SNP bullying row staffer quits Scotland after Fiona Hyslop is cleared

Siobhian Brown, 48, hopes to be selected by the party to fight for the Ayr seat, which has been held by Mr Scott for two decades.  And if elected the married mum-of-three wants to make changes at Scottish Parliament level, which would sort out problems in the town. Councillor Brown would like to see legislation to force property owners maintain their buildings by cleaning gutters and so on.

Strict rules which forbid students already living in university accommodation from returning to their parents' house may be amended, an SNP minister has hinted. The Scottish Government has faced a backlash after more than 1,000 people were forced to self-isolate on campuses across the country following a spate of Covid outbreaks.

Court in Edinburgh heard Singh, 54, was brought back to Scotland to face prosecution after being detained by authorities in Canada for an alleged shoplifting offence. A judge told Singh: “You have pled guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old child in 2016.

Conservative motion calling on the Scottish Government to drop its plans for an independence referendum bill has failed at Holyrood. Tory MSP Jamie Greene put forward a motion saying the Government "should drop its plans for a further Referendum Bill and focus on closing the attainment gap".

Humza Yousaf has declared his support for his wife Nadia El-Nakla, who has announced she is seeking the SNP’s nomination to stand for Holyrood. El-Nakla said she wants to challenge for the North East Fife seat held by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie, who won a 3,465 majority with 44% of the vote in 2016.

deadly infections after being born 10 weeks early.April’s mum ­Bernadette McGhee-Jackson ­developed e-coli in the womb and blood poisoning two days after her waters broke.The 25-year-old’s organs began to shut down and the deadly bugs were passed on to April, whose heart rate fell so low in it failed to register on the monitor.She was born weighing just 3lb and 24 hours later, doctors at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital confirmed April also had meningitis.But after a remarkable

Sturgeon will speak to Boris Johnson on the phone this afternoon as both Holyrood and Westminster weigh up what options to take.A number of areas already have restrictions in place on social gathering, however it's believed there could be further measures announced later this week.It comes as 245 cases were confirmed over the last 24-hour period with no new deaths.The deaths from a positive case remains at 2,505, while the total number of confirmed cases in Scotland rose to 24,371.On Saturday,

second independence referendum would have to be “looked at” if the SNP win a majority at the next election. The Labour leader also said indyref2 is a “question for Scotland” after being pushed on the issue during an interview.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNo Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Ayrshire for the seventh week in a row.At the peak of the virus, in April, 51 deaths were registered in the region in a single week.But thankfully not a single a Covid death has now been recorded in Ayrshire since July 20 - and there's been just two registered deaths since June 22, 11 weeks ago.

care homes.Professor Jason Leitch was speaking on a live radio interview today about the rising number of positive tests for coronavirus north of the border and the potential impact on the social care sector.Appearing on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the national clinical director was asked if he was concerned by the situation in Scotland's care homes."Concerned in the sense I want to protect them as much as I can from this virus," he said."We've learned both in Scotland and around the world, the

SNP backbencher sparked an angry backlash for suggesting it's "healthy" to debate who should be allowed to have sex. John Mason said freedom of speech laws allow him to "debate" what consenting adults do in Scotland.

hereEarlier today, the First Minister uged Scots to download a new 'Protect Scotland' contact tracing app - the latest tool in the fight to stop the spread of coronavirus.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.always wash your hands when you get home or into workuse hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not availablecover your mouth and nose with

Sunday Mail show the SNP’s Susan Aitken enjoying drinks at a pub with three colleagues on Friday night.

UK markets after Brexit could undermine Holyrood's powers.

Ian Blackford has accused Boris Johnson of being prepared to see unemployment at levels last seen under Margaret Thatcher by withdrawing the furlough scheme in October. Scots can see a "tale of two governments" in response to the economic fall-out from the coronavirus crisis, the SNP Westminster leader claimed.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire and Arran has recorded 16 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours - part of 123 detected across Scotland.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the new figures were 'a worry' but said it was important to note that the positivity rate remains below one per cent.No new deaths from the disease have been reported with the pandemic total remaining at 2,494.A total of 20,318 people

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.THE SNP must tackle the “ticking time bomb” of operation backlogs says Tory MSP Graham Simpson.The latest figures from ISD Scotland showed that 1944 fewer NHS Lanarkshire patients had operations in June than 12 months previously.Central Scotland MSP Mr Simpson said: “The continued backlog of operations is of huge concern to patients who have already been suffering in recent weeks and months.“While it

Job Retention Scheme.The wage support programme was opened in March as lockdown gripped the country.