Disabled war vet dubbed the 'Barrhead Banksy' loves spreading lockdown cheer

Perth residents can sit in at the two McDonald’s stores in the city. The fast food giant announced on Wednesday that, after a successful pilot, its’s restaurants were now able to have customers in them.This will impact the McDonald’s at Broxden and on Dunkeld Road. Call for urgent action on road named one of the most dangerous in Scotland Residents previously rushed to the stores when the drive thru service opened in June.

pregnant Scots teenager who says she was told to take paracetamol for ‘unbearable stomach pains’ gave birth to a stillborn baby hours later.Klaudia Cierpial had a scan at 20 weeks showing her baby girl was healthy.Six weeks later, the 18-year-old, who lives with her partner Brad Sheldon, 21, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, said she began to suffer painful stomach aches at 26 weeks pregnant.She visited Wishaw General on 12 April after suffering reduced movement and complaining about

coronavirus -hit Scots care home has retested positive for the bug. The staff member at the Home Farm care home on the Isle of Skye had been re-tested and found to have Covid-19.

covid-19 pandemic got the surprise of his life on Thursday night. Connor Pratt - one of Scotland’s top young pipers - has honoured NHS heroes and entertained care-home residents with more than 150 free performances since the lockdown began.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSouth Ayrshire Council has been told to apologise to a disabled woman over the way her new recycling regime was introduced and implemented.The local authority was brought to book by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) after they probed the case.And in their findings the SPSO said SAC should apologise to the woman for “failing to appropriately consider making reasonable adjustments” over

SNP and Labour MSPs are consulting the public on how to bring about a revolution in the “broken” social care system.Nationalist Angela Constance and Labour leader Richard Leonard are separately reaching out for views on a national care service, which could dismantle the largely privately-owned status quo.Constance, a former SNP Education Secretary, is calling for the Scottish Government to produce a blueprint before next year’s election.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to

Sturgeon has said UK Government plans to exclude social care workers from a new visa system could have a “devastating” impact on the workforce.The First Minister said the decision risked sending a message that the country is not grateful for the work these staff have carried out.Foreign social care workers will be unable to apply for a special health and care visa under the UK’s new points-based immigration system.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up

Finn Tapp on the 2020 series of Love Island, and now, off the back of the popular show, the Scottish singer has only gone and landed her first record deal.Paige, who used to date Scottish legend Lewis Capaldi, took to her socials to reveal the exciting news, admitting her debut single will be released on Friday 17th July.The 22-year-old has teamed up with the House and Garage Orchestra to collaborate on a remake of classic dance anthem Movin' Too Fast.Paige wrote, 'V excited about this, had the

Police have arrested three women following an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of resident in a Scots care home. A probe was launched into the Springvale Care Home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire last month.

Perth and Kinross. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is cutting the rate of value added tax (VAT) on hospitality and tourism from 20 per cent to five per cent from July 15, 2020 to January 12, 2021. Fund for funeral of young girl (7) killed in tragic accident at Perthshire beauty spot raises over £20,000 Around 18,300 jobs are dependent on the Perth and Kinross hospitality and tourism sector - around 23 per cent of the total workforce in the region - as it prepares to reopen in Scotland next week.

disabled children were left in tears after a group of yobs covered a family room in human faeces and urine. Fabb Scotland booked one of their newly refurbished rooms for a 'family' who pretended to have an autistic child and needed a weekend break.

school in August after lockdown.The Scottish Government is examining safety options which would keep classes or whole year groups apart.It follows similar proposals unveiled by the UK Government for schools south of the border.Education Secretary John Swinney originally suggested schooling would resume on a part-time basis on August 11th.However, the ‘blended learning’ model, under which kids would be educated at home and in the classroom, was ditched after a parental backlash.Get all the top

care homes in Scotland soared during the first three months of the deadly pandemic.The number nearly hit 700 between March and May - up 34% on the previous year.Figures also show that a higher proportion of complaints were made last year about privately-run homes, fuelling calls for a national care service.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Leading trade union UNISON has urged care home bosses in Wishaw to “pay up now” to workers self-isolating with suspected Covid-19 who have been forced to survive on statutory sick pay of less than £96 a week.Many care homes and care-at-home service providers have failed to pay workers their full wages until they get the money up-front, despite the Scottish Government publicly stating funds would be available.Now the

Katie Price slammed 'disgusting' trolls, including Scots comedian Frankie Boyle, who make fun of her disabled son as she spoke to MPs today.The mum-of-five talked about her campaign for 'Harvey's Law' in front of the Petitions Committee as it formally launched a Parliamentary inquiry into online abuse.The ex-glamour girl said that Frankie Boyle, alongside others who have mocked her 18-year-old Harvey, need to think about the impact of their words before 'crossing that line'.She said: "I think on

care homes have been branded “weak” and “unsatisfactory” during a pandemic that has killed thousands of residents.Inspectors found some homes were not clean and raised “significant concerns” on PPE and infection prevention.In one case in Crieff, people did not get access to enough fluids or to nurses when they needed help.Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “These inspection reports confirm that all is not well behind the closed doors of Scotland’s care homes.“Weak and unsatisfactory standards that