Greece to welcome Scots for holidays from May with no need for vaccine

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Business leaders welcomed indicative dates over lockdown easing as hairdressers, non-essential retailers, pubs, restaurants and cafes all prepare to reopen next month.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week outlined a route back to recovery which will include the stay at home message being replaced with stay local guidance from early April.Scotland-wide travel will again be permitted from April 26 with most

Read more. Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman found in a East Dunbartonshire property.Officers were called to a property on Station Road, Milngavie, around 11.30am on Sunday morning.

Covid-19 vaccine has sparked a huge police probe in Edinburgh.A single multi-dose vial of the vaccine was swiped from a vaccination centre at the city's Morrison Street on Saturday morning.Officers say the callous theft was an 'isolated incident' and that they are 'following a positive line of enquiry'.Locals are being warned of scammer vaccinators as police urge anyone offered a vaccine outside a vaccination centre to get in touch.Chief Inspector Neil Wilson said: "We were made aware of an

health service to cope with treatment demand.Starting Saturday, a weekend curfew will be relaxed. It will be followed on Monday by a series of other measures including a limited opening of barbershops and hair salons, and ancient sites for people on brief outings.

holidays abroad could be ‘at risk’ this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a leading bank has warned. Morgan Stanley has said that there are reasons to be concerned about international trips amid a rising number of cases and a slow vaccine rollout across Europe.Emerging and more transmissible strains of the virus could also result in lockdown measures being imposed for longer on the continent.

Greece has led to the discovery of a bronze bull figurine believed to have been a votive offering made to the god Zeus in Ancient Olympia as early as 3,000 years ago.Greece’s Culture Ministry said Friday that the small, intact figurine was found after an archaeologist spotted one horn poking out of the ground following recent rainfall in the area.The excellently preserved figurine was transported to a lab and initial examination indicates it dates from the Geometric period of ancient Greek art,

Michelle McManus beamed behind her face mask today as she got her first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca jab. The singer posted a snap on her Twitter and Instagram pages as she got the covid vaccine at the Carmichael Hall in Giffnock.

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Vasilis Barkas has been left out of the Greece squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers with Spain and Georgia.Barkas completed a £4.5m move to Parkhead in the summer, but was unconvincing under Neil Lennon.And he hasn't played for the club since January, with Scott Bain earning John Kennedy's trust to cement his role as number one for the time being.As recently as September he was his country's first-choice keeper, but manager John van 't Schip left him on the bench for their last two matches

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coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots, the UK’s medicines' regulator has said. The MHRA said that it is ‘closely reviewing reports’ after Ireland moved to temporarily suspend the rollout of the jab.

direct to your inboxGreece has assured hopeful Britons longing for a summer holiday that they can go ahead and book.The country's tourism minister has said they are prioritising coronavirus vaccinations for the tourism sector, with small islands in line first.These include Halki, near Rhodes, Kastellorizo, Meganisi, and Kythira.There are around 40 Greek islands with a population of less than 1,000, making the vaccine rollout easier in those places, the minister said.Larger destinations including

Whitburn, West Lothian, was released on bail and returned to Scotland.But he failed to attend his 2017 trial but was found guilty and given a 10-year prison term.McLean was only extradited to begin his sentence in January last year.Now the young woman’s family have hit out after he lodged an appeal which means she faces having to return to Greece to give evidence.Her mum, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said: “I never thought I’d ever say this about another human being but I wish he