X-rated slip of the tongue during a live broadcast. Carol Kirkwood was left red-faced as she delivered today’s weather outlook for the UK from London’s Greenwich Park.

Weather warnings issued for Scotland are expected to remain in place until the middle of the week as forecasters predict downpours and lightning. The Met Office said there was a chance of damage to properties by floods, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds and spray on roads would make driving conditions treacherous.

conditions over the coming days as a heatwave descends on the UK.

Glasgow cafe has gone viral with its ‘Cooncil Box’ that has come ‘directly from the local scheme’. The culinary geniuses at Tophski’s in the south side of the city launched the unique dish yesterday - and it has already captured the imagination of punters on social media.