Birthday time as Scotland's original home for wounded war veterans turns 104

OAP is 'close to tears' as swarms of wasps crawl out of the fittings in her sheltered accommodation home. May Fyffe has been plagued by the dangerous bugs for three weeks.

universities could work from home after Christmas instead of returning to halls of residence in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid. SNP ministers will urge higher education institutions to offer more remote learning after a wave of infections spread through student accommodation in September.

Ayrshire home. The 36-year-old was discovered at a property in Gottries Road, Irvine in the early hours of Thursday, October 22, morning.

mum is facing an agonising wait for a transplant after a traumatic premature birth of her 1lb baby uncovered hidden kidney disease.Doctors discovered 23-year-old Lauren Ballantine had been living with underlying kidney disease after she underwent an emergency Cesarean section when she was just 25-weeks pregnant.The young mum, from Newmilns, had been suffering from potentially fatal pre-eclampsia and was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital at 24 weeks pregnant.Doctors we able to stabilise the East

Rangers midfielder Liam Burt the chance to impress on trial at Aberdeen.The 21-year-old was at Pittodrie for Tuesday night’s thumping win over Hamilton as a guest of the Dons after leaving the Hoops in the summer.Burt had been training with Barnsley last month and also had a short stint on trial at Sunderland.But the five-times capped Scotland Under 21 international is still on the lookout for a club as a free agent and has taken up the offer of a trial stint at the Dons.McInnes said: “We just

wedding venue told her guests her big day had been cancelled before she got the chance to do so. Jenna Campbell said she was furious when she found out staff at GG's Yard in Dumfries and Galloway had emailed several of her friends and family to say her wedding to partner James Paterson, which was due to take place on September 27, was no longer happening and had been rescheduled for February 2021.

baby loss and help others enduring a similar ordeal. Angela Kenney was 'naive' to the devastation baby loss causes, tuntil her unborn child's heart stopped beating on June 30 this year.

human trafficking.Police Scotland recruited officers Hiep Nguyen Hoang and Duy Nguyen Xuan for a six-month secondment, where they will be used in raids and routine visits to root out exploited slave labour. The officers, who arrived two weeks ago, are usually based in Hanoi and were recruited after Police Scotland visited Vietnam last year, to foster cross-country links and stem the flow of people smuggling.

Glasgow-based midwife who was suspended after assisting with a home birth without insurance, is challenging her case with the industry’s governing body.Krishinda Powers-Duff, who has worked as a qualified midwife for over 10 years, attended at the home of a woman during her labour on July 31 this year.The woman had intended to have a free birth but called Ms Powers-Duff when she came into difficulty.After realising both the woman and the baby were in danger due to complications with the birth,

Rutherglen was the site of the first Home Bargains in Scotland, which has earned it a place in the bizarre new tie-up.

Brexit an MP has warned unless the UK government extends legal jurisdiction out to the 200 mile coastal limit. A call to protect Scottish trawlers from being sunk in encounters with foreign vessels has been made by Alistair Carmichael MP.

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Bake Off contestant Peter Sawkins had a bit of a nightmare on last night's show as his Edinburgh bread creation failed to impress the judges. As it was bread week, 20-year-old Peter decided to refer back to his Scottish roots in the first round and also for his ' showstopper '.

Bake Off contestant Peter Sawkins had a bit of a nightmare on last night's show as his Edinburgh bread creation failed to impress the judges. As it was bread week, 20-year-old Peter decided to refer back to his Scottish roots in the first round and also for his ' showstopper '.

Mary Lambert, the director of Stephen King’s original 1989Pet Sematary movie for Paramount, has signed with APA. The trailblazing director is currently in Scotland helmingA Castle for Christmas, the Netflix romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

discovered in the search for missing teen Andrew Baird.The 16-year-old vanished from the Forfar area at around 4.30pm on Saturday evening.He was last spotted in the Reid Park area of the town.When he was last seen, he was wearing a black leather jacket, sandy coloured camouflage trousers, a black hooded sweatshirt, dark green walking boots and carrying a navy 'Superdry' backback.A Police Scotland spokesman said today: "Police Scotland can confirm that a body was found on the morning of Sunday, 4

stabbing of a man just outside Glasgow last night. Officers were called to reports of the 34-year-old victim being injured in an altercation in Roebank Drive, Barrhead at around 9.40pm on Friday (October 2).