Scotland to be hit with 19 inches of snow as arctic blast descends this month

Covid deaths. The BBC reports the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's dedicated Covid-19 Death Investigation Team (CDIT) is probing the circumstances of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes across the country.

Scottish Government has published the latest weekly coronavirus data as the country enters into its third week of lockdown.

Joanna Lumley and filmed in Scotland. The movie, due for release in 2021, follows Australian actress Danielle Macdonald who leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley plays renowned but terrifying singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop who gives intense vocal training lessons.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran hospitals has fallen for the first time in five days.But the deadly disease has claimed the lives of a further 12 people from Ayrshire, according to new Scottish Government statistics.Latest figures show 225 people are currently battling the disease in hospitals within the health board region.That's down 12 on the previous days number of 237.

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weather forecast for the fortnight in the UK beginning from February 3. Experts say that low pressure is likely to bring an ‘increased risk’ of snowfall in the the north of the country.

weather '. The bridge was shut off in both directions on the M90 due to the unsafe conditions at 03:06am this morning.

blizzard conditions as Storm Christoph travels up north from England. Two weather warnings have been issued across the country - the first of which will come into effect from midday tomorrow.

Dominic Raab said today the UK Government was working towards a target of the entire county receiving their first jab by early autumn. It comes as the Scottish Government steps up its recruitment of vaccinators to administer doses across the country, with more than 5,000 registered so far - a figure which does not include all participating GPs.

Glasgow MSP confirmed late on Saturday he would be standing to become the next leader of Scottish Labour following Richard Leonard's sudden resignation last week. He tweeted to say the country “needs political leadership that will bring people together” and that he wants “to rebuild Scottish Labour, and then rebuild Scotland”.Sarwar lost out to Leonard at the last leadership election in 2017 but is considered the favourite to win this time around.

Scotland could be blanketed with up to seven inches of snow overnight as the country gears up for more treacherous weather. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across large parts of Scotland with risk of travel disruption and icy conditions.

Hurt Locker hero who once dodged death in an Afghan bomb blast has died at the age of 39.Army legend David Timmins lost an eye and suffered massive internal injuries in an explosion in Afghanistan during Operation Panther’s Claw in July 2009.The Royal Logistic Corps Corporal showed incredible bravery when he helped save badly injured Sapper Matthew Weston.The decorated war hero saved scores of lives in his career, defusing deadly IEDs as a member of crack squad Explosive Device Disposal Team 5,

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be widely available across the country on Monday.A team of more than 3000 trained vaccinators are on standby to deliver doses to those aged over 80, who will be contacted by their health boards.The latest rollout follows an announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who revealed that more than 110,000 Scots have already received the Pfizer jag.Scotland has an allocation of 533,640 doses of the Oxford vaccine for the month of January, which requires two jabs,

coronavirus Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be made available in more that 1,000 locations across Scotland from Monday, the Scottish Government have announced.The injection, which was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on December 30, has already been administered in the Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highlands health boards.The news of the rollout comes after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed over 110,000 people have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine since it

link.“I will set out our decisions shortly. However, I can confirm now, in summary, that we decided to introduce from midnight tonight, for the duration of January, a legal requirement to stay at home except for essential purposes.“This is similar to the lockdown of March last year.”The whole of mainland Scotland and Skye was placed into the top tier, level 4, on Boxing Day.

battle the ice on the first Monday of the year. Emergency services are racing to the scene at the M73 which is closed southbound just before junction 2a at 6.47am.  A Police Scotland spokesman told the Record that three vehicles had crashed.