Tennent's to give free pints to Scots as pubs continue to reopen

Aberdeen Market in 2018 two days after he had fallen down the staircase on June 7.The alarm had been raised by staff at his sheltered housing complex on June 8 and his body was discovered by police on June 9.Yesterday a court heard how Frank’s death was “entirely foreseeable” and could have been avoided.The Market Village Company Limited, who run the shopping centre, were fined £80,000 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.Following the proceedings, Frank’s 46-year-old son Keith Finnie told the Daily Record

racist abuse.Debora Kayembe, 45, has compared the racially motivated attacks she's suffered in the Midlothian town she lives in as 'like Alabama in 1964' - the epicentre of the US Civil Rights movement where black people were subjected to abhorrent racism.Single mum-of-two Debora, who lives in Bonnyrigg with her two teenage children, left her home in the Congo in 2005 after a backlash against her investigative work into a massacre of women and children put her life at risk.  She has forged a

Scottish Government as it still doesn’t have a restart date – but concert bosses have warned it still may be not enough for venues to survive.Earlier this month, the UK Government announced a package for the arts sector which would see £97million given to Scotland through the Barnett formula.Now, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced the funding boost, intended to give direct support to venues and businesses in their supply chains, as well as support changes which need to be made to meet

schools plan today with less than three weeks until children are expected back to class.The Education Secretary will update the Scottish Parliament at 2pm on Thursday on progress with plans for sending pupils back from August 11.The Scottish Government has said their 'intention' is to send children back full-time on this date but only if safe to do so.And Swinney has indicted that a final decision on whether children will return to part-time "blended learning" or full-time education might not be

brain tumour.Trudie Murphy, from East Lothian, says she faces a 'postcode lottery' over her treatment as the tumour is located in such a place that chemotherapy is not an option.The 36-year-old went 'back and forth' to the doctors several times before receiving the heartbreaking news, according to Edinburgh Live.She is now looking into private options to see if anything can be done.Brave Trudie has vowed to fight on and do everything she can to spend more time with husband Dave and their

Robyn Fryar have blasted the “pathetic” sentence handed to her hit-and-run killer who treated her “worse than an animal”. Shaun Gatti was jailed for just five years and three months after mowing down the 15-year-old in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on July 7, 2019 after a night out with his pals.

Dundee this morning to give a fairytale send-off for a youngster who drowned after getting into difficulty at a Perthshire beauty spot.Freya Skene passed away following a devastating freak accident by Ossian's Cave in Dunkeld on Monday, July 6.

pubs and restaurants have been adjusting a ‘new normal’ after they were given the green light to reopen indoors from today. Indoor hospitality, such as bars, restaurants and cafes, will be allowed to welcome back punters for the first time since they were ordered to close back in March.

Nicola Sturgeon said the opening of pubs indoors was the “highest risk” since exiting lockdown began and encouraged those going to the pub to “do so carefully”.Speaking as Scotland celebrated a sixth day with no deaths from the virus, she said: “I think we all know where alcohol is being taken, sometimes our inhibitions are lower ... we behave in a way we wouldn’t normally do, getting closer to people.

shoppers took their first tentative steps back to their favourite stores yesterday as indoor centres reopened after lockdown. The Record spoke to a few of the people heading to Edinburgh ’s Ocean Terminal as the nation marked its latest milestone to normality.

Tennent's Lager at TRNSMT has gone viral after being mistaken as a 'Woodstock 69' reveller. The concert goer swigging a can of Scotland's most popular lager was mistakenly included in nostalgic pictures of the iconic American music festival which was held on a farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969 at the height of the 'flower power' generation.

NHS workers are set to be rewarded with free holidays to Ibiza for their tireless work on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The Together for Healthcare Heroes initiative is hoping to provide 5,000 European healthcare staff  and their families with holidays across the continent - most of which will be on the Balearic party island.

Scots beauty spot have paid tribute to their “cheeky little devil”. Freya Skene passed away after getting into difficulty with her mum Brooke at Ossian’s Cave in Dunkeld, Perthshire, on Monday evening, July 6.

Donald Trump has claimed that Americans were responsible for giving the world the telephone - despite the inventor being Scottish. Edinburgh-born Alexander Graham Bell is credited in history for inventing the first practical telephone during the late 19th century.

Perth and Kinross Council “a fair deal” to help with a potential £50 million void as a result of the coronavirus.

flocked to get in pints for the first time since lockdown.Many had to book tables in advance before heading for a socially distanced ‘swally’ outside.Those who got a pub pew celebrated their new-found freedom by tasting their first draught beers and pub cocktails for the first time in almost four months.At Glasgow’s Brel bar in the city’s West End, owner Oli Norman told The Record: “It’s quite an emotional day.“It’s been a tortuous few months, but to get to this point and for it to be a

theatre industry by the UK government. The promised £1.57 billion of help in a long-awaited rescue package from Boris Johnson has been described as the biggest ever one-off investment in UK culture.

pub today as beer gardens open for the first time since lockdown – and punters are praying it doesn’t rain. Drinking in licensed outdoor premises is now permitted in Scotland, provided staff and customers adhere to social distancing and other Covid-19 guidelines.