Vital roadworks will see closures on busy White Cart Viaduct

boozer. Police were alerted to an assault in Templehill, Troon, at around 8.45pm on Thursday August 13.

Businesses in West Lothian are being encouraged to get their staff walking more.The walking charity Paths for All is inviting organisations of all shapes and sizes to set-up their own bespoke walking challenge to keep their workforce active and connected to their colleagues as Scotland eases out of lockdown.During May, over 4000 furloughed and home workers participated in the charity’s Step Count Challenge, with over 90 per cent of participants saying the motivation of the challenge helped them

prisons for the brutal murder of a paper boy.The Glasgow mum was aged just 30 when she was ordered to the gallows of the now-demolished Duke Street Prison in 1923.Newell has been branded as one of the most evil women in Scottish history for the callous nature in which she murdered 13-year-old John Johnstone.At around 7pm on June 20, 1923, the youngster chapped on the door of Newell’s Coatbridge home - which she shared with her husband John Newell and her eight-year-old daughter Janet

prosper.” Local companies have requested information from how to make use of outdoor space to managing social distancing in small spaces and dealing with high customer numbers, including at a local drive-thru.M&Co stores in Alexandria and Helensburgh saved after restructuringThe department works closely with licensing and trading standards to support and regulate businesses, as well as Police Scotland, to keep the public safe.This includes working together to help the reopening of larger chain

UK Government schemes to support businesses recovering from coronavirus have paid out £2 billion to around 65,000 firms in Scotland. The Bounce Back Loan scheme, which was introduced in May, offers between £2,000 and 25 per cent of the turnover of small and medium businesses - up to a maximum of £50,000.

Stewarton’s busiest roads next week.

coronavirus and the need for another lockdown, Tony Blair has warned. He has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a Minister with sole responsibility for testing and said that without a vaccine or an effective treatment, mass testing is the only way to control the spread of Covid-19.

Universal Credit is a payment intended to help people out of work or on a low income with living costs. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been unprecedented levels of claims for benefits.

A stretch of the road totalling 1.4km will be repaired during the major project. Gordon Coppard, Scotland TranServ’s Area Network Manager said: " This is an important section of the trunk road network, and as such is used by emergency services, freight, retail and delivery traffic as part of their essential working.

drugs with a street value of £83,000 in the Highlands. One man, 36, from Inverness and a 21-year-old man from Forres, on the Moray Coast, are due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Thursday, July 30.

Steve has had to watch in recent weeks as pubs and restaurants reopened and other industries have received government bailouts.He continued: “I don’t feel as if the Scottish Government have taken my small business into account with blanket guidelines - we need financial support if we cannot trade.

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

Scotland's busiest motorways.The accident caused two lanes to be closed on the southbound carriageway just after the Kier Roundabout at junction 11 on the M9 shortly before 4.00 pm on Friday.Traffic ground to a halt with motorists forced to get by on the hard shoulder in the chaos with lines of cars queuing back onto the A9 at Dunblane.An image from the scene shows a large pile of wood lying in the middle of a lane on the road.A tweet from Traffic Scotland reads: "#M9 southbound just after the

Edinburgh have pleaded for NHS workers to stop asking for discounts as they say they cannot afford it. Shop owners claim have been asked hundreds of times for discounts on food bills and purchases by staff from NHS Scotland throughout the coronavirus lockdown.

Tattoo studios can finally get inking again after four months of being closed due to the coronavirus lockdown. It’s less a case of “new normal” at Archangel 1608 Tattoo Studio in Glasgow and more like “back better than ever” as a raft of close contact services get back up and running again across Scotland.

Covid-19 outbreak to be “vigilant”. The First Minister thanked the firms for their co-operation as public health officials try to keep a lid on infections.

an outbreak of Covid-19 at a call centre near Bellshill last week, the Deputy First Minister has confirmed. John Swinney said a pub, coffee shop and other retail premises had been advised to temporarily close for deep cleaning as they were recently visited by staff from the Sitel contact centre, where 14 workers have now tested positive for the virus.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Pictures show a McGills bus and white BMW car at the scene as well as two ambulance crews.It is not known if anyone was injured in the incident at this time.Police Scotland have been contacted

Police officers were pelted with eggs after being called to a street protest against an alleged paedophile in Fife. A large crowd gathered in Blamey Crescent, Cowdenbeath, at around 6.40pm on Wednesday demanding the man be removed from the area.