Scots hospitality bosses ask punters to be kind this weekend as pandemic leaves them short on staff and booze

Cops raced to the smash on the A828, near Appin, at around 3.40pm on Tuesday, September 7. The collision involved two vehicles on the busy route.

Scotland score just once in three matches against the Czechs, England and Croatia and hot on the heels of a 2-0 defeat in Denmark last week, the manager admits his star men could be struggling with the pressure of taking big chances at crucial moments. And he’s called on them to rediscover their composure in Vienna as a place in Qatar 2022 goes on the line against the second seeds.

Bo'ness over the weekend.

Billy Gilmour to get their World Cup campaign back on track. The teenager was the stand out contributor on an otherwise chaotic night in Copenhagen on Wednesday as a 2-0 defeat against the Danes left Scotland with almost no room for error in Group F.

Scotland currently occupy fourth place, sitting behind Denmark, Austria and Israel. Steve Clarke is adamant that his side can rise to the occasion against Moldova and get much needed points recorded if there is to be a repeat of an appearance for the national side at the next major tournament in Qatar.

crash on a Scots road this afternoon. Emergency services raced to the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road at the B9017 junction near Keith after the two-vehicle crash happened at around 3.50pm on Saturday, August 28.

Scots road. Emergency services raced to the scene on the B997 between Parkhill and Bridge of Don in Aberdeen.

horror crash between two lorries on a busy Scots road. We told yesterday about the pile up between the two HGVs on the A1 near Thorntonloch yesterday morning.

pine marten has developed a taste for steak after being rescued by the owners of an award-winning restaurant. Customers spotted the kit, which has been named Ash, under a tree near Applecross Walled Garden in Wester Ross.

Crosshouse Hospital following a fall on August 4. Days into her hospital stay, daughter Elaine noticed the two diamond rings were missing from her mum's hand.Alzheimer's patient Helen was given the rings by her late husband Alexander Lawrie in the 1970s and she has never taken them off in 42 years.

smashed through a chip shop on a busy Stirling street. Emergency services were called to Main Street in Plean, at around 6:50pm this evening, Wednesday August, 25.

a collision on the A866 Braighe Road on the Isle of Lewis on Tuesday, August 24. The two-vehicle smash, involving a car and a motorbike, happened at around 10.40pm last night.

married - and then camped out overnight with macaroni cheese to celebrate. Steph Ivers, 30, changed out of her walking gear and into a bridal gown to marry Morgan Price, 31, during howling winds and minus six degree windchill at the top of Beinn Bhreac, Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands.

small fishing boat capsized off the North East coast near Stonehaven. The stricken vessel was discovered upturned by a passing boat who raised the alarm with HM Coastguard at around 3.30pm on Saturday.

Aberdeen - as long as punters pass a breathalyser test first. The over-18s-only Beach Battle Bar will have a zero-tolerance policy on booze.Police and council safety experts backed the plans for breath tests and no alcohol sales.

Possil Road. It's understood the crash involved one vehicle.

Cops raced to reports of a collision to find the vehicle overturned in the middle of the road late last night. Officers from the Road Policing Unit shut down the road while they dealt with the incident.