Models, social media influencers and reality TV stars have defiantly stayed at the poolside in Dubai and Abu Dhabi after thousands of other British travellers raced home to beat the travel ban which began this afternoon. The likes of Mia Sully from Absolutely Ascot and Love Island stars Joseph Garratt and Anton …
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A gran who lost her limbs to sepsis is set to become one of the first people in Scotland to trial a life-changing bionic hand programmed by an iPad. Marguerite Henderson hopes she will be given the artificial hand, which mimics natural wrist rotation in time for Christmas. The invention …
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EVERY day we bring you the latest round-up of the biggest stories in Scotland. Here’s the the latest in what’s happening around the country. 5 Jason Leitch is confident Scotland fans will be able to attend games at the Euros next year Jason Leitch says he hopes Scotland supporters WILL …
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Ten staff at a Royal Mail Delivery Office in West Lothian have tested positive for coronavirus, bosses have confirmed. The postal workers at the Bathgate sorting hub are now self-isolating at home after receiving their positive test results. The building on Inchmuir Road has been deep cleaned and remains open …
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Four of our iconic red post boxes have been painted black to honour BAME Britons including Sir Lenny Henry and nursing pioneer Mary Seacole Postboxes in London, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast have been painted black They have been transformed as part of Black History Month in October Each box names …
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A deep clean has been carried out at a Royal Mail delivery office in Fife after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The female employee caught the virus after coming into close contact with an individual who was later confirmed as having the bug. She was sent home …
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A knifeman complained he was ‘very hungry’ and protested about the hot food served during the Covid-19 pandemic just days before stabbing six people including a police office at a hotel in Glasgow today. Asylum seekers living in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street had demonstrated against ‘poor …
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Rain comes in stinging gusts and the snow-covered hills on the Argyll shore are only a faint blur. But the gloom which envelops the Ferguson Marine shipyard here in Port Glasgow has nothing to do with the weather. Two rotting ‘ghost’ ships haunt this stretch of the Lower Clyde. The …
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A ‘bunch of idiots’ who decided to climb Ben Nevis in trainers and without a map during Storm Ciara are ‘lucky to be alive’ after mountain rescuers saved the group from hypothermia and 80mph winds. The quartet, described as ‘stupid’ by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, got caught on steep and …
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A heartwarming fundraising drive which reconnects the homeless with loved ones at Christmas has received praise from Stephen Fry. The actor Tweeted his support for Homeless at Christmas’ Advent Appeal to the delight of the charity’s East Kilbride co-founder Iain Hughes. The appeal is the brainchild of the Murray man …
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