Coronavirus: Over 1000 people have now died from covid-19 in Lanarkshire

People aged over 80 and people who are aged over 80 and houseboundNHS Lanarkshire worked with colleagues in GP practices to vaccinate this group. If you are in this age group and have not received your vaccination, please contact your GP practice.

Lanarkshire, said: “We reached this significant milestone on Friday and this has increased over the weekend to more than 120,000. This means that more than 20 per cent of the local adult population have received their first dose.“While the programme hasn’t been without its challenges, I would like to thank our staff for their continued hard work in rolling out the largest ever vaccination programme.

Gordon Ramsay was so excited when the BBC bought his TV game show he rang his mum to tell her.But mum Helen was unimpressed the dad of five was planning to host it, saying she thought Bradley Walsh from The Chase would be better.Speaking about Bank Balance, made by his own TV production firm, Gordon said: “I phoned her and said the BBC wanted to buy it.“She said, ‘So are you going to get Bradley Walsh to present it?’“I said, ‘No mum, I’m going to do it. We’re in lockdown.

Jeane Freeman said Scotland should hit its target of vaccinating 400,000 adults a week ahead of schedule this week - but added the programme will then “need to scale back a bit”.A drop in supply across all four UK nations is being caused by work being carried out by Pfizer – the manufacturer of one of the approved vaccines.The company is having to temporarily reduce output as part of an overall effort to increase manufacturing capacity amid worldwide demand for vaccines.Nicola Sturgeon said on

Councillor Fitzpatrick  asked if there were still rules in place from a time when local government was “only open to rich people to hold local office.” Governance Manager, James Millar, explained that the current rules date from the introduction of multi-member wards, but any member could opt not to take remuneration, for instance on being elected as an MP or MSP.

Billy Brown, famous for raising his family in the wilderness on the Discovery reality-docuseries Alaskan Bush People, died of a seizure at 68 years old. “We are devastated to hear of Billy Brown’s sudden passing,” the Twitter account for Alaskan Bush People announced on Feb. 8. “He has been part of the @Discovery family for years – a trailblazer, a lovely man, and most definitely one of a kind. Our heart is with his family and those that knew him as they deal with this devastating loss.”

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours. John Swinney announced the latest figures and confirmed new 895 positive tests were also recorded.

whole of the UK and the Republic, which already operate a common travel area. Leitch gave his view to MSP scrutinising the government’s covid response and proposals to monitor travellers arriving in the country.

sexually abused children on his PlayStation gaming console has been handed a community sentence.Jonathan McGregor, 50, was made subject to social work supervision for two years and will remain on the sex offenders’ register for the same period.In addition to child abuse images on his PlayStation, a court heard McGregor downloaded photographs onto his mobile phone showing youngsters being subjected to sickening sexual acts.Police raided his home in West Lothian, after receiving information that

coronavirus vaccine roll-out has failed to hit the promised million jags – by more than 400,000.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said in November that one million Scots would be vaccinated by the end of January, but the latest figures show just 575,897 have had their jag – despite almost one million doses being available.If Scotland had even kept pace with England, an extra 182,000 people would have already been vaccinated.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon admitted there were problems with the jag

coronavirus vaccine, providing testing and giving financial support throughout the pandemic. The Prime Minister 's visit has been deemed "not essential" by Nicola Sturgeon who emphasised that cross-border travelling was still discouraged.

Rutherglen area. In the first month of 2021, just 16 fines have been issued to people, with no arrests made.Inspector Stephen McGovern, from East Kilbride Police Station, said his officers had responded to a number of incidents in recent weeks.These included smaller groups of different households meeting indoors.

East Ayrshire have taken place in one part of Kilmarnock and in the Doon Valley South area.Tragically, 17 people have died after contracting coronavirus in Kilmarnock’s Altonhill North and Onthank neighbourhood.And 17 residents also lost their lives to the virus in the Doon Valley South communities of Dalmellington and Bellsbank.There were no deaths involving COVID-19 in Galston and Newmilns, according to National Records of Scotland (NRS) data.The number of coronavirus-connected fatalities have

direct to your inbox The number of people who have died in the UK as a result of coronavirus has now passed 100,000.

Brian Matthews ended up with a social media ban after posting a fake photo of him partying with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Dubai.

coronavirus pandemic began.New Zealand has managed to tackle and contain the virus so effectively that its alert level sits at one, with only a few imported cases or isolated local cases occurring (it currently has fewer than 80 active cases). This has meant that mass gatherings without social distancing have been able to run since the end of last year.The concert in question was the first of Six60’s six-date nationwide summer tour.