Woman, 84, seriously injured following two-car Ayrshire crash

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire has recorded a new record rise in coronavirus cases taking the region soaring past the 2,000 mark.Scottish Government figures show 73 new positive tests were recorded in the area in the last 24 hours.That beats yesterday's total of 63 which was the highest daily rise since April  and brings the pandemic total to 2,068.For the first time since May, there are five people in intensive care in

firework fears there will be more injuries this year after public displays were cancelled.Amy McCabe’s son Ben was just four when a stray rocket from a display near his home in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, flew inside his jacket and exploded on his chest.Ben, now 13, suffered third degree burns to his chest, neck, right arm and behind his left ear.Amy has backed calls for a ban on the public sale of fireworks so no one else has to go through the agony her son suffered.This year many public firework

arrested in in connection an attempted murder probe in Ayrshire. It comes after a 35-year-old man was found seriously injured at a supermarket car park in Ayr.

crash. Major queues are already forming on the busy motorway as emergency services deal with the incident which happened at around 4am.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPolice Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a serious two-vehicle crash in North Ayrshire.The incident happened around 5.30pm on Saturday, September 26 on Bypass Road, Beith, at the junction with the B777.A grey Mini Cooper travelling east on Head Street, Beith collided with a black Yamaha motorcycle travelling north on the A737.As a result, a 52-year-old male driver of the motorcycle was

smash with a car in Hamilton last night.

Dundee after being found injured in a flat. Officers from Police Scotland raced to Balunie Avenue in the Douglas area of the city on Tuesday, September 22 after reports of a hurt infant.

protest has been held outside a Glasgow hospital by a Scots family unable to visit their seriously ill relative in intensive care. Tracy Donaldson, 43, and her family are demanding relatives be allowed to visit loved ones in intensive care amid tightened coronavirus restrictions.

Ayrshire in the past seven days.While a huge rise in cases has been recorded in other areas of Scotland, Ayrshire's daily case total has remained relatively stable this month.In the past 24 hours 13 new cases have been recorded with the total for the region now at 1,527.Across Scotland 350 new cases have been declared with the national case total now at 24,126.Tragically, three deaths have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

Ayrshire recorded its first coronavirus case back in March. Tragically, 294 deaths in the region have been linked to the virus since then.New data released today shows where all of those deaths occurred in the community.National Records of Scotland released fresh statistics giving a breakdown of where deaths involving COVID-19 have taken place across Ayrshire.South Ayrshire has the highest death toll in the region (112) with 483 cases up to today.

police investigation. Officers were called to Croftfood Road, in the Castlemilk area of the city at around 7.20am on Saturday after reports of a man lying on the road.

Fife sparked chaos on one of Scotland's busiest roads. Emergency services raced to the A92 near Lochgelly when the alarm was raised just after 10pm on Saturday.  The southbound carriageway was closed with motorists being diverted following the late-night smash.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe number of households in Ayrshire who are assessed as homeless, or at risk, has shot up by 15.4 per cent, The Post can reveal.Latest Scottish Government figures for 2019/20 show that 2363 households were assessed as homeless, or “threatened” with homelessness.South Ayrshire figures show that 721 households were assessed as homeless, up on the 2018/19 figure of 636.And North Ayrshire saw their

Ayrshire residents during the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.Official Treasury figures show that diners in the region saved £2,203,000 throughout August as a result of the initiative.Diners got a state-backed 50 per cent discount on meals and soft drinks up to £10 each on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during August.The Treasury said restaurants have so far made 130,000 claims worth £522 million, with figures likely to rise as outlets have until the end of September to claim.Across Scotland, more

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere are 377 registered sex offenders living in Ayrshire residential areas- latest Police Scotland figures show. Another 123 sex criminals are in custody or hospital - according to statistics released at the end of July.South Ayrshire Council said it has a legal obligation to consider housing applications for them.Ayrshire has the fifth highest number of registered sex offenders in the community

Scotland side being so poor. And the former international boss has insisted the team's ongoing misfortune can't simply be the fault of managers.

Rangers new boy Jon McLaughlin.The keeper, who is currently away with the Scottish national team, has played his part in Steven Gerrard’s side starting their Premiership campaign with an impressive, six shutouts.McLaughlin, who came in from Sunderland in the summer, has played all the games apart from the opening day win at Aberdeen, after Allan McGregor suffered injury.His former boss Craig Levein is not surprised with the impact McLaughlin has made because the season he had him at Hearts he