Inspectors blast safety measures at covid-hit Paisley care home

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

Covid-19 is higher than at the height of the pandemic last spring.

Hurt Locker hero who once dodged death in an Afghan bomb blast has died at the age of 39.Army legend David Timmins lost an eye and suffered massive internal injuries in an explosion in Afghanistan during Operation Panther’s Claw in July 2009.The Royal Logistic Corps Corporal showed incredible bravery when he helped save badly injured Sapper Matthew Weston.The decorated war hero saved scores of lives in his career, defusing deadly IEDs as a member of crack squad Explosive Device Disposal Team 5,

care homes have been identified after nineteen residents tested positive for the bug. NHS chiefs have confirmed they are investigating the two separate clusters at the homes in Invergordon, which have also resulted in several staff being told to self-isolate.

Covid-19 vaccine has been hit by an outbreak of the virus.Experts have warned it showed that the shot was not enough to bring the pandemic to an end on its own.Groups representing families said they knew of other homes where residents had been treated but later developed symptoms.Abercorn Care Home in Hamilton received the Pfizer vaccine on December 14.That vaccine, the first in the UK to be given a safety licence, is most effective after two doses, the pharma firm says.Annie Innes, 90, who

coronavirus-stricken care home in Fife. NHS health chiefs have now confirmed the tragic death toll at Lomond Court Care home in Glenrothes after the cluster was identified last month.

schools will be closed for the entire of January as part of the new lockdown imposed across the country. Most pupils were scheduled to return to schools on the already-delayed date of January 18 after the winter break.

battle the ice on the first Monday of the year. Emergency services are racing to the scene at the M73 which is closed southbound just before junction 2a at 6.47am.  A Police Scotland spokesman told the Record that three vehicles had crashed.

First Minister said the rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant is of "very serious concern". She stated: “The steep increases and severe NHS pressure being experienced in other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead.

snow as an arctic blast descends on the country from next week.The adverse wintry conditions are expected to kick off from Thursday, January 7 as snow moves into the north west of the country, according to weather website WXCHARTS.They will then continue in largely scattered areas of the country in the days that follow.Some southern parts of the country could also see heavy snowfall, with Midlothian expected to be covered in around 23cm of the white stuff on January 8.Around 48cm of snow could