Barlinnie jail hit with covid outbreak as 'significant number' test positive for virus

oronavirus outbreak has been identified at a Scots extra care housing development in Peebles after 28 people caught the killer bug.  A total of 16 residents and 12 staff have now tested positive for Covid-19 at Dovecot Court.

coronavirus outbreak at a Scots nursing home branded “weak” for its Covid-19 response. Mavisbank Care Home in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, confirmed the deaths and said 11 staff members and seven residents remain positive for the virus following an outbreak in recent weeks.

cyclist on a country road avoided a prison sentence. Barry McConnell was allowed to serve a community sentence for causing the fatal road accident.

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link.There was a whopping 244 per cent rise in recorded cases of indecent images of children while other sex crimes rose from 61 to 94 – a 54 per cent increase.An NSPCC Scotland spokesperson said: “The conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic have given child sexual abusers a perfect opportunity to target children who have been spending more time online.“And, now more than ever, it is right and crucial that Police Scotland makes tackling these crimes a priority, through arresting suspects

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Barlinnie, Glasgow, with drug addictions are crammed - seven at a time - into a portakabin before they are taken to get methadone, the source revealed.The source said conditions were “inhumane” during a pandemic and had created a “reservoir of infection where the virus is able to run wild.”The Scottish Prison Service confirmed the Portakabin was being used as a waiting room but said Covid-19 safety guidelines were being observed.Our source said: “Folk are taken from their cells to get the

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Nicola Sturgeon has said it is “highly unlikely” she will tomorrow announce a significant easing of covid restrictions for any part of the country.She said Scotland is in a “far better” position than it was, but noted there still needed to be a big decline in cases.However, she did not rule out tougher restrictions for some areas.The Scottish Government recently announced a five-tier system of restrictions for the country’s local authority areas.The first weekly review will be announced in

raped her “hundreds of times” has been freed from jail.Sarah Reagan was distraught to get a phone call on Thursday telling her John Barbour had been released that morning and warning her that he was moving back to the city where she lives.Barbour, 54, has been released two-thirds of the way through a four-year sentence, which was appealed without success as too lenient by the Crown.He was convicted in February 2018 of repeatedly raping Sarah over a period of more than a year, starting when he

torched in a horror arson attack.The vehicle was set alight in the car-park of HMP Shotts on Sunday evening.Officers are probing whether the incident was a targeted attack against a member of staff at the maximum security nick in Lanarkshire.A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said: “We can confirm that a member of staff’s vehicle was set on fire in HMP Shotts’ car-park.

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care home is in lockdown after a massive outbreak of coronavirus. A total of 19 staff members and 24 residents at the Fairview facility, operated by HC One, have tested positive for Covid-19 this week.

Covid outbreak was filmed doing a striptease at a boozy lockdown party.Billy Fowler and four other staff members are now under ­investigation by Scottish Borders Council after footage of the ­gathering emerged online.The care home where the five work, Saltgreens in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, has lost eight ­residents to the virus while another 16 residents and staff have tested positive.The party took place in September when Government guidance stated up to six people from only two households could

Covid-19 in an outbreak at a Scots nursing home, we can reveal. The Ailsa Craig Care Home, in Glasgow's Cessnock area, has been ravaged by the deadly virus in recent weeks.

drug charges has been told he can return home, his delighted family have said. Conor Howard hit the headlines in September when he was arrested by Corfu cops on a warrant from the state of Qatar while visiting his mum on the island.