Scots care home where OAP was found bleeding in road now rapped over Covid-19 response

Brian CoxBrian Cox is Emmy-nominated for his memorable work in HBO’s “Succession” as patriarch Logan Roy, the head of a ruthless and viewer-addictive family of power-brokers.Cox, born in Dundee, Scotland, has created many memorable characters in his six-decade career, including roles in such works as HBO’s “Deadwood,” blockbuster films such as “Braveheart” and “Troy,” and cult faves like “Rushmore,” “Zodiac,” “Super Troopers” and “Adaptation.” He was also the screen’s first Hannibal Lecktor in

12 years of a life sentence.Jahche Broughton is making a bid for freedom after being locked up for battering Karen Aim to death with a baseball bat in January 2008 as she visited Taupo on a trip around New Zealand.After he was sentenced, Karen’s family vowed to fight to keep Broughton behind bars for his whole life.Two years ago, her dad Brian said he would campaign against any bid for freedom “for the safety of the public in New Zealand”.He added: “If he’s released, he’ll be 26 and that is just

Mae Hamilton A charming contemporary-inspired traditional-style home owned by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd, a kind-of-Colonial-meets-Cape-Cod mashup, has come available for rent at $15,000 a month. The Scottish actor shelled out a little more than $2.9 million for the family-sized residence a little more than two years ago, but it’s not clear that he ever lived in the house himself.

Covid-19 vaccine will not be truly visible until around Easter. As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Scotland, members of the public are being urged to hunker down for the foreseeable future.

coronavirus in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government confirmed that 243 people are currently being treated in hospital with three battling the bug in intensive care.The total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic now sits at 19,332 as of Sunday, August 16.Zero Scots lost their lives to the killer bug in the last 24 hours, leaving the hospital death toll at 2491 people.

coronavirus. The decision was made to shut Peterhead Central School on Wednesday night, August 12, as several employees went into precautionary self-isolation.

care home residents will be able to receive more visits from friends and family from Monday, it was confirmed today. Up to three outdoor visitors from no more than two households will be allowed - if the home meets infection control criteria.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed that more than two-thirds of Scots who are eligible for a UK Government payment to combat fuel poverty are not receiving it. The study shows just 9.3 per cent of all households in Scotland have applied for the Warm Home Discount (WHD).

baby is in a coma after he bit into a washing detergent liquid capsule.10-month-old Pearce Shepherd ingested some of the contents of a capsule while his mum’s back was turned at his family home, in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on Friday July 31.He was rushed to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow after the toxic chemicals burned his stomach and caused his lungs to swell up with mucous.Mum Melissa Cairney, 27, was at home with her partner, David Shepherd, 36, and their four other

Northern Ireland peace process and hailed as “Ireland’s peacemaker”, has died aged 83. The current SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described him as Ireland’s “most significant and consequential political leader” of the 20th century as tributes poured in.

22 people died from Covid-19 has been hit with a new outbreak of the virus.Five people tested positive for Coronavirus last week at Fullarton care home in Irvine including two members of staff.At the height of the pandemic in May, watchdogs found the home was dirty with poor infection control and not all staff had been trained in the use of PPE.When the Care Inspectorate revisited on July 6, the home had improved but a relative of one resident said the new outbreak was “horrifying”.The relative,

Scottish Government 's handling of care homes during the coronavirus crisis breached public health legislation. The Scottish Conservatives have written to Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, saying ministers' actions have had "harrowing and devastating consequences for the residential care home sector".

Ruth Davidson is to be made a peer in the House of Lords, it has been confirmed.The former Scottish Tory leader has been named in the Prime Minister’s dissolution honours list which also make’s Theresa May’s husband, Philip, a Knight of the realm.Davidson led the Scottish Conservatives from 2011 to 2019 and  stepped down after Johnson became Tory leader last year, citing political and personal reasons for the move.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up

coronavirus rate was five times lower than in England. The First Minister said she stands by the view despite the UK’s statistic watchdog warning the Scottish Government should not have made the "uncaveated" comparison.

East Kilbride.Monica Lennon reported the facility - run by Thistle Healthcare - to the Care Inspectorate in May but in a summary report to the Scottish Parliament shortly after the home was praised for "good infection prevention and control procedures”, despite the "significant outbreak".Ms Lennon said the report left "too many unanswered questions" and was little comfort for grieving families.One of those families features in a BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary airing tonight.In the programme

Highlands has been found safe and well. George McGowan sparked a major search and rescue operation after failing to return from a motorbike ride at Ben Bhraggie in Sutherland on Monday afternoon.

stabbed a Scots housing association worker who was trying to help him has been jailed for life. Peter Cannon launched the unprovoked attack on Lynne Robertson as she sat behind her desk at River Clyde Homes, Greenock, on September 30 last year.

Ruth Davidson has claimed Unionists should have "put the boot in" following the 2014 independence referendum. The former Scottish Conservatives leader said there should have been a more aggressive approach to nationalism in the aftermath of the landmark vote, which saw support for the SNP surge.