Scottish SPCA’s Ayrshire Animal Rescue Centre back finding animals their forever home as lockdown eases

coronavirus are to be manufactured in Scotland. The UK government has struck a partnership with the Valneva company to provide up to 100 million doses of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, to be manufactured at its facilities in Livingston.

family have told how they witnessed a miracle when their 1lb baby fought back from the brink of death after doctors suggested they turn off the life-support six times.Distraught parents Michaela Lugton, 21, and Barry McLachlan, 37, watched as their little boy, Noah, took what should have been his final breaths in March 2019 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.As soon as he was born, their baby son had been rushed straight into the neonatal intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator as he was so

although figures reported by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Wednesday reported 4,187 deaths linked to the illness have been registered up to Sunday, July 12.

closures across Scotland will have to be reversed, a top civil servant has admitted. Some 13 Job Centres across Scotland, including six in Glasgow alone, were closed in 2018 as applications for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit moved online.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine’s MSP today thanked North Ayrshire residents for playing their part in suppressing the spread of Covid-19.Ruth Maguire MSP also welcomed the announcement from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that the Scottish  Government will begin to ease into Phase 3 of its exit from lockdown.The announcement came with additional dates for further relaxations to lockdown restrictions.Ruth Maguire MSP

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.

attractions and estates have reopened from today as the lockdown continues to ease. The National Trust for Scotland announced that around 30 of its sites will be back open for tourists as staff begin to return from a period of furlough.

Outlander actors Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish recently announced that they have been working on a new show but fans were delighted when the pair revealed today that they are also launching a book. Sam told his fans on Instagram that the duo had been working on book Clanlands.

Scottish independence and its aftermath, an explosive new book has claimed. It has long been suspected that operatives working on behalf of Vladimir Putin 's government helped spread false information across social media around the time of the landmark vote - claims strongly denied by Russia.

Scottish independence is on the rise as voters back Nicola Sturgeon's response to the global pandemic ahead of Boris Johnson, a new poll has found. The percentage of Scots who say they would vote Yes at a future IndyRef2 now stands at 54 per cent - just one point lower than the total achieved by the No campaign in 2014.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens The 37-year-old, who served in Afghanistan, has never let that hold him back though and now the self-styled ‘Barrhead Banksy’ is raising smiles throughout the town by leaving artistic creations around the area for kids and adults alike to discover.He said: “It’s been really hard in lockdown and I wanted to cheer people up and spread some joy.“I go to the Scottish Warblinded Centre in Hawkhead a lot but that has been closed which has been tough.“I