Scotland weather forecast as temperatures to hit 21C before wet weekend

weather over the next few days, including torrential downpours and even thunderstorms.The Met Office predicts heavy rain and gale force winds are expected in parts of the country as we leave September behind and head in October.

snow of the season has hit Scotland just weeks after summer officially ended. Scots woke up to frost this morning and will need to dig out their warm winter gear as snow arrived a bit earlier than usual this autumn.The Met Office says temperatures plunged as low as -0.5C this morning in Kinbrace in the Scottish Highlands with the mercury below average as we near October.Ben Nevis saw around 2cm of the white stuff, with reports of 5-7cm of snow landing on the Cairngorm plateau on Monday.

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here.It is understood bottled water was provided for renal dialysis patients but that the bacteria had not got into the water supply which serves the dialysis equipment because it comes from a separate source.Christina Coulombe, head of infection prevention and control, added: “The option of portable sinks was discussed with staff and have now been provided in the areas requested by staff."Senior staff in all three areas can request further portable sinks by contacting facilities colleagues.The

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female dolphin was identified as #1203, a 7-year old recently spotted by the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrew's University thanks to the unique nick on the trailing edge of her dorsal fin. Sean is the Tourism and Food and Drink content writer for the Daily Record - with a focus on Scotland Now.

iOS - Android Hundreds of people have taken to social media in recent weeks to post their concerns and photographs of the unappealing brown tinged water, which Scottish Water claim is safe to use and drink as normal.Others have shown pictures of a thick grit that lines the bottom of sinks and baths in homes across the county after running the water.So much concern has been raised across the region that a new Lanarkshire Water Group Facebook page was recently set up and already has hundreds of

murderer who hurled boiling water over prison officers has died in jail. Asif Rehman was an inmate at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire when he passed away on Monday, according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).

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TRNSMT Festival 2021 is set to take place this weekend, and the weather isn’t looking great.The Scottish festival was rescheduled from July following concerns around the coronavirus pandemic, and will be headlined by Liam Gallagher, Courteeners and The Chemical Brothers.The three-day event at Glasgow Green will also see performances from the likes of Sam Fender, AJ Tracey, Little Simz, Becky Hill and Declan McKenna – but not a whole lot of sunshine.Apart from a brief spell on the Friday

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