Mobile COVID-19 test centres to open at three South Ayrshire locations this week

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www.nhsinform.scot/test-and-protect or by calling 0800 028 2816. Staff will provide advice about the process and results; health officials say the swab test takes “less than a minute [and] is relatively pain-free”, with results being received in 24 to 48 hours.Dr Alison Smith-Palmer, a consultant in public health with NHS Lanarkshire, said: “This mobile testing facility will support the rapid identification of cases.

Vampire Weekend bassist Baio – full name Chris Baio – has celebrated the release of his latest solo album ‘Dead Hand Control’ by performing the title track on Late Night with Seth Meyers.The footage sees Baio performing from a seaside location along Portland’s Oregon Coast, however, it doesn’t just stop there.The rest of his band is pictured in their current residencies from Paris and London to New York, Los Angeles and the Utah Canyonlands.

direct to your inboxAs the fight continues against the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of key buildings have been transformed into testing and vaccine centres.But one new facility - which will offer tests to asymptomatic key workers in Greater Manchester - might be the grandest yet.Manchester Rates Hall, which forms part of Manchester Town Hall, has been transformed into the city's latest Coronavirus lateral flow testing site.The Grade 2 listed building carves a narrow line between Manchester's Town

Andrew Brooks was a research professor at Rutgers University and CEO of Infinity Biologix, who developed the first FDA-approved rapid saliva test for COVID-19.Brooks joined the faculty at Rutgers in 2004, and in 2009, he began working at the university’s Cell and DNA Repository. The company later went private, renamed Infinity Biologix, with Brooks at its helm.

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South Ayrshire has been revealed.Figures show the worst-affected neighbourhood with 32 deaths is Ayr South Harbour and town centre. There were 20 Covid-linked fatalities registered in the Prestwick Airport and Monkton area and 18 in Dalmilling.Tragically, people lost their lives after contracting coronavirus in all parts of the local authority region.

South Ayrshire with Covid suppressed in three key areas.Troon, Prestwick West and Coylton have all recorded 0-2 positive test results between January 16 and January 22.Data released by the Scottish Government shows promising signs of a fightback against the virus with the test positivity rate falling by 1.9 per cent.Across the board, the case rate per 100,000 of the population has plunged since a fortnight ago.Between January 9 and January 15, the case rate per 100,000 was 232.7 with a test

South Ayrshire will see the successful candidate "drive transformational change" in children's services.A job ad posted on the local authority's website shows the 21-hours-a-week post carrying a salary of up to £36,868 per year.The Grade 5/Level 16 post has an hourly rate of between £32.67 and £33.67.The position, based at Ayr's County Buildings, will also oversee children's services planning.South Ayrshire Council says the position was evaluated to determine the wage made available but critics

direct to your inboxA year ago I would not have expected to be standing in front of a masked uniformed soldier while he mixed a vial containing some of my saliva.But this is 2021, and rapid coronavirus testing for people without symptoms is set to become a normal part of life in Oldham.The council and British army have teamed up to roll out four new testing sites which will offer lateral flow tests to residents who cannot work from home, similar to the mass testing programme which began in

South Ayrshire council says the move will ensure investment in properties and equates to £1.50 per week for most residents. It vows to spruce up 3,050 homes internally over the next five years.

Maybole to help tackle the ‘silent spread’ of COVID-19 in areas where the virus is more prevalent. The test site, located at Carrick Academy, Kirkoswald Road, will allow a targeted programme of testing to be carried out on those who are not displaying symptoms of the virus.

Ayrshire area has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Scotland.The very latest data shows that the zone 'Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural' has a positive case rate of more than 800 per 100,000 in the last seven days.That's after the area recorded 37 cases in the 4,621 population in the past week.The high number of cases puts the zone among Scotland's worst hit Covid areas at the moment.The area is eighth-worst in Scotland at the moment.Another Ayrshire region - 'Girvan Ailsa' -

Ted Cruz woke up on January 21 and apparently chose chaos. The Republican Texas senator, 50, started a fight with Seth Rogen for reasons unknown, tweeting out a screenshot of a tweet about President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement (which Cruz thinks benefits Parisians). Rogen had responded “f**k off you fascist” to it. Cruz penned a response that spent less time slamming Rogen, more time condemning Democrats.

Ayr.Wilsons Hampshire has applied for planning permission to construct the £37 million estate on fields beside Ailsa and Ayr hospitals.It is estimated around 745 residents could live in the proposed estate.There are proposals for 220 houses, 30 flats, a bed care home and six business units.A quarter of homes are to be set aside as social affordable housing.A design and access statement said: “Local analysis has shown that there is a growing housing shortfall in the principle town of Ayr,

Kilmarnock's North West Area Centre this weekend.The temporary facility will be open both Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm, and will allow people who have COVID-19 symptoms to get a free swab test. Tests must be booked in advance at https://www.nhsinform.scot/test-and-protect or by calling 0800 028 2816.

Ayr High Street have been proposed as part of a scheme to boost social distancing.An image, below, has been released from the Sustrans project showing arrows painted on the High Street pavement – telling people which direction to follow as they shop.South Ayrshire Council has been carrying out a consultation on how to spend £510,000 of Scottish Government funding.It is part of temporary proposals being mooted under the Spaces for People programme to make more room for walkers and cyclists.Ayr