Legionnaire's bacteria found in water supply of Scots hospital

Police searching for a missing man on the Isle of Lewis have discovered a body in a remote river.

CCTV footage of a missing Scots dad has emerged as his family are 'desperate to get him home'.

A Scots mum has told how she believes her daughter, a cancer patient, caught a potentially fatal infection from water in a hospital at the centre of an inquiry.

Police have recovered nearly half a million pounds worth of drugs during a raid in Edinburgh.

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Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) for 10 months where he contracted multiple infections, which Ms Young later found were likely due to water contamination issues at the hospital. During their stay in hospital, Ms Young said infection control measures were so strict she and her son were required to self-isolate in their room "constantly".

Covid ahead of the winter months. Millions of vulnerable Scots are being offered a third dose of the the vaccine - with care home residents and healthcare staff beginning to receive theirs.

thug had to be restrained by nine cops in a Scots hospital after pulling out medical tubes which sprayed one officer with blood. Artur Nafalski became involved in a “titanic struggle” with police at St John’s Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, following his arrest.

cancer treatment had to be terminated early after she contracted a hospital-acquired infection, which she is still fighting three years on. Annemarie Kirkpatrick's daughter was being treated for leukaemia at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) when she started developing painful lumps and lesions on her body in 2019.

Edinburgh hotel.Emergency services were called to the scene at around 5am on Saturday after the alarm was raised in the Grassmarket area of the capital. Police have confirmed that a 22-year-old was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment however his current condition is not known.

police investigation has been launched after a sheep was found with fatal head injuries on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. Officers believe the animal was shot with a crossbow and arrow before being discovered in a field on the outskirts of Moffat on Friday, September 24.

19-month-old daughter after she was found dead five days before Christmas. Tragic Kiera Conroy was found lying lifeless in a cot as her parents prepared to go out with her.

discovered in the water supply of a Scottish hospital. Legionella was detected in an endoscopy and renal (kidney) ward at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie.

car that was on fire in Dumfries. Emergency crews scrambled to Jocks Loaning at on Wednesday morning.

missing man Dean Lockhart, police have confirmed. The remains of 36-year-old Dean Lockhart were discovered around 4pm on Wednesday, September 22, near Munlochy.He had been reported missing after last being seen in the Ross and Cromarty village around 9.30am on Tuesday, September 21.

covid booster vaccination programme for elderly people in care homes will get under way today. Scotland will also be offering children aged between 12 and 15 the first dose of the coronavirus jab.