Scottish victims of romance fraud are losing £1,600 on average to scammers

Meaning: a bit of a commotionThis is a favourite way to describe anything from a small commotion to an all-out brawl."Did you hear about the game at the weekend, there was a brawl and three players were sent off.""Aye, I heard it was a bit of a stramash."Meaning: to cuddle or snuggle inYou might often hear a wee Scots granny telling everyone to coorie round so they can show you something."C'mon over here and coorie in so your Grandad can take a picture of us."Meaning: This is the Scots version

Scottish Government has confirmed that no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, The latest figures for Scotland showed that 7,113 new cases had also been identified overnight.It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,103.There are currently 507 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 52 being treated in intensive care.The total number of positive cases since the pandemic started

covid deaths in Scotland in the past 24 hours. There have been 5,858 cases recorded across in the country in the same time frame, bringing the total numbers since the pandemic began to 407,660.

Ford Kiernan has his Twitter followers divided over the name of a beloved biscuit. Ford, who played Jack Jarvis on the hit show, told his followers he had been getting the name of Blue Riband biscuits wrong.

Scottish Secretary, has revealed that Boris Johnson will grant powers to hold a referendum if polling for a referendum, not necessarily independence, is consistently at 60 per cent.

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Gavin and Stacey stars Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon will reunite in a new one-off comedy filmed in the Scottish Highlands. The BBC One show, called 'Gaynor and Ray', will follow a couple from Cardiff, Wales, on their honeymoon to Scotland where they meet a variety of characters and situations.

SNP Government was agreed last week. The pact, which would give the SNP and Greens a clear majority at Holyrood, commits the parties to a shared agenda, but also flags up excluded policy areas.

UC and Working Tax credit introduced in lockdown will affect 63 per cent of families with kids in one Glasgow constituency. This impact will be felt by 37 per cent of families with children all across Scotland, according to the research by the respected poverty campaign organisation the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Helen Flanagan has given a glimpse inside her trip to Scotland.The Coronation Street star, 31, who shares daughters Matilda, six, Delilah, three, and five month old son Charlie with fiancé Scott Sinclair, 32, looked radiant as she showed off her postpartum figure on a beach in Loch Lomond on Wednesday 25 August. Helen slipped into a brown bikini as she cradled her adorable youngest Charlie in the sweet Instagram snaps to her 1million followers.

lost loved ones to Covid are demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it announced a public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. The First Minister yesterday promised the judge-led inquiry, set to get underway by the end of the year, would take a “person-centred, human rights-based” approach.

Harry Potter star Timothy Spall filmed a new movie using only Scottish locations despite the film also being about England.

Chvrches have announced details of two intimate Scottish shows next year.The band, who release fourth album ‘Screen Violence’ this week (August 27), will head home for a pair of small gigs before their full UK tour begins next March.For the two ‘outstore’ shows, organised in association with local record stores, the band will first play in Dundee at Fat Sam’s on March 10, before playing a Glasgow show at SWG3 two days later.Their UK tour then begins on March 14 with a gig on March 14, while

Scottish Government has confirmed 10 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland also showed that 4323 new cases had also been identified overnight.There are currently 364 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 43 being treated in intensive care.To date 4,085,552 people have received their first vaccination with 3,587,145 having a second jab.

Aberdeenshire Council, took to social media to announce her resignation from the SNP. On Friday, the SNP announced it had struck a deal with Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater's party after weeks of negotiations following the Holyrood election in May.

Education Secretary has recently met in person with other members of the Scottish Cabinet or MSPs.In her online message Somerville said: “After losing my sense of smell yesterday I went for a Covid test which has come back positive.“I’ll now self isolate and continue to work from home.