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stranded in the sea on an inflatable toy boat whilst searching for a missing drone. The pair, who weren't wearing life jackets, sparked the alarm at around 7.30pm on Sunday after reports of a vessel adrift near to Ardrossan’s North Shore.

Kirkcaldy after it was engulfed in flames. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7.28pm on Saturday following reports that the Old Viewforth High School building was alight.

online of local schoolgirls and encouraged their sexual abuse was snared by an undercover cop.Stuart Betts, 49, believed he was sharing messages with a fellow predator.Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday how Betts suggested the two girls be sexually attacked in their beds by a “gang”.But he was actually in contact with a Police Scotland online undercover operative known as “Steve D”, who was attempting to gather intelligence against adults seeking to sexually abuse children.Last June, Steve

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserCommunities secretary Aileen Campbell MSP added: “Living more of our lives locally – shopping, eating and enjoying activities in the areas we live – has never been more important and has a huge role to play in supporting Scotland’s economic and social recovery from Covid-19.“Taking simple steps like choosing to visit a nearby shop or cafe, or buying goods or services from a business in your community, helps support local jobs,

SNP Government U-turn. Fiona Robertson, from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, will appear before MSPs at Holyrood as part of a probe into downgraded exams which appeared to penalise pupils in poorer areas.

return to school today. EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said the union had been involved in drawing up guidelines and said the daytime hygiene regimes were “very robust”.

As Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip made the annual summer trip to Balmoral Castle in Scotland, it was already apparent things would look different this year because of COVID-19.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Lauren’s English grade is among thousands across Scotland being questioned after the SQA confirmed students’ past work and predicted grades were slashed purely because of where they live.The exam body - which this year had to find a new way of grading students performance in absence of the usual exams - controversially also looked at each school’s previous history of results.This downgraded the pass rate for the poorest pupils by 15.2 per cent,

prison cell for five hours were sentenced to almost 20 years in jail yesterday.

pupil grading system is to give evidence to a Holyrood committee. Fiona Robertson of the Scottish Qualifications Authority will be asked to account for a new set up that has seen over 100,000 results downgraded.

Aberdeen has woken up to its first full day of lockdown after tighter restrictions were imposed by the Scottish Government. The streets of the Granite City were left completely empty as all bars and restaurants shut their doors at 5pm on Wednesday evening.Nicola Sturgeon enforced Scotland’s first local lockdown after a spike in cases emerged in the city over the course of the week.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/no-plans-impose-lanarkshire-lockdown-22398658Aberdeen residents woke up this morning to being back in lockdown as the first local crackdown is implemented in Scotland.Bars, cafes and restaurants in the city have shut for at least seven days and more than 228,000 residents were told they can't enter each other's homes or travel further than five miles.Following the outbreak at the Sitel call centre last month, where staff members were advised to

Aberdeen have been ordered to close following a large spike in coronavirus cases.

coronavirus cluster, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today.

Glasgow cafe has gone viral with its ‘Cooncil Box’ that has come ‘directly from the local scheme’. The culinary geniuses at Tophski’s in the south side of the city launched the unique dish yesterday - and it has already captured the imagination of punters on social media.

Police Scotland's deputy chief constable after a surge in Covid-19 cases. DCC Will Kerr took to Twitter to reiterate guidance from the Scottish Government shared on Friday by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC appoints new Scotland chief BBC Scotland has named program maker, commissioner and award-winning broadcaster Steve Carson (pictured) as its new director, replacing Donalda MacKinnon, who steps down later this year. Carson is currently head of multi-platform commissioning for BBC Scotland and will be elevated to look after 1,100 staff.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Ask a lot of parents and they will tell you that kids and the word “relax” don’t go together that often in the modern day.Helena Kelman, 58, from Motherwell is a Relax Kids coach, and provides children with coping methods to help them unwind.The mum-of-two was delighted last week when the work of the organisation was recognised in the Scottish Parliament in a motion lodged by Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare