Scotland 'more popular than Portugal' for UK holidaymakers as staycation bookings soar

iOS - Android A total of 20 properties were purchased in Wishaw, plus 10 each in Bellshill and Shotts, five in each of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Motherwell, plus single properties in Moodiesburn and Viewpark.North Lanarkshire has spent £8.65m on the acquisitions and repairs during the past year, with the help of £3m in Scottish Government grant funding; while a further £790,000 has been committed to another 17 properties which are currently at the conveyancing stage.

wedding destinations in the world, according to new data. New research from Money.co.uk on Pinterest searches found that the country came at number 14 in the list of places future brides and grooms are swooning over.

paedophile who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl to his home to have sex with him dodged jail today. Andrew Halliday exchanged more than 1000 messages on the WhatsApp application alone with his intended victim as he groomed her for more than six weeks - despite her repeatedly warning him of her age and discussing her days at school with him.

coronavirus vaccine. Nicola Sturgeon also revealed that a total of five million doses have now been administered in Scotland, with almost 1.9m second jabs now been given.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed after he was jailed again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

Greggs is recalling more products from Iceland amid concerns that some of them contain pieces of glass. The fast food giant has issued an alert on certain batches of its two-packs of Vegetable Bakes available on sale at Iceland stores in Scotland.

Prince William set out on his first tour in more than over a year as he began his Scotland tour a few days ago. Among several royal engagements, the Duke of Cambridge also visited communities associated with the Church of Scotland.

Drug addicts with Hepatitis C are more likely to die from overdoses despite progress in treating the illness. Experts said improvements in helping patients were “futile” if users were dying from substance abuse instead.

Scottish Labour leader, who has tested negative for the virus, will continue with his parliamentary work remotely as he is now unable to travel to Holyrood. The Scottish Parliament resumed for its new session last week following the election earlier this month.

Outlander star Richard Rankin has taken time off from filming season six of the show to try out a new interactive map that show's Scotland's best off-grid staycations.

covid cases in the area on the outskirts of Glasgow have been "very swift". He added that the situation was being monitored by the Scottish Government.

iOS - Android A total of 6280 applications were received from South Lanarkshire and by the end of March, 5475 payments were made totalling £209,560.Cabinet Secretary for Social Security Shirley-Anne Somerville said: “It is great to see so many families benefiting from the Scottish Child Payment and that it is making a positive impact on the lives of so many children.“We are working hard to tackle child poverty and it is fantastic to see the number of households being supported so quickly after

thug boyfriend who threatened to live stream the murders of his partner's family in Romania to her in Scotland has been jailed. During a bitter break-up with Maria Stanciu, Vasile Rostas warned that she would see her loved ones being killed - as thugs would use Facebook to film and broadcast the abuse.

Scottish Government's traffic lights system - similar to the one announced by Boris Johnson in England - will come into effect from Monday. Countries are to be classified as green, amber and red and a review will take place every four weeks.