Hero Scots paramedic dies from coronavirus after documenting brave battle on Twitter

four-year-old battling a rare blood cancer are hoping it’ll be “third time lucky” for a life-saving stem cell transplant. Adeline Davidson has twice been on the brink of undergoing the procedure, which will cure her of the disease, but on both occasions there’s been a last-minute hitch.

police custody and was dumped there. They say the apprentice blacksmith had lodged a complaint over an assault by an officer shortly before his death.

East Kilbride schoolgirl hopes to draw a line under a ‘gloomy’ 2020 after winning Nicola Sturgeon’s festive card competition.Sophie Blackett was one of 700 children across Scotland to submit artwork for the First Minister’s official Christmas card this year.Nicola Sturgeon was on the hunt for a design that “represents kindness” for the 2020 card.The 10-year-old's design celebrated the hard graft Scots citizens have put in to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus across the country.Her

coronavirus pandemic. Pupils at St Matthew's Academy in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire will take part in remote learning from Monday until the festive break officially begins on December 23.

police officer narrowly escaped serious injury after a knife-wielding man attempted to stab him with a blade. Cops were sent to a property on Abbey Park Avenue in St Andrews, Fife, at around 1.50pm on Tuesday, December 8.

coronavirus should be ‘completely confident’ about receiving the vaccine, a medical chief has said. Chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) June Raine has urged everyone who is eligible to get the jag when it’s available to them.

M8 in Glasgow. The 74-year-old was driving a blue Toyota Corolla when he got out of the vehicle on the Kingston Bridge and was hit by a white Mercedes Sprinter van on December 3.

Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.

hero Scots paramedic who died of coronavirus.Rod 'Rodders' Moore, 63, documented his battle with the deadly bug on social media.He had returned to the frontline full time during the pandemic to help younger ambulance workers cope.But the heroic lifesaver was admitted to Forth Valley Royal Hospital's intensive care unit in Larbert, Stirlingshire, after testing positive for coronavirus on October 22.He was self-isolating at home last month but he sadly died from the virus.An online fundraising

Fife businessman has been left heartbroken after his pizza van was completely destroyed in mysterious early morning blaze.Alastair Jack received a call at around 1:45am on Sunday telling him the converted horse box that housed Urban Flame had gone on fire.The 42-year-old launched the small family business just over a year ago and hoped it would be successful enough for him to give up his other offshore job.But the dad-of-two, who is the family breadwinner, has been left devastated after the

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, just two days after Christmas Day in 2011.The fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical fault, swept through the house at around 3am as the family slept.Sheree McGill and her daughters Talia, Yasmin and Nya escaped with their lives while her other son Zac was staying with his gran.Evan was found in his bedroom at the back of the house by firefighters who braved temperatures of 1000°C to get to him.He was rushed to nearby Crosshouse Hospital but could not be

death row dog ordered to be put down by the courts after attacking two people and a pet has gone missing on the day his owner was told to give him up. Jasper the pharaoh hound savaged a small Scottie dog, its owner and a good samaritan who tried to help on a walk in Aberdeenshire.

vaccination programme and targeted action in high-risk areas in level 4 restrictions.Speaking at Holyrood today, Freeman said: "Testing is undeniably important but it is just one layer of protection - many layers are needed to fight this virus."Our increased capability to test more people, more often, is potentially powerful as we navigate our way through the coming months as safely as we can alongside our nationwide vaccination programme."Freeman said six mobile testing units and 20,000 home

mountaineer - dubbed the Fox of Glencoe - has died at the age of 90. World renowned climbing expert Dr Hamish MacInnes, who was based in Glencoe, climbed the Matterhorn in the Alps when he was just 16.

Bellshill, died thinking he had no family, unaware his Canadian-born granddaughter had been searching for him for years but believed he was still in Scotland. Shayleen Frank began frantically looking for her 81-year-old paternal grandpa after losing both her dad and gran.

crash on the Black Isle last week. Paul Nichol was declared dead at the scene of the incident between the villages of Munlochy and Avoch last Thursday.

farmhand was thrown from a speeding quad bike and suffered fatal injuries after crashing into a baby cow. Ian Pollock was using the vehicle to herd a mother and its newborn calf back to a dairy shed on Kilhenzie Farm, near Maybole, Ayrshire, in May 2018.

crack cocaine with a staggering make-over. Demi-Nicole Dunlop was addicted to the Class A drugs for two years.