Win £10,000 starting from scratch with thepools.com's new MatchScratch game

coronavirus cases continue to rise, according to a new poll. A study carried out by YouGov spoke to 2,690 people across the UK about a possible return to restrictions seen over March, April and May.

Nicola Sturgeon has made a fresh plea for the UK Government to extend the furlough scheme to prevent thousands of Scots from losing their jobs next month.

massive landslide which has shut a major Scots road. An estimated 5,000 tonnes of sludge dropped onto the A83 Rest and Be Thankful and Old Military Road in 24 hours as heavy rain lashed the country.

Scottish Child Payment which opens for applications in November.  This is an increase of around 24,000 eligible children (14 per cent) since the Scottish Government’s initial forecast in June 2019, accounting for the increased Universal Credit caseload - one of the main qualifying benefits - due to Covid-19.  The forecast comes as legislation was laid last week to allow for the delivery of the benefit - which will give eligible families £10 a week, per child under six.

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.Nicola Sturgeon today announced that no one has died across the country in the same period, keeping the death toll at 2,499.It comes after yesterday's figures revealed three people had died and 176 more people had become infected.The total number of positive cases now sits at 21,878 since the start of the pandemic in late March.274 people confirmed as having the virus are currently being treated in hospital with 6 in intensive care.The latest figures

Ulster have beaten Edinburgh 22 points to 19 in their Guinness Pro14 semi-final in the Scottish capital tonight.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours with no new deaths recorded. The latest figures bring the total number of cases confirmed across the country to 21,189 since the pandemic began.

coronavirus cases has been identified in a Scottish Highlands town. NHS Highland’s Health Protection Team confirmed five news cases of Covid-19 today and have said contract tracing is underway in the Grantown area.

Stockport has sold for a whopping £367,500 at auction.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland has recorded 68 new confirmed cases of coronavirus - with two of them in Ayrshire.Latest figures from the Scottish Government show the pandemic total for the nation is 20,056.Ayrshire's total now stands at 1,310.There are no new reported deaths of people who have tested positive for the disease.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the

who died in police custody in Scotland more than five years ago has hit £70,000 as a legal case approaches.Sheku Bayoh died in 2015 after being restrained by up to nine officers in Kirkcaldy, with his family claiming that race played a part in his death.Cops used batons and spray to subdue him.His family have drawn comparisons with the killing of George Floyd by US police which sparked the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests this summer.A public inquiry will be held into the death of the

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBodyguard and Line Of Duty producer World Productions has resumed filming on its BBC One submarine thriller Vigil, starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie.Produced in Glasgow, Scotland, the show was forced to shut down earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but filming is now back underway with safety protocols.The BBC released a first-look image of the six-part series, which was taken before the shoot was postponed.

Gavin Mitchell pulled pints at Scotland’s favourite fictional boozer – but reckons social distancing would have been impossible in The Clansman.The actor, who played Boaby the barman in Still Game, said: “Tam would come up with some sort of scheme but the main problem would be Isa – she’d be running about like a blue-arsed fly trying to figure out what was going on.“Her heid would be nipping not being able to get in about folk’s conversations.“But as for the rest of the clientele, well, we’d

Richard Madden spent some time with famous friends this weekend while at home in Scotland!

new benefit to support 16 to 24-year-olds into work if they have been unemployed for six months has opened for applications. Job Start Payment is a one-off £250 payment to help with the costs of starting a new job.