Fears for future as residents of Renfrewshire care homes test positive for Covid-19

coronavirus will still be sent into care homes despite assurances they would first need a negative test result, the Sunday Mail can reveal.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman is facing a furious backlash after admitting the shocking practice – believed to have contributed to deadly outbreaks during the first wave of the pandemic – is still allowed under her official guidelines.Government guidance, updated last month, states patients who test positive for Covid-19 could still be moved back into care

Prime Minister responded to concerns raised by the SNP’s Ian Blackford that the famous Scottish regiment would be a victim of defence reorganisation.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Police have launched a fresh appeal to help find a 51-year-old man who vanished a week ago.John Mackay was reported missing from Muirtown Street, Inverness, last Sunday.Officers may have been seen in the Muirtown Swing Bridge area between 7.15am and 7.25am that day.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to reporting crime in Scotland.But did you know all the ways you

Kilmarnock estate.Clowes Developments Scotland want to erect 73 homes on the site of the former BMK carpet factory on Barbadoes Road.The new properties would offer two, three or four bedrooms, according to drawings if given the go-ahead.The Kilmarnock Standard reported last month that the proposals would see new homes built on a flood plain next to an eyesore gas tank.Plans lodged with East Ayrshire Council include 146 car parking spaces, access roads, open space and drainage.A number of homes

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

Covid-19. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed the outbreak at Barlinnie comes after a number of staff tested positive last week.

11-year battle to stop an incinerator being built.Plans for the facility at Carnbroe, near Coatbridge, were rejected by the Scottish Government last week.Ministers said the buildings, including an 80-metre chimney, would be “out of keeping” with the adjacent residential area.Residents feared fumes from the plant would put people’s health at risk.

Harry Potter fan fears getting killed for his collection as he raffles off his rarest book. The frightened enthusiast will part with the treasured £40,000 first edition, first print hardback of the Philosopher’s Stone in a promotional prize draw for his new business venture.

coronavirus as “weak”.Inspectors raised “significant concern” over cleanliness at Mavisbank Care Centre in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow - where residents have died after 26 people tested positive for the virus.The Care Inspectorate ordered a deep clean of the building, which supports around 45 older people and 15 young disabled people, and said staff were not always following safe hygiene practices during a visit last month.It has issued four requirements for operator HC-One to put into action

fireworks at each other on a residential Scots street during Bonfire Night mayhem. Hooded youths armed with rockets fought pitched battles down streets in Shawlands, Glasgow, as neighbours cowered inside their homes.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.There has been an influx of people seeking advice about redundancy according to the boss of a lifeline service.Joe McCormack, from West Dunbartonshire Citizens Advice Bureau has told of his shock at a new poll by Citizens Advice Scotland showing that almost two fifths of people are worried about losing their job in the next year.And it also lays bare the fact that 84 percent of people don’t know their rights

Loch Ness will become a black magic hub.Boleskine House was once owned by infamous 'ceremonial magician’ Aleister Crowley - who called himself the 'wickedest man in the world'.Crowley - who died in 1947 - drank blood and staged huge orgies there fuelled by heroin and cocaine.This week protesters demanded council bosses throw out plans to turn the estate - that also used to be the Highland home of Led Zeppelin’ guitarist, Jimmy Page - into ten holiday lodges.Opponents claim the sprawling property

Scots mum feared murdered in Spain have said they ‘grieve everyday’ as they mark the five-year anniversary of her disappearance. Lisa Brown, from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, was just 32 when she vanished from her adopted home in Guadiaro near San Roque in 2015.

Scottish Cup hasn’t worked out quite as planned.But the Celtic manager admits he’s thrilled at still having the chance to secure another Treble for his club in a magnificent run of unbroken domestic silverware success.SFA chiefs and the four remaining participants had hoped delaying the semi-finals – which had to be postponed in April due to lockdown until this winter weekend – could see crowds back inside Hampden.Unfortunately, a second wave of the pandemic across the UK has meant the national

coronavirus outbreak in Scotland without being Covid tested.And the Public Health Scotland Report into Discharges from NHS Scotland Hospitals into Care Homes published today also showed at least 123 cases who did test positive were sent to care homes.Between March 1 and May 31 this year there were 5,204 discharges to care homes but of this number 3,061 were untested.Of that number 2,949 were discharged between March and April 21.On April 21 Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced patients

Nicola Sturgeon has promised to listen to the lockdown fears of businesses as she prepares to introduce a stricter set of covid restrictions across Scotland.The First Minister unveiled the five-tier plan of measures for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland at the daily Scottish government press conference.Responding to complaints from bars and restaurants that they face ruin in extended lockdown, Sturgeon said she would consult with opposition parties and businesses over the next

Dumfries and Galloway Care Home after testing positive for coronavirus. It is understood “more than 30” people had been affected by a Covid-19 outbreak at the Fleet Valley Care Home in Gatehouse of Fleet.

‘dognapped’ by thieves. Rosie the Boston Terrier vanished from her home in Duddingston, near Edinburgh, on Sunday night after bolting out an insecure gate.