Covid crisis sees three times more food banks than McDonald's on Scots high streets

coronavirus cases. Urgent procedures will still go ahead however NHS Borders has now cancelled routine planned operations until the end of January.

Rutherglen ’s MSP has warned ”tough” times lie ahead, as Lanarkshire prepares to re-enter tier four restrictions on Boxing Day amid the specter of a new, significantly more transmissible strain of coronavirus.

another major vote on the constitution as soon as next year "would be the wrong thing to do". With the SNP widely tipped to win a majority of MSPs at May's Holyrood elections, speculation is growing over when the Nationalists will launch a fresh bid to secure an IndyRef2.

Covid-19. The action was taken at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday against Thornlea Nursing Home, a residential care home in Loanhead, Midlothian, after 15 residents died as a result of coronavirus.

Covid-19 vaccines to clerical staff before medics, we can reveal.Outraged nurses contacted the Record to blow the whistle on the “fiasco” at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital.They claimed staff in medical records and estates management – who do not deal with patients – had been given the new vaccine first.An insider said: “The events of the last two days have left me and my colleagues outraged.

hospital. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Oversight Board was set up to address the specific issues of infection prevention and control at the £842 million facility, which opened in 2015.

Santa’s Grotto at a Scots hotel resort have tested positive for coronavirus sparking a warning to visitors. Hotel guests and members of the public who took part in ‘festive activities’ at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort since December 11 are being warned to be alert for virus symptoms.

SNP leader responded after the Record penned an open letter on behalf of Scotland demanding action. New figures this week showed drug deaths soared to 1264 in 2019, the highest number ever recorded and the worst rate in Europe.We’ve campaigned with people on the front line to expose the impact of this crisis.Sturgeon, writing on social media, said: “This in @Daily_Record is fair.

Health chiefs have launched a new blitz to combat so-called ‘ Long Covid ’ in Scotland.

climate plan. Harvie said there were missed opportunities and demanded an end to big road construction projects and a shift away from oil and gas.

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Covid-19 as 48 people in total tested positive for the deadly bug. NHS chiefs confirmed the outbreak at Lomond Court in the Woodside area on Glenrothes, Fife on Friday December 11.

injections were offered in almost all regions, while Shetland and the Western Isles residents will get them this week. Sturgeon announced the progress as another 50 people died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

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Perth and Kinross has recorded its highest number of COVID-related deaths over a seven-day period since May.

Covid-19 pandemic to buy sex posted almost 1600 adverts on a classifieds website in Scotland.An investigation found 43 punters looking for street prostitutes, with many hoping to take advantage of “cheap and desperate” women thrown into poverty by coronavirus.Among 1550 men offering to pay for sex were those looking for “single mums” or pregnant women impoverished by the pandemic.There were also depraved requests for “young girls”, “rape play” and “damaged” women.The adverts appeared on

Rutherglen constituents who think that the restrictions have not been relaxed enough, and others who feel strongly that they shouldn’t be eased at all, perhaps mindful of the risk to elderly relatives. The Scottish Government recognises that, for some, contact with friends and family is crucial during this time as isolation and loneliness can hit people especially hard over the Christmas period.

the crisis. She said the right to leaving the UK is "inalienable" and taunted Prime Minister Boris Johnson to try to block another pro-independence majority at Holyrood.

Scottish Labour Party has called on the SNP government to use all its powers to tackle the poverty crisis caused by the covid pandemic.The plea came as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported that 230,000 children are currently living in poverty in Scotland and theAberlour Child Care Trust has recorded a 1000 per cent surge in demand for urgent assistance.Elaine Smith MSP, the Scottish Labour poverty spokeswoman, said the figures should galvanise the Scottish government into action.She said: