Scots cops to be deployed across country as coronavirus lockdown comes into force

drugs and an illegal spray after a house raid in Ayrshire. Officers discovered what is thought to be cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis and diazepam with a combined street value of £38,615 after descending on Glen Farrar Way in Kilmarnock at around 2.55pm yesterday.

Ayrshire home. The 36-year-old was discovered at a property in Gottries Road, Irvine in the early hours of Thursday, October 22, morning.

cannabis ­allotment” yards from a path at a beauty spot.The suspect plants were growing in hessian sacks, each tagged with the name of the strain of hash.The walker found the plants in woods near Ben Bouie, a hill overlooking Helensburgh in Argyll.They said: “I couldn’t believe it. The bags were not that difficult to find.“It’s not what you expect to find in this area.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 28 new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland overnight, the highest daily figure since May 21, the Scottish Government has announced.Another 1,739 Scots have also tested positive for the virus as cases continue to rise across the country.Some 873 patients are currently being treated in hospital, an increase of 49 overnight, while 73 remain in intensive care.In Ayrshire and

Janey Godley? And what did she do before she started her hilarious Nicola Sturgeon voice overs? We took a look back at Janey's life, all the tough times she's been through and all her amazing achievements over the years.She wrote a book, raised money for charity and was recently filming something very exciting with actress Joanna Lumley.Janey Godley Currie was born in 1961 in Stirling and grew up up in Shettleston - she is the youngest of four children.She married her husband Sean Storrie in

lockdown completely alone as she battled breast cancer but she still managed to pass her exams – and has been named Student of the Year.Samantha Currie, 37, even found time to cut off her own long hair, before undergoing chemotherapy, which she donated to the Little Princess Trust to make wigs for child cancer patients. The remarkable mum of two spent 14 weeks apart from her beloved sons Max, five, and Robbie, 10, which was a painful separation.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw photographer has shared some of his stunning snaps of his travels across the country.Ron Ballantyne sent us a picturesque scene of Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie in the Moray Firth.And there was more to come as Ron also submitted some shots of everything from a Scottish wild cat to a Highland cow out on the road.Ron said: “I took a great shot at Carrbridge by Aviemore.

human trafficking.Police Scotland recruited officers Hiep Nguyen Hoang and Duy Nguyen Xuan for a six-month secondment, where they will be used in raids and routine visits to root out exploited slave labour. The officers, who arrived two weeks ago, are usually based in Hanoi and were recruited after Police Scotland visited Vietnam last year, to foster cross-country links and stem the flow of people smuggling.

hospital. Maureen Nicholson was just 64 when she passed away after fighting a chest infection at Glasgow Royal Infirmary last month.

Pubs and restaurants will have to close for four weeks, while schools will shut for two weeks as part of new rules announced by the Northern Ireland Executive.

missing Scots teenager who may have travelled more than 200 miles across the country.Nathan Bell, 16, was last seen in the Merkinch area of Inverness at around 9.45am on Saturday October 10. But he has since vanished prompting a police search.Highland cops think he may have travelled to Saltcoats, or the surrounding area, in North Ayrshire.They have asked locals to keep an eye out for the youth and have issued a description.He is described as around 5 ft 10 ins tall, heavy build with short brown

dementia 'wouldn't have survived' had a 'life-changing' pod not been installed in their garden just before lockdown.We told how Reece Mitchell, from North Kessock, Ross and Cromarty, was struck down with CLN2 type Batten disease in early 2018.

Perthshire countryside is available to buy. Tree Tops is a unique family home that is situated in the Barnhill area of Perth.

Scottish Government’s leading advisors has said lockdowns are not the best way to tackle Covid-19 outbreaks. Professor Devi Sridhar, chairwoman of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, has stated that research shows strict lockdown policies have not been proven to be the most effective across the world.

Scottish Government 's handling of the coronavirus crisis - and they're getting fed up. Our survey of attitudes revealed Scots think restrictions have gone far enough just as the country enters a two-week shutdown across pubs.Casting their minds back to the start of the emergency, readers have strong feelings about failures in care homes and for young people sitting exams.A massive 90% of more than 8400 responses agreed the Scottish Government has not done enough to protect homes.

pubs and restaurants before they close their doors tonight. From 6pm, and for the next 16 days at least, licensed businesses across the Central Belt will not be able to sell alcohol.

teacher who received threats to his life is to be reinvestigated.Ramsay Urquhart, 33, was found covered in blood with his body wrapped tightly in a duvet two weeks after he moved to London.Police described the tragedy in April last year as “unexplained but not suspicious” and a post mortem found the death was “unascertained”.But his dad Murdo, from Keith, Moray, believes Ramsay may have been attacked and has been campaigning for a full ­investigation.Murdo, 67, has now secured a fresh