Scots care home resident, 104, begs for end of 'prison-like' visiting restrictions

Perth -based care provider says relaxation of home visitation rules is “ill-thought-out” and putting staff and residents “at possible risk”.

Glasgow-based midwife who was suspended after assisting with a home birth without insurance, is challenging her case with the industry’s governing body.Krishinda Powers-Duff, who has worked as a qualified midwife for over 10 years, attended at the home of a woman during her labour on July 31 this year.The woman had intended to have a free birth but called Ms Powers-Duff when she came into difficulty.After realising both the woman and the baby were in danger due to complications with the birth,

lottery winner pinned his wife to the ground and screamed she was going to die as he throttled her.EuroMillions winner Graeme Lacey attacked his wife Monica – throwing a dog bowl and a pair of trainers at her – before trying to choke her after a night out.As she fought for her life, Monica begged him to stop, pleading: “It’s me, Graeme, it’s me. You’re hurting me.

Nicola Sturgeon.In a bid to allay fears about the easing of restrictions for the care sector, the First Minister stressed no final decision has been made.Speaking at the Scottish Government's coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, she said those visiting care homes are "clearly" a group who may be considered for coronavirus testing in an effort to protect vulnerable people.Sturgeon said: "Our initial, top priority focus in extending testing is protection of vulnerable groups."Those groups - and care

Glasgow care home has been left devastated after losing its first resident to Covid-19 after staying clear of the virus during the first wave. A number of staff and residents at David Cargill House, in the city’s West End, have recently tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

“SNP Ministers have failed to introduce effective infection prevention measures comprehensively across all care homes, which has left residents at greater risk.”Linthgow SNP MSP Fiona Hyslop says the Scottish Government are working hard to bring the outbreak under control.She said:“I am deeply concerned about the outbreak at the Redmill Care Home and my thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family of the person who has sadly passed away.“I am grateful for the swift intervention of NHS

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A gang of masked thugs broke into an Scots home and battered a man in front of children in a sickening raid.Cops are probing the violent incident which took place at 3am on Friday morning in Irvine, North Ayrshire.The 49-year-old man was with his partner and young children at the Tarryholme Drive address.Three masked men burst into the property and violent attacked the victim.He was rushed to Crosshouse

by a gang of intruders who had smashed their way into their house.The 45-year-old was forced to listen as the gang set about her son and left him with serious injuries including a punctured liver, two abdominal wounds, one to each buttock and his thigh.Detectives have launched an investigation and are treating the incident, which happened in Edinburgh last night shortly after 11pm, as attempted murder.Police sources said the drama kicked off when the 19-year-old victim and his brother were

coronavirus linked to several deaths and 82 infections.The clusters are being probed at Redmill in East Whitburn, West Lothian, a residential home run by private firm HC1, and at Milford House in Edinburgh.NHS Lothian would only say there were fewer than five deaths, but the Record understands three residents have died.In Redmill Care Home, a total of 53 other residents and staff have been confirmed with Covid-19.

dog walker has told how her beloved pet was left 'covered in blood' with part of his paw hanging off after standing on glass on a litter-strewn beach.Graphic pictures show the damage done to Springer Spaniel Ozzi's leg after taking a walk at Erskine beach in Renfrewshire last night.Owner Cara Binnie, from Bishopton, said it was only a king-hearted fellow dog walker that rushed to Ozzi's aid and provided bandages.She said: "We were just out for the daily walk and Ozzi went over to a grass bit

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

charity in her memory.Seven-year-old Freya Skene and mum Brooke Reid were dragged down a series of waterfalls in the River Braan near Dunkeld on July 9.Despite Brooke and her partner Sean McKiddie's best efforts to save her, Freya sadly passed away.Heartbroken Brooke has now set up a fundraising page in the hope of starting up a charity called 'Freya's Wish' in her daughter's honour.She said: "Like a flash of a light, a current dragged us both down multiple waterfalls."I was lucky to survive,

uni have been basted as 'draconian' after emailing students threatening huge fines or even expulsion if they're caught in each other's flats. Aberdeen University has warned students of the consequences facing them if they breach national Covid-19 related guidance.

police probe has been launched after human remains were found at a Scots industrial estate. Emergency services raced to the scene on Whitehill Road, Glenrothes, at around 5.20pm on Sunday after the grim discovery was made.

Strict rules which forbid students already living in university accommodation from returning to their parents' house may be amended, an SNP minister has hinted. The Scottish Government has faced a backlash after more than 1,000 people were forced to self-isolate on campuses across the country following a spate of Covid outbreaks.

coronavirus is today begging Scots to obey new restrictions after being abused in public by “covid-iots” intent on defying the rules.Jan Gillan said her family has been “ripped apart” by the death of husband Mark, 53, and their three daughters are now living in fear of the second wave threatening to hit the UK within weeks.The mum told the Record how she has been sworn at in the supermarket and belittled - just for asking members of the public to respect social distancing following Mark’s

homeless.Callum Coulson, 33, was left on the street after council officials ordered an ­evacuation of his Glasgow home.He was among dozens of people affected after council building standards officers and structural engineers ruled the tenement unsafe.The St Andrew’s ­Ambulance driver says he felt “abandoned” by the authorities as lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in the city and he was left ­struggling to find shelter.Council officials admitted only one person from the block of six

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