Provost says sorry to Scotland's only BSL councillor after interpreters had to leave meeting

promises the Tories made to the industry appeared to have been broken. Macdonald, who represents the largest quota owners in Scotland, said that while the full details of the deal were to emerge it did not appear to deliver on the industry’s aspirations.

Nicola Sturgeon’s Christmas message has been given the Janey Godley treatment. The First Minister issued a festive message to the nation marking a year like no other and a Christmas Day which looks very different for many.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.West Lothian is in prime location to benefit from a digital future.That was the confident message from Karen Cawte, West Lothian Council’s digital transformation manager, as she revealed the council’s response to  Scottish Government proposals on developing national potential.If there has been a positive out of the Covid-19 pandemic it has been the acceleration of the move  towards digitisation on the back of social distancing and lockdown.Private industry, public authorities and individuals have been forced to adapt much more quickly than might have happened as services have moved online.In her report to the council executive, Mrs Cawte, said:

Christmas miracle”. Eyewitnesses Matt and Alex Emmerson at first presumed the car was empty when they spotted it from their bathroom window.However, after 15 minutes emergency crews arrived at the scene and a nerve-wracking rescue began.

Patrick Wilson welcomed a new puppy into his home just in time for Christmas.On Thursday the 47-year-old conjuring actor and his wifeDagmara Dominczyk,44, shared a selfie with their adorable new pooch on social media.Sharing that his kids name the dog after Eddie Van Halen, Wilson wrote: 'Merry Christmas from all of us Wilsons...including this new guy, Mr. Eddie Van Wilson.

Jim Edmonds celebrated Christmas with his kids and his girlfriend, Kortnie O’Connor, as his estranged wife, Meghan King, traveled back to St. Louis for the holidays.“This year started rough and I couldn’t imagine a better ending to a challenging year on many levels,” the 50-year-old former baseball player wrote alongside the family snap in front of the Christmas tree on Thursday, December 24.

Christmas Day dip. Pictures show hardy swimmers braving freezing conditions for their annual plunge after waking up to snowy scenes.

Emmerdale's Charley Webb took to social media last night to share a message her son Bowie wrote to Father Christmas.

The 94-year-old monarch famously surrounds herself with photographs and nostalgic items while giving her festive address. But for the 2020 message, there was only a photo of Prince Philip on display – with The Queen paying tribute to her 99-year-old husband.

Julie Andrews is the narrator of the new Netflix series Bridgerton and there’s a word that fans are surprised, and delighted, to hear her say in episode one!

LadBaby has won the race to be crowned the Official Christmas Number One 2020YouTuber Mark Hoyle, his wife Roxanne and their two kids, beat queen of Christmas Mariah Carey to the top spot with their latest catchy track Don’t Stop Me Eatin’.The official music video of the song, posted by LadBaby on YouTube, hit almost a million views in just four days.All money raised from the song will be donated to the Trussell Trust foodbank charity.It comes as LadBaby mum Roxanne tearfully recalled a time when she and Mark had a very strict budget of £20 per week to buy food, but when she arrived at the checkout, the total came to £20.70, leaving her "embarrassed".LadBaby is no stranger to winning the Christmas Number One spot and 2020 marks third

coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. 1,165 new cases were reported by the Scottish Government in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

Tom Parker is enjoying a very festive Christmas day with his family.

The Queen told the nation of the need for "life to go on" in her Christmas Day broadcast to millions.

The KarJenner ladies went all out for Christmas Eve, despite not having their annual party! The sisters rallied together at Kourtney’s festively decorated home to celebrate and the fashion was some of the best we’ve seen! Kim Kardashian served looks in Schiaparelli, Kendall Jenner looked like a ‘lil present,’ herself, Kylie Jenner sparkled in red, Khloe cuddled up to True for cookie decorating in Boston and Kourtney pulled out all the stops as the hostess with the mostess! See all of the family’s Christmas Eve celebrations below!

Channel 4 have dished up a alternative to the Queen 's Christmas speech which has left the nation divided.

Anne Diamond is a broadcaster and journalist having first hit our screens in the 1980s. Nearly four decades later, Anne often features on Loose Women where she explains her own experiences, with the presenter having previously opened up on losing her son Sebastian.Anne started her career on screen in 1981 as a Newsreader on ATV today.She later presented Good Morning Britain between 1983 and 1988 as well as Good Morning...

Strictly Come Dancing.The model was a favourite to win the BBC show when she was partnered with Brendan Cole back in 2007.However, she was forced to quit the programme when her beloved dad Ken Parsons died aged just 57.The builder had tragically been diagnosed with lung cancer a year earlier.Reflecting on her Strictly experience, Kelly said in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk: “I loved Strictly, I love watching it and I’m so happy they’ve figured out a way to do it this year. “I think it’s such an incredible experience, I’d recommend it to anyone that ever gets approached to do it, it’s really an incredible show, it’s so great. “I would love to do it again, I don’t think I’d ever be asked to do it again, but it was probably one of

holidaymaker, who was wearing a grey crop top and white trousers, was with her boyfriend on Thursday when a staff member approached her.She said she was told it wasn’t how she should dress for a restaurant in front of other customers and was told it was inappropriate. The backpackers were left speechless by the intervention, news.com.au reports.

Holly Willoughby looked every inch the Mrs Claus on the first Christmas edition of This Morning.

The number of deaths in hospitals due to Covid-19 has surged by 553 over the past 24 hours.