Fury as accountancy firm handed £2m to act as 'consultants' on covid vaccination programme

pervert who bombarded her young daughter with explicit messages avoided jail.Shaun Struthers was convicted last week at Aberdeen Sheriff court of sending sexual communications and images to the child.The 30-year-old engineer was handed a community payback order and put on the sex offenders register for five years.But the mum, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she feared for other youngsters and said the creep should have been jailed after the messages to her 14-year-old.She said: "It

lowest daily jabs total was recorded.

vaccinator ' melted hearts after giving his nana a 'dry run' before her Covid-19 jab. Three-year-old Roddy Ayrton Hinsley prepped his nana, Yvonne Hinsley, before her first vaccination on Monday.

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

Covid vaccination programme.Furious relatives want to know why residents in care homes for the elderly with learning disabilities are being treated differently from those in regular care homes.In care homes for the elderly all residents, regardless of age, are being vaccinated and 95 per cent of them have already received the jab.But in at least one care home for the elderly learning disabled the residents will only receive their jabs in line with the community vaccination programme.A relative

horror rape she suffered at the hands of a British soldier. Georgia Hinton, from Livingston, was attacked by a huge Fijian squaddie following a family barbecue.

Annie Lennox has shared a video of herself receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a drive-thru centre in Los Angeles.The Eurythmics singer was given the Moderna jab at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium and shared a video of herself preparing for the injection.“It’s all very exciting.

Vasilis Barkas hasn’t settled at Celtic and must do more. The Parkhead manager has confirmed Scott Bain will keep the gloves as the Greek is not yet up to the speed and physicality of the Scottish game.

coronavirus vaccination invitations in a bid to con Scots out of money. NHS Scotland’s Counter Fraud Services has seen a spike in alerts to the fraudulent emails as the vaccination rollout continues across Scotland.

Scottish Government is looking at ways of accelerating the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine across the country. A 24/7 pilot scheme is being considered at vaccinating younger people in society as the government attempts to ramp up its programme.

Prime Minister is to use the example of the army and the UK-funding for a vaccine as arguments for the strength of the United Kingdom as he launches a hard response to Nicola Sturgeon’s latest independence demands.

coronavirus vaccination appointments for those aged 70 to 79 will start arriving through letterboxes on Monday, the Scottish Government has said. As the inoculation programme moves through priority groups, several health board areas are beginning to send out letters telling those in the age group when they will receive their first dose of the Covid-19 jab.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Residents in Wishaw are being urged to remain vigilant when it comes to scam text messages.The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has warned of text message scams about Covid vaccinations, including links to fake NHS websites that ask for bank details.Messages were first reported last month and Colin Mathieson from Advice Direct Scotland, which runs Scotland’s national consumer advice service

percentage of doses being wasted and why some GP surgeries were still waiting for supplies. But the SNP leader said today the programme was "gathering pace" and the number of vaccinations being given had risen by 50% in the last week.The Scottish Government had earlier rejected claims that it was sitting on 400,000 shots of the vaccine instead of rushing them out to patients.John Swinney said that while the doses had been allocated, they had not yet been delivered in full.

Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire has now completed administering the first dose of its coronavirus vaccine to eligible care home residents.Hamilton’s Abercorn care home was the first in Scotland to have residents vaccinated in min-December with 90 year old Annie Innes being the country’s first care home resident to receive the vaccine.Since then, almost 2,990 Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.The first

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Jason Leitch spoke out today after a poll found that more than a quarter of 18-to-34-year-old women in the UK said they would say no to the jab, citing concerns over the vaccine's effect on pregnancies. It comes as several rumours and myths have been circulating online about the range of vaccines now approved for use, including fears that the jab could affect fertility.