NHS bowel screening to resume in Scotland after seven month virus pause

childcare following her move to Scotland.Janice McAleese was given a suspended sentence last year after admitting misconduct in public office while heading up the Northern Ireland Events Company.The NIEC folded shortly after her resignation in 2007, leaving taxpayers to settle debts of £1.6million.The 56-year-old was chief executive of the company, which used public money to promote events, when she committed the offences between 2004 and 2006.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Repair costs have spiralled, despite £21m being pumped into the hospital over the past five years.The figures were described as “eye watering” by Neil Bibby MSP, who said Renfrewshire was being forgotten about in the drive to upgrade health care across the country.The West of Scotland politician has demanded a full breakdown of the work required and called on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to identify urgent works needed to ensure patient and

NHS Ayrshire & Arran patients have died in the past 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus, it can be revealed today. The death toll for the region is now at 189 with the area recording 9 deaths in the past seven days.A total of 105 fresh Covid cases have been detected in the past 24 hours in Ayrshire and Arran.

John Leslie with Anthea Turner, Diane Louise Jordan and Yvette Cooper taking to the stand to call him a "gentleman" after he has been accused of sexual assault. Fern Britton, who he co-hosted This Morning with in the 90s, has said she is "confident" the allegation is not true.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Scotland has a long history (and fascination) with the supernatural, with faeries, witches and ghosts playing a big part in our cultural history.It'll come as no surprise then, that when it comes to our pubs and bars its not just the spirits in bottles that capture our attention.From the Green Lady to the Blue Boy, here are some of the stories behind Scotland's most

cop car fleet has been branded “astonishing” by the union representing rank-and-file officers.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Today marks the 104th year that the Erskine charity has been caring for veterans.The first wounded veterans admitted to the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers arrived on October 10, 1916.A total of 13 patients came through the doors of the pioneering hospital when it opened over a century ago. They came from throughout Scotland to the newly opened hospital, to be fitted with

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A “Blue Plague” drug dealer has been pictured laughing behind bars as he enjoys a video chat.Gary Jamieson was jailed for four years and six months in May for peddling lethal ’Blue Plague’ drugs across Scotland worth over £400,000.Locked up in Barlinnie Prison, the 34-year-old was subject to the same restrictions on visits as other inmates due to the coronavirus epidemic.Jamieson is now able to keep in touch

Perth and Kinross arts scene.The body behind Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall has been hit hard by the pandemic and will shed 12 full-time, 24 part-time and 69 zero-hours positions.The process was concluded on Wednesday (October 7) following months of negotiations with staff members.Perth and Kinross Council convener calls for clarity in wake of exams cancellationThe Perth-based arts group had originally mooted that 120 jobs faced the axe but following a £750,000 grant from Creative Scotland

straight to your inboxArsenal look to have been dealt a blow ahead of their Premier League clash with Manchester City.Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is set to be without key defender Kieran Tierney for the showdown at the Etihad on Saturday, October 17.Tierney is currently away on international duty with Scotland, who face Israel on Thursday in a crucial Euro play-off semi-final.But the Scots' preparations have suffered a serious setback with the news that Stuart Armstrong has tested positive for

coronavirus cluster at a Scots primary school has now grown to seven cases, health chiefs have confirmed. Staffing shortages now mean Carnegie Primary School in Dunfermline will be closed from today until after the October holidays.

Perth and Kinross rocked by fifth earthquake in a month Scotland’s health boards will receive a total of £1.1 billion in additional funding, which will also be designated to help health services prepare for the winter months.Announced on Tuesday, health secretary Jeane Freeman said: “The health and social care sector has a critical frontline role in responding to the single greatest public health crisis of our lifetimes, and I want to pay tribute to all staff involved for their heroic efforts

BBC comedy Rab C Nesbitt was Scotland's favourite comedy show before Still Game took centre stage.It graced our screens from 1988 before finally finishing up in 2014.The cult comedy, created by Ian Pattison, was based in Glasgow and was one of the most successful Scottish sitcoms of all time, covering 10 series, six specials, and two stage shows.It followed Rab C Nesbitt, his wife Mary Doll and their crazy life adventures in Govan.But where are the cast of the show now?The vest wearing Govan

downpours dumped more than a month’s worth of rain across eastern Scotland at the weekend as Storm Alex battered the UK, sparking landslides.Angus and Aberdeenshire normally receive just 3.9in of rain during the entire month of October.But a weather station operated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency registered almost 4.9in at Mongour in ­Aberdeenshire between Friday night and yesterday afternoon.Forecaster Tom Morgan said: “It is a huge amount of rain to fall in just 36 hours."It is

NHS could face the most difficult winter since it was founded in 1948. The chairman of BMA Scotland's GP committee said the pressure caused by coronavirus could cause the system to "overheat".

suicide of a Scots teenager might have been avoided if she had better mental health support from an NHS service, a sheriff has ruled.A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has taken place into the death of Sophie Parkinson more than six years after the tragedy.Sophie was just 13 when she died at her home, in Liff, on the outskirts of Dundee in 2014.She was a second year pupil at the £13,000-a-year High School of Dundee and first sought help from mental health services when she was seven.Now after the

travel exemption list in a bid to tackle the spike in Covid-19 cases. Turkey, Poland, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have been removed from the Scottish Government's list of travel corridors.

Covid-19 tracing.Ziggy’s in St Andrews, Fife, told how the two dine and dashers even left behind a pair of kids’ wellies in their rush to flee the table.