Staycations in Scotland boosted by hit TV shows

Scotland's best and worst performing primary schools have been announced in a brand new league table for 2021. The Times has ranked each school across the country as pupils head back to classrooms this week after the summer holidays for the first time since lockdown eased.

iOS and Android.35.0 Shetland Islands 58.0 Orkney Islands 86.7 Moray 101.9 Na h-Eileanan Siar 114.3 Aberdeenshire 115.7 Aberdeen City 123.5 Angus 138.9 Perth & Kinross 139.2 Stirling 141.4 Highland 155.2 Dundee City 162.1 Midlothian 166.9 Falkirk 167.5 Scottish Borders 171.2 South Ayrshire 190.3 City of Edinburgh 201.5 Fife 201.8 West Lothian 203.1 East Ayrshire 203.4 Glasgow City 216.5 East Renfrewshire 216.8 Renfrewshire 221.6 East Dunbartonshire 222.4 Argyll & Bute 238.8 Inverclyde 242.2 Sout

iOS - Android Garry King at Go Kids told Lanarkshire Live: “We usually run some things over the summer holidays but normally have to charge for them. "But thanks to Arnold Clark down in Motherwell who provided us with funding from their community grant we were able to half the price of it.“We then got in touch with Youthlink Scotland and they gave us a bit more funding which meant we were then able to offer it to people who couldn’t afford it, for free.

GDP, unlike the previous year where it stood at 8.6% of GDP.

coronavirus pandemic has been handled is "imminent". Bereaved families met with Scottish Government ministers to discuss if a separate inquiry can be launched in Scotland.

Aamer Anwar at the Scottish Government for a meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Jane Morrison, Jude Kilbee, Connie McCready, Peter McMahon and group chairman Alan Wightman met Deputy First Minister John Swinney – who is also the Covid Recovery Secretary – and Health Secretary Humza Yousaf during the discussions at Holyrood.

MORE NEWS FROM THE PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESSThe number of suicides in Scotland decreased by three per cent last year NRS data shows there were 805 probable suicides in Scotland in 2020 - down from 833 in 2019. Between June and September, however, there were 28 per cent more suicides than usual for those four months.

Scotland to save 20,000 VHS tapes from the dump.VideOdyssey owner Andy Johnson is travelling up from Liverpool to Dundee to collect the mammoth donation of tapes.The movie buff followed his dream to open a video rental store and it has proven so popular that he has had to expand the store.People across the country have donated their tapes to him, including George McInnes in Dundee.George's massive 20,000 haul of VHS tapes has been collected over decades from car boot sales, and he is happy to

coronavirus deaths and 1,815 new cases overnight.The Scottish Government confirmed the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – now stands at 8,041.

Aberdeen.Police are keen to speak to Mark Barrott after his wife Eileen Barrott, 50, was found badly injured at the couple’s home in Naburn Fold, Whinmoor, on Sunday.She was then pronounced dead at the scene and police are treating her death as murder.Now 54-year-old Barrott is believed to have travelled to Scotland from Leeds after Eileen's death.He travelled to Edinburgh from Leeds by train but investigations have found he then caught a train to Aberdeen.He was last sighted on CCTV in Huntly

Love Island Scot Dale Mehmet looks to have taken a step closer to securing a longer stay in the Majorca villa. The Glasgow barber was seen cracking on with Chloe Burrows - and he suggested that she was the only woman that he was getting on with in the villa.

Government ministers are currently in conversation with UK Government officials about introducing the measure for holidaymakers. Any changes could come into force next week, with a decision expected at some point today - according to reports.

face masks could remain mandatory for people in Scotland until Christmas.John Swinney was asked if the rules around coverings implemented during the height of the first wave of the covid pandemic could stay in place until December, he replied "that's perfectly conceivable". During a Scottish Government announcement yesterday on the latest lockdown situation in Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said mask rules would remain passed ' Freedom Day ' on August 9.

covid pandemic could stay in place until December, he replied "that's perfectly conceivable". During a Scottish Government announcement yesterday on the latest lockdown situation in Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said mask rules would remain passed ' Freedom Day ' on August 9.

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pubs and restaurants will be in place from next Monday after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed a move to level zero Covid restrictions. All of Scotland will move down to the lowest level of coronavirus rules from Monday, July 19.The First Minister said that case numbers are 'levelling off' compared to recent weeks.Health officials confirmed that there were 2,529 new positive cases of coronavirus recorded in the past 24 hours, with four deaths recorded in that time.

Pubs and restaurants will be expected to close by midnight - earlier than anticipated - and Scots should continue to work from home where possible, delaying the move back into offices. The First Minister made the announcement to MSPs at a virtual meeting of the Scottish Parliament today, where she said mandatory use of face coverings was likely to remain for "some time to come".

April this year that cops were looking at claims of criminality relating to £600,000 worth of donations. It was believed the cash raised by SNP activists was to be used for another independence referendum, however it's alleged the money was diverted.