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Coastguard crews have issued a safety warning after a blind dog died falling from a cliff. The pet could not be saved after it plunged over the edge at Birsay, Orkney, just before 9pm on Saturday.

How the six-month extension works Your vehicle’s MOT expiry date will be automatically extended by six months if it’s eligible.

Kessock Bridge in Inverness. "Caution High Winds" warnings are forecast to be in place from 3pm today until 9am tomorrow.Other bridges on the same route further north, the Cromarty and Dornoch bridges, are expected to have the similar warnings in place covering the same timescale.The A87 Skye Bridge is also expected to have "caution" warnings from 6pm through to 9am tomorrow.The A9000 Forth Bridge could see warnings in place from midday to 6pm tonight, with a 40mph speed limit in place.

Traffic Scotland. They cover all routes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Fife for today (Saturday).The government agency said of the situation in Glasgow: "Drivers in Glasgow are advised to use caution due to surface water affecting driving conditions." Similar advice is now in place for much of the Central Belt, covering major trunk routes such as the M8, M74, M73 and M9.

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

dad-of-two who was facing trial for attempting to abduct a six-year-old boy. Craig Derrick, 31, Brian Laing, 27, and David Till, 33, attacked Darren Brownlie in a cell at Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, on January 6, 2020.

Johnny Beattie was one of the pillars of Scottish entertainment. He, along with fellow Glaswegians Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan and Stanley Baxter, were the blueprint of post war Scottish comedy.

coronavirus.Norma and John Wiggins, from Hamilton, escaped the deluge of storm Dennis in February for an extended break in Tenerife but were left confined to their room when sand from the Sahara desert engulfed the Canary Islands, grounding hundreds of flights.And just four weeks later they found themselves stranded in their Tenerife apartment once again by the coronavirus lockdown.Their trip was originally supposed to last six weeks, but the retired couple only made it back to Scotland

coronavirus spread throughout the country, new emails have shown. Staff at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) knew a large number of their FFP3 masks for pandemic supplies were out of date just as the first cases were confirmed.

jail today.Aleem Azam, 49,  thought he was in contact with a teenage girl, but in fact he was snared by a police decoy.Azam claimed he wanted to have sex with her and boasted that 'everything still worked' in his body.He was eventually snared with 18 indecent images of children.Azam pleaded guilty to sending sexual communications to the decoy as well as having the indecent images.Azam, of the city's Shawlands, was put on a community payback order with three years supervision by Sheriff Andrew

Nicola Sturgeon ' event to mark the First Minister's 50th birthday. Organisers are asking people across the country to join the celebration from their doorsteps at 8pm next Sunday, July 19.

coronavirus. The study, which is run by the University of Oxford, is looking to recruit more than 10,000 volunteers to take part in the 12-month long trial.

NHS workers are set to be rewarded with free holidays to Ibiza for their tireless work on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The Together for Healthcare Heroes initiative is hoping to provide 5,000 European healthcare staff  and their families with holidays across the continent - most of which will be on the Balearic party island.

Scots fast food workers have shared the grim things they've experienced while dealing with rude customers.Hospitality staff were asked to share the most bizarre and frustrating situations they have been in at work in a Twitter thread.From strange requests to horrible punters, some of these confessions will leave you speechless.A social media user, named Kirsten, kicked off the discussion which has since racked up 15,000 comments.She wrote: "If you’re in customer service/ food industry etc.

Green Flag also offered some common-sense tips for those looking to buy a used car.

independence option instead. Kenny MacAskill MP has backed the idea of a new pro-independence party claiming that voting SNP in both Holyrood’s constituency and regional list votes “just doesn’t work”.

Calvin Harris has been praised for donating £20,000 to Glasgow's Sub Club after they launched a campaign to stop permanent closure. The fund was just £5,000 away from reaching £150,000 when the DJ, who now stays in LA, made the generous donation, taking the fund to £165,000.

restaurant and pub bills slashed in half when eating out. In a bid to kickstart the struggling hospitality industry, the government announced the new discount scheme to coax families out of lockdown.

cop who has died after a short battle with cancer leaving behind two young children.Inspector Chris Mutter served in Fife Division before his death last Monday - having only been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on October 31.He was promoted to the post of inspector in November - while he was receiving treatment for his illness.A special ceremony took place where he was promoted by the chief constable.Devastated wife Maxine is now left behind with children Ethan, three, and one-year-old