Scots chicken factory coronavirus cluster on rise as total infected reaches 90

Clydebank. Ross Gray was walking his nine-year-old rescue dog, Cathy when she slit her paw on smashed glass near a primary school in the Cochno area, at 5pm on Wednesday night.

Covid-19 in a Scots care home hopes legal action will prevent other families enduring a similar ordeal. Colin Harris passed away in April after catching the deadly bug.

hereEarlier today, the First Minister uged Scots to download a new 'Protect Scotland' contact tracing app - the latest tool in the fight to stop the spread of coronavirus.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.always wash your hands when you get home or into workuse hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not availablecover your mouth and nose with

coronavirus.Bosses at the Bellshill plant on Sholto Crescent in the Lanarkshire town confirmed the workers had tested positive for Covid-19 over the past 10 days and said six other employees are now awaiting test results.The workers who have been in contact with the positive pair are now self isolating and will receive full pay whilst they are off.A spokesperson for the company said: "Over the last 10 days two people at our Bellshill bakery have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently

judge.The Scot was caged for 12 years last month for mouthing off towards Randall Basinger in Facebook rants posted last year.But the former US Marine, originally from Edinburgh, has written to the court contesting the “wrongful, misguided and erroneous” verdict. In a penciled note, Richey added: “My trial was biased, unfair and rigged from the onset.

cars have swarmed on a Scots beauty spot in scenes that have been branded 'madness' by locals. Vehicles have been pictured overflowing the car park at the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire today.

Douglas Ross says he has not spoken to or ever met Dominic Cummings since he resigned as a minister over the lockdown breaches by the Prime Minister's senior adviser. The new leader of the Scottish Conservatives resigned from the Scotland Office in May in protest at Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle in north-east England during the lockdown.

shopper has hit out after her hand got covered in human faeces whilst buying chicken nuggets from Iceland.Mum-of-four Lynne McCabe said she was horrified to discover she had been smeared in poo after putting her hand inside a freezer in the Saltcoats store at 3.30pm yesterday.Lynne, from Kilwinning, realised there was human excrement on the packaging of the nuggets she was buying for her children's dinner when she accidentally touched her nose.The 35-year-old said: "The smell was awful.

coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The First Minister also hit out at “selfish and irresponsible" Covid idiots after more than 300 people were thrown out of an illegal rave at a rented Scots mansion.Police  shut down the party at a £1625-a-night property in Midlothian on Saturday night.

Tourists have been slammed for hanging dirty face masks, thongs, socks and bras from trees at an ancient pilgrimage beauty spot in the Scottish Highlands.Pictures taken at the Munlochy Clootie Well in Ross and Cromarty have been branded branded "rank" after visitors tied their dirty laundry to branches in a bid to ward off sickness and bring them luck.Traditionally, Clootie Wells are places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas where strips of cloth and rags are left as part of an ancient healing

coronavirus cases has been identified in a Scottish Highlands town. NHS Highland’s Health Protection Team confirmed five news cases of Covid-19 today and have said contract tracing is underway in the Grantown area.

animal magic act has made it to the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals. On Sunday night the show was back on our TV screens with a pre-recorded instalment to reveal which contestants had made it through to the semis.The ITV series was forced to halt production earlier in the year due to the pandemic.

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

2 Sisters chicken factory and 14 community contacts had all tested positive. Earlier in the week  Nicola Sturgeon  ordered every worker at the  processing plant  to self isolate and get tested immediately.

coronavirus confirmed in Scotland in the last 24 hours - the highest rise in cases since May 16. But Nicola Sturgeon is urging Scots to take the increase in "context" as they are linked to the current outbreak at a Coupar Angus chicken factory.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.One of Scotland's newest distilleries which is located on one of its smallest islands is finally coming of age with a special virtual tasting to celebrate the launch of its first ever whisky.The first legally distilled Scotch whisky from Raasay will be ready next month, with Isle of Raasay Distillery co-founder Alasdair Day set to host a special virtual tasting live

Coupar Angus “will almost certainly grow” in the coming days.Pitlochry broadband off since August 12 stormShe said the Scottish Government was now treating cases tied to the George Street site as a “significant cluster” and revealed she was even considering imposing “restrictions” locally due to “the nature and potential scale” of the outbreak.Managers closed the factory at the start of the week and a mobile testing unit has been set up outside for workers to go and find out if they have the

Death Row inmate Kenny Richey has been jailed for 12 years in the US after being found guilty of threatening a former judge. The Scot made threats towards Randall Basinger in videos posted on Facebook last year.