Scots nurse slapped with nearly £700 of parking fines while working at covid testing centre

Covid-19 restrictions being imposed across the country.David Alexander, who runs party firm Zander Nation, is continuing to take bookings for house parties, triggering fears his actions will help spread the killer virus.The 36-year-old offered to provide a home disco service after being contacted amid concerns that draconian rules on socialising are leading to an unregulated clubbing scene.Alexander operates the firm with his brother Stuart, who compared First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to Hitler

crashing into a another parked car in South Lanarkshire. Emergency services raced to Broomieknowe Road in Rutherglen at around 6.30am on Friday after residents raised the alarm.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe arrival of a group from the Travelling community, who last week took up a section of the car park on the site of the Citadel Leisure Centre, left residents “up in arms.”It was the second time in two weeks that the town’s residents woke up to an illegal encampment on their back door.Last week we told how a group of travellers had pitched up on the old railway siding in Ayr’s Weir Road with

coronavirus pandemic. The First Minister said home working remained 'the default position' during a briefing today.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Christmas lights will be going up across South Lanarkshire this year but there won’t be any official switch-on.With restrictions on mass gatherings expected to be in place for the foreseeable future, South Lanarkshire Council have taken the decision not to organise the annual switch-ons for 2020.The uncertainty around the type of events that could be held in November and the significant risk that tighter

West Dunbartonshire is worst in Scotland for Covid casesAnd she has spoken out about the conditions facing workers overwhelmed by calls after she worked a 12-hour shift in which she took 81 phone calls – which equates to more than one every 10 minutes without a break.She said: “The calls have been absolutely horrendous. The abuse I have taken has been awful.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserSam said: “I’ve decided to focus on films celebrating Scotland and its people, the small towns and their communities included – and this focus fits perfectly with From Scotland With Love.“Although cinema is back on the big screen at Macrobert, we’re continuing to explore the digital aspects of film programming and are exciting about this event.” The documentary showing is at 7pm this Saturday, September 12, immediately followed

greenhouse so he could continue working and still protect his family.David Young, from Caithness in the Highlands, knew how important it was to remain at work while the battle raged against coronavirus but he was also aware of the possible dangers of transmitting the virus – so he moved out of the family home into the greenhouse in his garden to allow him to continue working throughout the pandemic.His incredible commitment to his job was one of hundreds of stories being told on Friday to

Royal Navy warship has docked at a Scots harbour. Offshore patrol vessel HMS Severn was watched by happy onlookers as she made her way into Aberdeen harbour this morning.

Tesco workers have tested positive for Covid-19. Staff members at the Livingston distribution centre in West Lothian are said to be self-isolating at home.

The car belonged to a member of the public who lives near the garage. The kitten had no injuries and is now in the care of the Scottish SCPA’s Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Hamilton's Bothwell Road.

Covid-19 since Scotland's schools re-opened earlier this month. Education Secretary John Swinney announced the latest figures on September 1.

Hospital, were smashed in the early hours of Sunday morning. Cancer patients had their appointments cancelled at the facility after the charity was forced to cancel their slots.

pen pals for lonely residents hoping to make new friends after lockdown restrictions eased. The Dalmellington Care Centre in Ayr has issued a public appeal for open letters and pictures to be sent to their residents after visiting was prohibited for months during the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid-19. The youngster at Newburgh Primary School and Nursery is now self isolating at home with other relatives for 14 days.

children are the hardest working in the UK with one in three parents giving household chores to kids as young as five. According to new figures Scotland has the highest number of children doing jobs around the house than anywhere else in the UK, with the national average being one in five.

baby born five weeks premature has battled for life after developing lung disease at the height of Covid-19 pandemic.Tiny Mason Watters was due to be born last week on August 11, but instead arrived in July, more than a month before his due date, weighing 5lbs 12oz.Mason's parents Shelley Candlish and Paul Watters, became concerned when at eight-months pregnant, Shelley noticed her baby boy had stopped moving so she contacted midwives at Ayrshire Maternity Unit.The 25-year-old, who is a Type-1

Covid-19 vaccine will not be truly visible until around Easter. As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Scotland, members of the public are being urged to hunker down for the foreseeable future.

A Scots mum ate a stranger's parking ticket after her new colleagues hilariously decided to prank her. Mariea Mohan, from Prestwick, took matters into her own mouth after thinking she had been slapped with a £60 parking fine in Ayr yesterday, August 14.