Scottish hotel's 'social distancing igloo' dining experience opens for bookings

pub boss has blasted "drunken young fools" who forced him to close early by threatening staff and refusing to social distance. The long-time owner of the Ship Inn in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, said louts who descended on the coastal town's harbour with carry-outs during good weather on Friday caused chaos and spoiled the occasion for others.

Perth and Kinross are ignoring social distancing rules since face coverings became mandatory. Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser asked cabinet secretary for government business and constitutional relations Michael Russell what his view was on people not sticking to the default two-metre social distancing now that wearing face masks is compulsory in shops.

was found dead at the Alexander Thomson Hotel on Glasgow’s Argyle Street just five minutes before paramedics were called to treat a 44-year-old woman, who later died at the scene.Police Scotland said the man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and the circumstances around the woman’s death are “unexplained” pending results of a post mortem.The deaths are not believed to be linked, but a senior member of the hotel’s security team yesterday defended staff and said they do everything they

Shetland. Flames ripped through The Moorfield Hotel in Brae at around 12.30am this morning.

quarantining visitors.Beth MacLeod, who runs the Knockderry Country House Hotel in Argyll, said she has received three calls a day from people worried about whether they can come to Scotland.In a message to Nicola Sturgeon, who has not closed the door on a cross-border quarantine, Beth said: “I would like her to make it clear that English visitors are welcome in Scotland.”It comes after Marc Crothall, chief executive of the Scottish Tourism Alliance, said that some customers from south of the

Gleneagles Hotel is offering frontline healthcare heroes some well deserved pampering with free bed and breakfast stays for the next five years. As a huge thank you to NHS Scotland staff working tirelessly through the coronavirus pandemic, bigwigs at the five-star Perthshire resort are offering them 365 free room nights each year until 2025.

Johnny Beattie was an outstanding comic performer but more than that, he was a lovely, lovely man. I did several pantomimes with Johnny when he was a Dame and I was daft Wullie.

Veteran theatre star and River City actor Johnny Beattie has passed away at the age of 93.Johnny, who has played Shieldinch’s loveable pensioner Malcolm Henderson since the BBC soap was launched in 2002, left the programme in 2015 after a bout of ill health.The much-loved star is said to have passed away peacefully after a short spell at St Margaret’s Hospice.The former Govan shipyard worker first got into showbiz after joining an amateur dramatic show in 1951.He went on to become a stand-up

herePlanning consent and detailed architectural drawings have been obtained to replace the existing bungalow with a new four-bedroom lodge and one-bedroom warden’s house, along with a boat house and pier.The island is both an Area of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation as well as being part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, and is surrounded by enviable views of mountain ranges.Wildlife lovers could watch nesting ospreys, otters and deer on the

Lanarkshire, have been told the plant will be closing in January next year.Bosses blamed the recent acquisition of Argos by Sainsbury’s and the “challenging retail environment” caused by Covid-19 for the decision.One shellshocked worker said the news had come out of the blue. He told us: “This was the last thing anyone expected and has come as a total shock.“We were recently told we were one of the best performing depots in the UK so how they can make this decision is beyond me.

Loch Lomond has gone on sale – for the price of a one-bedroom flat in London. Uninhabited Inchconnachan is up for grabs for just £500,000.

The Scottish SPCA’s Ayrshire Animal Rescue Centre is back finding animals their forever home after lockdown saw rehoming completely suspended for almost two months.After trialling a limited rehoming service in May, the centre is now rehoming animals using a combination of an online-only application system, carefully controlled appointments and ‘virtual home checks’ where prospective owners and their homes are vetted via Zoom calls.Now the charity have this lovely girl (pictured above) in their

Gary Faulds was the 'talk of the toon' this week as his 'Scottish border' sketch had many fans in fits of laughter. Saying he was inspired by the protest at the Scottish border last week, Gary and his team decided to create the sketch where the 33-year-old plays a border control officer, who asks drivers a string of Scottish related questions to determine whether or not they are allowed to gain entry.

Scottish ministers plea for more spending powers. Rishi Sunak will address the House of Commons after Prime Minister's Questions to deliver a statement on how the government will protect and create jobs across the country.